In the years since a 1985 earthquake devastated Mexico City and destroyed many historic buildings, World Monuments Fund has been privileged to work in collaboration with a number of local partners in Mexico. Conservation projects have spanned centuries of heritage, and the World Monuments Watch has...Read more
The New York Studio School occupies a group of four mid-nineteenth-century townhouses at 8, 10, 12, and 14 West 8th Street in New York City’s Greenwich Village, each with a carriage house behind it opening onto MacDougal Alley. The properties were acquired and combined from 1907 to 1929 by sculptor...Read more
This annual report marks the completion of 50 years’ work for World Monuments Fund. It chronicles some of the high points and milestones along this memorable route, then focuses on the themes and issues that underlie our current work and our selection of projects: sharing knowledge through training...Read more
This publication contains the methodology used to develop the risk management plan at the Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua, published in “Análisis y plan de gestión de riesgo-adaptación ante el impacto del cambio climático del Parque Arqueológico Quiriguá.” The methodology is based on the...Read more
I recently wrote a piece in the Financial Times about the paradox behind our great monuments, those which we regard as the world’s patrimony, a uniting force for our species. Of course, many of them are so monumental precisely because they were built by immensely unfair societies, funded by an...Read more
During a two-day conference at the Historic Center of Colón held in February 2013, international and local urban conservation experts participated in round-table discussions that focused on the future vision of the historic center as an administrative and commercial hub, a dynamic and...Read more
Intervención is an academic journal from the Escuela Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museografía in Mexico, created by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH). It is dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge, research, reflection, and new developments and practices in...Read more
Since its founding in 1965, World Monuments Fund (WMF) has worked globally with hundreds of local partners to develop programs that provide international advocacy, financial support, and technical assistance to implement solutions to save historic buildings and sites at risk. This report covers the...Read more
The Roman Aqueduct of Segovia was placed on the 2006 World Monuments Watch to call attention to considerable conservation needs of the structure and the desirability to improve documentation of the structure and develop a comprehensive management plan to protect the site in the future, from its...Read more
‘I call architecture frozen music’, said Goethe. It’s an intriguing idea. We can all appreciate music almost from birth, for its innate mathematical structures, its proportion, depth and even colour. Music is the finest expression of our aural environment, transcending mere noise often with a rich...Read more