To observe a year in the life of the World Monuments Fund, as we do here in our Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1998, is to marvel at the energy and commitment of OUf staff, to be dismayed at the gravity and breadth ofthe needs that we address, and to celebrate the milestones of progress and...Read more
Reports on the fifth field campaign of World Monuments Fund at the temple complex of Preah Khan in Angkor, Cambodia, which took place in 1996-1997. During this campaign innovative conservation techniques were perfected and a significant amount of new work was completed, as described in this report...Read more
Proceedings of a conference titled “Towards a Common Method of Assessing Mixed Cultural and Natural Resources” that took place in March 1998. The conference aimed to raise awareness of the increasing divergence between the fields of ecological and cultural heritage preservation...Read more
Designed by Giacomo Quarenghi and built between 1792 and 1796, this neoclassical palace near St. Petersburg was a gift from Catherine the Great to her eldest grandson Alexander before he ascended to the throne. Alexander I, Nicholas I and Nicholas II all spent their summers living in the palace...Read more
During the summer of 1993, World Monuments Fund hosted a symposium entitled “Employment Strategies for the Restoration Arts: Craft Training in the Service of Historic Preservation.” Subsequently, World Monuments Fund organized a series of roundtable discussions with key city...Read more
A year is but a passing gleam in the life of a monument or site, but in terms of conservation, a year can make a decisive difference. From that perspective, the fiscal year 1997 was especially significant for the World Monuments Fund, and for our capacity to make a difference to the preservation of...Read more
The Friends of Assisi, an emergency appeal to assist Italy's recovery from the recent earthquakes that have struck the center of the country, has been founded in association with WMF. Since September 26, 1997 a series of powerful tremors and strong aftershocks have damaged parts of Umbria and...Read more
Reports on the fourth field campaign of World Monuments Fund at the temple complex of Preah Khan in Angkor, Cambodia, which took place in 1995-1996. During the fourth field campaign a number of ongoing conservation projects reached completion, while research and training activities expanded in new...Read more
Appendix to a report describing the accomplishments of the 1995-1996 field campaign of World Monuments Fund at the temple complex of Preah Khan in Angkor, Cambodia. This appendix contains two technical reports prepared by WMF consultants. The first report describes structural repairs undertaken...Read more
On May 23, 1996, WMF president Bonnie Burnham presented the first thirty-four World Monuments Watch grants at a special dinner in New York. This followed the announcement in March of the World Monuments Fund List of IOO Most Endangered Sites, a first-ever 'endangered species list' of...Read more