The recent killing of the African American George Floyd has inevitably sparked worldwide protests against racism. ICOMOS-UK is part of a global ICOMOS network extending to some 120 countries. As part of this international community we work alongside culturally diverse professionals and local people across the globe in a variety of social and economic settings. […]
This is our update on our arrangements in response to the need for new ways of working to counter the spread of coronavirus. As of the end of this week, all staff will be working from home. You will still be able to contact us through our work email addresses. Phone contact will not be […]
An eight year fight to stop gravel extraction near the Falls of Clyde in the picturesque setting of New Lanark World Heritage site has finally ended. In started in 2012 when Cemex, a multinational company, put in an application to extend the existing Hyndford Quarry west towards the World Heritage site at New Lanark – the […]
The nomination will now be checked for completeness by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and then passed to ICOMOS for evaluation over the next eighteen months. ICOMOS’s recommendation will be considered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee at its meeting in 2021. The landscape that runs throughout Gwynedd became the world leader for the production […]
The ICOMOS-UK 2020 Strategy aims to advance and promote the conservation of cultural heritage by strengthening existing international best practice networks, increasing opportunities for young professionals, enhancing ICOMOS-UK’s influence and growing its membership. ICOMOS-UK is an internationally recognised organisation that brings expertise together to promote the conservation of heritage through knowledge exchange, innovation, capacity building, […]
The idea that cultural heritage in some way belongs to all of us underpins the work of ICOMOS and is the lodestone of the World Heritage Convention, 1972. The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, 1954, forbids any act of hostility to cultural property and in the […]
Statement on the threats to cultural heritage in the case of armed conflicts 6th January 2020 In armed conflicts and political upheavals since the turn of the millennium, cultural heritage has been increasingly targeted. It has been looted or deliberately destroyed, in order to finance warfare or to affect the identity and the confidence of […]
(Annual General Assembly 3-6 December 2018) This year, the ICOMOS Annual General Assembly and Advisory Committee took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 4-8 December 2018, on the generous invitation of ICOMOS Argentina. Donald Hankey and Stephen Hughes, Vice-President ICOMOS-UK, attended and are now sharing their views on the event. Please read extracts from their […]
You can now book your tickets to our Intangible Cultural Heritage Conference Passing on Our Cultural Traditions to Future Generations on EVENTBRITE. Follow the link and reserve your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/passing-on-our-cultural-traditions-to-future-generations-tickets-56283747203?utm_term=eventurl_text
We are delighted to announce that the new President is Clara Arokiasamy I am most pleased to announce the election of Clara Arokiasamy as the next President of ICOMOS-UK, following my completing three years serving this most important role. For this forthcoming year Clara will guide us through the transition to operating as the now […]