News & Events
Future Events
- Our Sacred Landscapes
23 April 2008, 6.30-8.30pm, School of Jewellery, Vittoria Street, Birmingham, B1 3PA -
Please join us for conversation on the heritage of belief and religious diversity followed by light refreshments and a chance to chat.
How do sacred acts and religious beliefs impact on our built heritage? Where can we find the buildings and landscapes, big and small, of Britain’s diverse religious cultures? These are some of the questions the speakers will address. We invite your thoughts on this important aspect of our heritage.
The event will coincide with 2008 International Sites and Monuments Day, on the theme ‘Religious Heritage and Sacred Places’.
Conversations is a new series of events which explores different aspects of how past and present cultural activities influence and change our historic surroundings.
To make a booking via email or by post, please download our flyer. For more information email:
tehminagoskar@icomos-uk.org or admin@icomos-uk.org
- Action on Skills Training & Education for the Historic Environment
29th - 30th April 2008, The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment, London -
ICOMOS-UK Education & Training Committee is pleased to invite you to a two-day Conference on
ACTION ON SKILLS TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENTand the Launch of two new National Heritage Training Group Research Reports on
- Traditional Building Craft Skills Update
- Current Skills and Future Training Needs of Building Professionals working within the UK Built Heritage Sector
to be held at The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment, London, on 29th and 30th April, 2008 in collaboration with Construction Skills, National Heritage Training Group, Institute for Historic Buildings Conservation, English Heritage, Historic Scotland, Cadw, COTAC and the Carpenters' Company.
The outcome of the Conference will be a Skills Action Plan to define ways for active engagement of higher and further education providers, heritage organisations funding bodies and development agencies in delivering flexible skills training to meet current and future demands.
Full details and a booking form are attached. As we expect there to be great interest in this event and places are limited, we advise early booking.Download the Action on Skills Training & Education for the Historic Environment flyer
- ICOMOS-UK 2008 AGM and Annual Summer conference in the Lake District
CULTURAL LANDSCAPE MANAGMENT
12th-14th June 2008 at the University of Cumbria, Ambleside Campus -
A three-day Conference in collaboration with the University of Cumbria supported by the Lake District National Park Authority, Cumbria County Council, Forestry Commission, National Trust, North West Development Agency, English Heritage, Lake District World Heritage Project and the Landscape Institute
With speakers from Italy, France, Norway, Andorra, Switzerland and Hungary, as well as the UK, the conference aims to draw together thinking and practice on how the forces that shape cultural landscapes can be sustained and harnessed to deliver positive benefits and contribute to sustainable development and regeneration.
There will be a strong focus on the Lake District with a range of site visits complemented by speakers addressing the multiple values of the Lake District landscape.
For more information and a booking form, please see the programme attached. The conference is non-residential. The fee covers lectures, site visits, guided walks, three lunches and a Thursday evening buffet supper, and for ICOMOS-UK Members it also covers a buffet supper on Saturday evening and a site visit on Sunday morning.
Past Events
- Norwich HEART - People and Places: Optimising public benefits of urban historic environments: international case studies
Thursday 6th March 2008, 10.30am to 17.30pm, Dragon Hall, Norwich -
ICOMOS-UK Cultural Tourism Committee and Norwich HEART invite you to a one-day Workshop, Guided Tour & Reception
The Workshop will explore the heritage management implications of ‘realising the reality’ of placing people centre stage in decisions concerning heritage conservation. How can individuals and groups – heritage experts, local communities and visitors - take an active role in shaping the ‘heritage of place’? How are conflicting interests resolved?
What is the experience of Norwich HEART?The day will finish with a guided walk through tourist Norwich to enable participants to see how the different sites and attractions are experienced by the visitor within the urban cultural tourism landscape of the city.
The outcome of all three events, the Norwich Accord, will feed into the ICOMOS International Scientific Symposium on Spirit of Place at the ICOMOS General Assembly in Quebec, Canada, in October 2008.ADMISSION:
ICOMOS-UK Members: £50
Non-Members £65
Students £40
- Christmas Lecture: Historic Urban Landscapes and Views in London
Monday 17th December 2007, 6.30-8.30pm, The Gallery, 77 Cowcross Street, London -
If cities are seen as landscapes that are shaped by people, they can be read for their strong cultural associations. Hal Moggridge is the representative of the International Federation of Landscape Architects on the UNESCO Historic Urban Landscapes Working Group. He is assembling methodologies which assess our perceptions of place and cultural value and which can be used to inform development in cities across the world. London has never been a city planned with formal views and vistas, but its urban landscape has a strong picturesque character and Hal will discuss how we need to articulate this, and particularly its skyline and views, in order to take informed decisions about change.
ADMISSION: (includes wine & mincepies after the lecture)
ICOMOS-UK Members: £15
Landscape Institute Members: £15
Non-Members £18
Students £10 - Summer Outing & AGM, 12th July 2007, Westminster Abbey, London
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You are invited to attend our Summer Outing and AGM at Westminster Abbey this year on Thursday 12th July. Admission is by free ticket.
The Event will begin with a walk of WH views at 1.30pm led by Hal Moggridge, Colvin and Moggridge, and Gwyn Richards, Westminster City Council. The programme will also include a tour of the Abbey at 6pm and a wine reception at 7pm. The AGM will take place at 3.30pm at Cheyneygates, two rooms over the entrance to the cloisters of Westminster Abbey that were originally part of the Abbot’s house of the Benedictine monastery.
The event is open free to all ICOMOS-UK members and their guests.
- Finding the Spirit of Place Symposium, 9th June 2007, Canterbury Cathedral International Study Centre, Canterbury
You are invited to join a joint ICOMOS-UK and ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Cultural Tourism Symposium on Finding the Spirit of Place. The focus is mainly, but not exclusively, on issues relating to World Heritage sites. International case studies from China, Philippines, Jordan and Australia are complemented by case studies from the UK - Liverpool, Canterbury and Tyntesfield.
This Symposium will explore the idea of spirit of place through the lens of cultural tourism. The first session is an examination of different ways of enhancing the Spirit of Place in a variety of cultural landscapes. The second session investigates how visitors engage with, contribute to or detract from the Spirit of Place. Case studies provide examples of current practice across the world as well the UK. These present a platform for delegates to investigate and discuss the effectiveness of various conservation and interpretation frameworks and management decisions.
As a group of conservation and tourism professionals we will consider the benefits and disbenefits of the impacts of cultural tourism – and in particular mass tourism - on conservation planning & practice; site management & operational planning; interpretive planning; community histories & heritage; and the visitor experience.
Members: £40
Non-Members: £60
Students: £30
This includes buffet lunch and tea/coffee.
- Climate Change and Cultural Heritage: Society's Great Challenge, 7th of December at 6.30pm, The Gallery, Cowcross Street, London EC1M
Society cannot ignore climate change – its impacts are already being felt. The impact on the environment and economy is now widely and sometimes dramatically forecast. Less discussed is the impact of climate change on cultural heritage – historic buildings, gardens, farmed landscapes – and the cultural and social processes associated with them. But these impacts will be no less drastic and could be felt right across society.
In this timely lecture, in the light of the Stern Report, Fiona Reynolds, Director-General of the National Trust, will speak on how the Trust is learning to adapt to climate change and mitigate its worst effects on cultural heritage. She will also address the need for all of us to call on Government to deliver a robust and targeted climate change strategy.
Members: £15
Non-Members: £18
Students: £10Admission includes wine & mincepies after the lecture.
For tickets please contact the ICOMOS-UK office.
- York Spaces, one-day seminar 28th September 2006 - St. William's College, York
York Spaces is the first of two seminars organised by the ICOMOS-UK Cultural Tourism Committee exploring links between the tangible and intangible heritage in terms of the association of people to the spaces and places they experience as visitors. The part played by cultural expression and community participation in creating meaning and memories for cultural tourists is investigated.
The York Spaces Seminar explores internal and external spaces. It addresses the ways in which visitors to heritage tourism attractions utilize space, at different levels of scale and from different perspectives. Speakers include Professor Myra Shackley, Nottingham Trent University; Janet Barnes, Chief Executive of York Museums Trust and Steve Cinderby, University of York. The day will finish with a guided walk through tourist York directed by John Oxley, City of York archaeologist, to enable participants to see how the different sites and attractions discussed by the presenters are spatially related and experienced by the visitor within the urban cultural tourism landscape of the city.
The seminar will take place in the House of Laymen, St. William's College, 5 College Street, York YO1 7JF. Tickets are priced at £45 for non-members, £40 for ICOMOS-UK members and £35 for students. This includes lunch and tea/coffee.
- Monuments & Sites at Risk: A Presentation of ICOMOS Actions, Seminar 8th September 2006, The Hub, Edinburgh
On the occasion of the 2006 ICOMOS Advisory Committee Meeting, which takes place between 8-13th September in Edinburgh, ICOMOS and Historic Scotland invites you to a seminar on Friday 8th September.
The seminar will be an opportunity to hear about and debate the range and scope of work undertaken by a selection of ICOMOS' International Scientific Committees.There will be presentations on a wide range of topics to include timber houses of Istanbul, Shackleton's hut in the Antarctic, and Russian avant-garde heritage.
The seminar will take place in The Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh EH1. Tickets are priced at £20 for non-members, £15 for members of ICOMOS and Friends of Historic Scotland, and £10 for students.
Please note that all bookings are done through RICS Scotland. Their details can be found on the booking form.
- Towns and Cities as Cultural Landscapes: 6th April 6.30 - 9.30 pm, RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD
Urban cultural landscapes reflect the interaction between people and their environment over time - often over many centuries
We should value them as dynamic organisms, whose material and immaterial qualities need to be sustained as balanced and harmonious systems
Towns and cites should celebrate their cultural, social and economic diversity and promote a sense of identity, instead displaying a 'sameness' unrelated to the societies they serve
This Seminar is held on collaboration with the RIBA will consider approaches from Vienna, Cairo and the shopping streets of towns and cities in the UK
Tickets £12.50 members, £15.00 non-members and £8.00 students to include a Wine Reception
- Christmas Lecture: Preparing St Paul's Cathedral for its 4th Century
As St Paul's approaches the 300th anniversary of its completion in 2010, the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's have taken a brave decision to clean and repair the entire interior and exterior of Sir Christopher Wren's masterpiece.
The completion of the major phase of this work amply demonstrates the skills and craftsmanship of all involved.
Martin Stancliffe, the 17th Surveyor to the Fabric, will speak on the challenges of striking the right balance between making the architecture read as Wren intended and respecting later changes to the fabric.Members: £12.50
Non-Members: £15.00
Students: £8.00
Admission includes wine & mincepies after the lectureFor tickets please contact the ICOMOS-UK office on 020 7566 0031 or via e-mail on admin@icomos-uk.org
This is Ecclesiological Society's Annual Stephen Dykes Bower Lecture
- Conservation in Architectural Education: Making a Case
On Thursday 15th September 2005 ICOMOS-UK, in collaboration with the University of Bath, is holding a workshop on conservation in architectural education. This workshop will be held at the University of Bath and speakers will include representatives from UK Government Agencies, University Departments, the RIBA, the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Education & Training, and US ICOMOS. For those attending the workshop there will on Wednesday 14th September be an evening lecture and wine reception at the Guildhall in Bath.
This event will be of relevance to educators teaching on undergraduate and postgraduate courses, professional organisations, policy makers, and practitioners.
Tickets are £50 to include lunch, tea & coffee.
- 19th-22nd of May 2005
The ICOMOS-UK Summer Meeting, Seminar and AGM to be held in collaboration with Cadw will be on Welsh Castles and will be held in Caernarfon. There will be a one day seminar on the 21st of May on the theme of Castles and Fortifications
- 28th April 2005 at 6.30pm, International Sites & Monuments Day: New Buildings in World Heritage sites
This evening seminar is held in collaboration with the RIBA and will be held at their head quarters. There will be a wine reception after the seminar. View the programme and booking form
- Iraq's Cultural Heritage - Challenges and Opportunities. Christmas lecture 2nd of Dec 2004.
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The annual ICOMOS-UK Christmas Lecture and Gathering was held in association with the British School of Archaeology in Iraq. Dr Lamia al-Gailani Werr's lecture was titled ' Iraq's Cultural Heritage - Challenges and Opportunities'.
- Future Landscapes Conference: Working with the Principles of the European Landscape Convention. 7-9th May 2004, Oxford.
This two-day conference was held in collaboration with the University of Oxford and sponsored by English Heritage and the Countryside Agency. The conference discussed the benefits of signing up to the European Landscape Convention and a Statement titled Future Landscapes: Working with the Principles of the European Landscape Convention was produced. For hard copies of this document, available free of charge, please send an A4 SAE to the ICOMOS-UK office.
- Soul in the City: Cultural Tourism and Urban Spaces. 16th March 2004.
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This was a joint one-day seminar between the Cultural Tourism Committee and the Tourism Society. This seminar looked at the importance of urban spaces for cultural tourism. Download Tourism Society Report