A UNESCO World Heritage site, Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island) is one of the most extraordinary archaeological sites in the world—and at World Monuments Fund (WMF), we’ve been supporting the protection of its incredible heritage for almost sixty years.
World Monuments Fund’s (WMF) support for Rapa Nui began with our founder. Since that time, we’ve remained committed to protecting the heritage of Rapa Nui, with work spanning 57 years and nearly 20 conservation campaigns across the island
With the announcement of the organization’s strategic affiliation with WMF in October, GHF now brings this valuable knowledge and experience to bear as several members of its staff join our team and its two active projects are integrated into our portfolio.
Following the announcement that Argentina’s Casa sobre el Arroyo had won the 2024 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize, we were delighted to host a celebration of Latin America’s contributions to avant-garde architecture and its conservation.
We report on the activities carried out in Kuelap in the last two years to support efforts for its long-term recovery. Explore in this blog how we use technology for that purpose.
Nuevas iniciativas redoblan los esfuerzos de adaptación al clima y priorizan la preservación histórica como defensa clave contra los efectos del cambio climático.
Almost 30,000 living plant specimens are contained within Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, making the South London park the largest collection of its kind in the world.
La Casa sobre el Arroyo, el icono arquitectónico de Mar de Plata, Argentina, ganó el WMF/Knoll Prize 2024 como un reconocimiento al esfuerzo por su recuperación. Lee más de su importancia histórica y las organizaciones detrás de su conservación.
