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Europe

Increased Creative Europe budget in 2022 to support cultural and creative sectors

January 17, 2022

Italy

Italy says ‘no’ to McDonald’s drive-tru next to Famous Roman monument

January 2, 2022

World

Falconry is one of the elements inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Source: Markgoddard via Canva

43 elements inscribed on UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage lists

December 20, 2021

France

French heritage experts approve controversial Notre-Dame redesign

December 16, 2021

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Endangered heritage

Europe

12 European heritage sites shortlisted for the 7 Most Endangered Programme 2022

December 17, 2021

Europe

ICOM launches Red List for Southeast European Cultural Objects at Risk

October 26, 2021

United Kingdom

Bevis Marks Synagogue in London, England. Image: John Salmon via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 2.0

Foundation for Jewish Heritage delighted: 48 storey building plans next to UK’s oldest synagogue rejected

October 19, 2021

World

Help ICOM and Wikimedia to protect Afghanistan’s cultural heritage at risk

October 15, 2021

World

How climate change is leading to losses of Indigenous cultural heritage

October 5, 2021

World

The Minaret of Jam, Afghanistan. Image: David C. Thomas via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 2.5

UNESCO calls for the protection of Afghanistan’s cultural heritage

August 26, 2021

Greece

ICOMOS concerned about new concrete pathway at the Acropolis

August 10, 2021

World

The Gandzasar Monastery in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2010. Image: Alaexis Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0

Europa Nostra and the European Association of Archaeologists call for the protection of the cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh

July 13, 2021

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Events & Calls

202227jan2:00 pm4:00 pmVirtual EventInfo Session: New European Bauhaus Funding Event Organized By: European Commission

202227jan6:00 pmVirtual EventInterpret Europe Webinar: Heritage Interpretation across Cultures Event Organized By: Interpret Europe

202201feb3:00 pm6:00 pmVirtual EventAnnual Policy conservation: A Cultural Deal for Europe Event Organized By: Culture Action Europe, the European Cultural Foundation & Europa Nostra

202203feb10:30 amVirtual EventKick-off Meeting: EURegionsWeek 2022 Event Organized By: EURegionsWeek

202215marAll Day16Virtual EventSymposium: Heritage for the Future / Science for HeritageA European Adventure for Research and InnovationParis, France Event Organized By: Foundation for Heritage Science and European Commission

202230janAll DayCall for Articles and Podcasts: 50th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention Event Organized By: UNESCO World Heritage Centre

202231janAll DayCall for supporters and contributors: CHARTER Community Event Organized By: CHARTER

202201febAll DayCall for entries: European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2022 Event Organized By: European Commission and Europa Nostra

202210febAll DayCompetition: Reuse the Lake Chapel of San Lorenzo Nuovo (Italy) Event Organized By: Reuse Italy

202201marAll DayJob Vacancy: Professor of Heritage and Memory at the University of Amsterdam Event Organized By: University of Amsterdam

202201marAll DayCall for speakers: IAASF 2022 Conference: Post Pandemic Protection of the Cultural Heritage Sector Event Organized By: IAASF

202215aprAll DayCall for applications: 2022 European Museum Academy Awards Event Organized By: European Museum Academy

202215aprAll DayCall for Applications: 2022 European Museum Academy Awards Event Organized By: European Museum Academy

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United Kingdom

The fossil of an ichthyosaur. Image: Anglian Water

Sea dragon is one of Britain’s greatest palaeontological discoveries

January 13, 2022

Adapting to Climate Change

Digital Heritage

Archaeology

Ongoing Heritage Projects in Europe

Digital News Magazine on Cultural Heritage in Europe

IUCN and ICOMOS publish commentary on keywords in natural and cultural heritage conservation

New courses in Donegal are part of efforts to keep the art of weaving alive. Image: Donegal ETB

Making history with a revival of weaving in Donegal, Ireland

Basilica of Norsia, Italy. Image: EU 2017

Have a look at 8 EU projects that conserve our cultural heritage

Increased Creative Europe budget in 2022 to support cultural and creative sectors

Sea dragon is one of Britain’s greatest palaeontological discoveries

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Scottish and German researchers to map travel routes of Vikings in Scotland like never before

Heritage Reuse: Policies and Practices across Europe

Africa Museum in Tervuren, Belgium. Source: Jorisvo via Canva

Belgium plans to hand back colonial loot to DR Congo

2022 European Heritage Days will celebrate Sustainable Heritage

Cruise ship in the port of Palma. Source: Rene Cortin via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Palma to limit cruise ships to protect itself from overtourism

Italy says ‘no’ to McDonald’s drive-tru next to Famous Roman monument

Cultural Heritage in Action shares digital toolbox for cultural heritage practitioners

European Heritage Days 2021 in Cyprus

New overview of culture in the EU’s National Recovery and Resilience Plans

A blue whale skeleton in the Hintze Hall of the Natural History Museum in London in 2017. Source: Steveoc 86 via Wikimedia

Digitising a museum collection could contribute over £2 billion to the economy

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adapting to climate change

World

IUCN and ICOMOS publish commentary on keywords in natural and cultural heritage conservation

January 24, 2022

IUCN (International Union for the conservation of Nature) and ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) have published a new document: “Connecting Practice: A Commentary on Nature-Culture Keywords“. The Commentary intends to develop a basis for common understanding of relevant...

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Ireland

Making history with a revival of weaving in Donegal, Ireland

January 21, 2022

Europe

Have a look at 8 EU projects that conserve our cultural heritage

January 20, 2022

Europe

Increased Creative Europe budget in 2022 to support cultural and creative sectors

January 17, 2022

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Esach blog

Portugal

ESACH Blog | Connecting heritage and youth through Minecraft: MI.MOMO.FARO

July 13, 2021

Can really Minecraft connect Heritage and Youth? The MI.MOMO.FARO – Minecraft and the Modernist Architecture in Faro project aims to answer this question, connecting the young with the modernist built heritage of their city through digital technologies, new learning approaches...

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Romania