With a $5 million lead grant from American Express Company WMF proudly announces the establishment of the World Monuments Watch, a major new program aimed at identifying and preserving the world's most important endangered cultural landmarks...Read more
During the summer of 1995, the Archdiocese of Lithuania, in conjunction with St. John’s University in New York and World Monuments Fund, hosted an international charrette to plan for the conservation and adaptive re-use of the Bernardine Complex, located in the UNESCO World Heritage site...Read more
Following a successful planning charrette in the town of Valtice, situated in Southern Moravia of the Czech Republic, World Monuments Fund and Greenways/Zelene Stezky hosted a similar charrette in the neighboring town of Lednice during the summer of 1994. The focus of these efforts was the zamek,...Read more
In January WMF completed the first phase of restoration of the Tempel Synagogue in Cracow, a project launched and financed by the Jewish Heritage Council (JHC). An expert team of Polish architects and engineers completely replaced the building's standing seam metal roof and its related water...Read more
Reports on the third field campaign of World Monuments Fund at the temple complex of Preah Khan in Angkor, Cambodia, which took place in 1994-1995. The report describes accomplishments in research and conservation. A major research advance was a Spaceborn Imaging Radar survey of Angkor undertaken...Read more
Describes an investigation into the prospect of adapting the 18th century Alexander Palace in Tsarskoye Selo near St. Petersburg for use as a house museum interpreting the history and life of the last Romanovs, the last imperial dynasty to rule over Russia. The neoclassical palace was designed by...Read more
The Chassidic Route is a tourist route following the traces of Jewish communities through southeastern Poland, and soon also western Ukraine. Twenty-three communities in which priceless reminders of a centuries-old Jewish presence have survived have already joined the project. These are: Baligród,...Read more
Intended to raise awareness about Easter Island and its heritage, this publication outlines the natural and cultural history of the island, provides an overview of the major monuments there, and explains the Easter Island conservation projects sponsored by World Monuments Fund (then the...Read more
La siguiente publicación, destinada a crear conciencia sobre la Isla de Pascua y su patrimonio, describe la historia natural y cultural de la isla, y proporciona información general de sus monumentos más importantes. Explica además los proyectos de conservación que se han llevado a cabo con el...Read more
Reports on the second field campaign of World Monuments Fund at the temple complex of Preah Khan in Angkor, Cambodia, which took place in 1993-1994. Report V contains a narrative of the activities of this five-month campaign, followed by a detailed description of accomplishments in research and...Read more