The Renaissance synagogue in the Zamość Old City is one of the most spectacular monuments of Jewish heritage in Poland.The Renaissance synagogue in the Zamość Old City is one of the most spectacular monuments of Jewish heritage in Poland. The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage has...Read more
The 2008 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize was awarded to Brenne Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH, headed by Winfried Brenne and Franz Jaschke, for their restoration of the Bauhaus-designed ADGB Trade Union School in Bernau, Germany.Read more
Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland was established in March by the Union of Jewish Communities in Poland and the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO). Our mission is to protect and commemorate the surviving monuments of Jewish cultural heritage in Poland. The...Read more
The Angkor Archaeological Park, an immense Hindu-Buddhist temple complex, lies in the jungles of northwest Cambodia. The temples at Angkor represent the pinnacle of the Khmer civilization, which ruled most of the region between the ninth and 15th centuries a.d.Read more
Ten thousand years ago, the foundations of human civilization were laid in the fertile floodplain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what was then Mesopotamia and is now the modern nation of Iraq. An estimated ten thousand sites within Iraq’s borders chronicle thousands of years of human...Read more
World Monuments Fund has been working in Asia for over fifteen years, and was one of the first outside organizations to resume work in the historic city of Angkor, Cambodia. Our presence in the region has expanded dramatically in recent years with new projects in China, Japan, and Cambodia. This...Read more
The Jewish Heritage Program was launched by World Monuments Fund in 1988 to draw attention to Jewish cultural heritage under threat as a result of the Jewish Diaspora and the inability of smaller communities to care for their sacred and secular sites. This publication describes WMF’s...Read more
Constantin Brancusi’s monumental Endless Column, located near his birthplace of Hobita, Romania, is a 98-foot column of cast-iron modules (clad with zinc, brass, and clear protective organic coating) threaded into a steel spine. It is part of an ensemble (along with the travertine Gate of the Kiss...Read more
Profiles the involvement of World Monuments Fund (WMF) in the protection of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This illustrated brochure describes numerous current and past projects and initiatives at World Heritage Sites around the world.Read more
The mission of the World Monuments Fund (WMF) is to encourage and support the conservation and preservation of culturally and historically significant works of art and architecture worldwide. WMF is a private international organization based in New York. It works across geographic, cultural, and...Read more