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May 21, 2013

Preparing for the Future at Quarr Abbey

The Two Abbeys Project at Quarr on the Isle of Wight, U.K., has received a grant of £1.9M from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), for which partnership funding in excess of £200K has to be found. This will enable essential consolidation work to be carried out in the ancient abbey ruins. In the Bellot Abbey, repairs will be carried out to remedy rain penetration, as well as some other high-level repairs.

May 13, 2013

El Zotz: An Archaeological Gem in the Guatemalan Jungle

The archaeological site of El Zotz lies nestled in the San Miguel de la Palotada Biotope of northern Guatemala, less than a day’s walk from the grandiose ancient Maya city of Tikal. In antiquity, El Zotz was known as Pa’ Chan, or “fortified-sky,” and was occupied for over nine centuries between 300–1250 A.D.

May 11, 2013

WMF Participates in International Conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan

I was in Berlin to participate in the International Conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan, which is held every three years and gathers archaeologists, historians, epigraphers, architects and conservators from all over the world.

May 08, 2013

Oshki Monastery’s History, Significance, and Current Challenges

Oshki was an important monastic settlement in medieval times. Its architecture, its embellishment, books copied and produced here, all are part of the story of the powerful Georgian King David III Bagrationi.

May 01, 2013

DOCOMOMO US Meets in Sarasota

After a long New York winter, the 86 degree blast of heat that hit me once I’d deplaned in Sarasota was a welcome one. I’d come all the way to Florida to learn more about modern architectural heritage and meet and converse with others about strategies to save it.

April 29, 2013

Heritage Management Course Opens in Erbil, Iraq

On April 7, World Monuments Fund held the opening session of a heritage site management course at the Iraqi Institute for the Conservation of Antiquities and Heritage (IICAH) in Erbil. The program will address a variety of heritage topics through seminars and site visits in the Kurdish region.

April 25, 2013

Grupo de Investigación y Documentación, Dirección de Patrimonio. Ministerio de Cultura

In the south of the Bolívar Department in northern Colombia lies a Spanish colonial town built on an island surrounded by the Magdalena River. Santa Cruz de Mompox was founded in the first half of the sixteenth century. The name Mompox or Mompós, as it is also known, stems from a native chief called Mompoj. The urban layout of the town is based on the Spanish urban models of the time, yet it also followed the linear and sinuous form of the river.

April 22, 2013

Palace Museum Delegation Visits the United States

For ten days in March, representatives of the Palace Museum (Forbidden City) in Beijing, including two recent graduates of the World Monuments Fund/Palace Museum conservation training school, CRAFT, came to New York for a series of technical exchange meetings, presentations, and site visits.

April 19, 2013

World Heritage Day Celebrated at Re-Opening Ceremony of Tomb Complexes in Delhi

On April 18, World Heritage Day, the sixteenth-century garden tombs of Isa Khan Niyazi and Bu Halima were re-opened to the public by India’s Minister of Culture, Chandresh Kumari Katoch, and Bonnie Burnham, President of World Monuments Fund.

April 17, 2013

International Day for Monuments and Sites 2013: The Heritage of Education

The heritage of education is the theme of this year’s International Day for Monuments and Sites, celebrated on April 18 and intended to draw attention to shared cultural heritage concerns across the globe.

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