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May 11, 2022, New York, NY—Today World Monuments Fund (WMF) and Tiffany & Co. announce the launch of Japan’s first professional gold leaf craftsman training program in Kanazawa, a coastal city north-east of Kyoto. The project aims to collaborate with the city of Kanazawa in ensuring the sustainable preservation of traditional craftsmanship of Kanazawa Haku gold leaf production, which was recently inscribed on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List.
On October 19, 2021, Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, Minister of Culture, and François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Banque de France, will inaugurate the reassembled interiors of the Chancellerie d'Orléans in the Hôtel de Rohan in Paris, France.
In light of the pandemic and WMF’s long history responding to crises of all kinds, this year’s event will focus on cultural heritage in times of crisis.