Membership of ICOMOS-UK provides a unique opportunity to engage with practitioners working in the field of heritage conservation and management. It provides a platform for debate about the value of heritage in and for contemporary society, for professionals and those with more general interest. Its focus is both national and international, and its work embraces the relationship between the two. Members are encouraged to become actively involved in its work at all levels, and to contribute – and enhance – their own expertise through contributions to research, learning and training, and policy development.
Benefits include:
Some of these benefits are not available to Student Members – full details are given on the application form. Membership offers students access to a network of advice and professional thinking at an early stage in their careers, to formal training, and informal professional development.
By becoming a member you can:
*Please note that student members are not entitled to ICOMOS international membership, and will not receive an ICOMOS international membership card, nor have priority access to the UNESCO-ICOMOS Documentation Centre in Paris nor be part of the ICOMOS international experts’ database. If you wish to access these benefits, please join as a full Individual or Young Professional member.
Student membership does not include membership of ICOMOS international, and does not include the ICOMOS card. Membership of ICOMOS-UK offers students access to a network of advice and professional thinking at an early stage in their careers, to formal training, and informal professional development.
Our institutional members are UK World Heritage Sites, local councils, archaeology and conservation charities, architects, conservation and landscape consultancies or other organisations actively engaged in conservation or protection of historic monuments, buildings or sites.
The benefits for you of joining ICOMOS-UK as an institutional member are:
“ICOMOS gave me access to global heritage and an opportunity to work internationally. Most importantly it has allowed me to be inspired by the work of many wonderful people around the world.”
“Being a member of ICOMOS has helped me be less parochial in outlook – sharing experience internationally, and helping to campaign against threats to world heritage abroad”
You can join as a member in the following categories:
Individual | £90 per year |
Young Professional (under 30) | £50 per year (proof of date of birth required) |
Student | £20 per year (proof required; no ICOMOS card, some benefits not available) |
Institutional | £485 per year |
Membership runs from 1 January to 31 December each year. If you join from October to December, your membership fee for that year will cover the following year as well. (Please note the forms may not open correctly using the Firefox browser – please use Google Chrome).
Please complete the membership form. The form is available as a pdf which you can fill out and email to the office, the pdf membership form is here. Or, you can fill out the digital form here.
You can pay by direct debit, paypal or bank transfer. If you wish to pay by bank transfer either within the UK or internationally, please contact us on admin@icomos-uk.org
If you are a UK taxpayer, please complete the Gift Aid form that is part of the membership form, as it enables us to claim back tax on your membership subscription.
You can now also pay for or renew your membership with PayPal online. Please follow the link below in order to do this. If you are a new member, please note that you will still need to fill in a membership form and send it back to us.
We expect all members of ICOMOS-UK to subscribe to the ICOMOS Ethical Statement and the ICOMOS Policy for the Implementation of the World Heritage Mandate, which set out best practice in professional conduct for ICOMOS members.