Khami, a settlement founded in the mid-15th century, became the capital city of Great Zimbabwe in the mid-16th century and thus became the center of the kingdom's political and economic power.
This program addresses the growing need for craftspeople experienced in the preservation arts by providing training and job placement opportunities to students.
WMF has been working in Iraq since 2007 and is nearing completion of a site management and conservation plan for Babylon, one of the world’s most important archaeological sites.
In 2013 two eighteenth-century lead lions were returned to their original location at the southern entrance to Stowe House, decades after they were sold at an auction in 1921.
In 2011, World Monuments Fund began working with the Madhya Pradesh government to realize a project that would document and conserve a selection of sites across the state.