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Catching Up with the Jefferson Davis Statue

Monuments Toolkit
Photograph of the Jefferson Davis statue exhibit.
The Jefferson Davis Statue on Richmond, Virginia’s Monument Avenue is one of the most notorious monuments of oppression. It came into widespread public focus during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. However, for several years before those protests, museums and archives around Richmond proposed plans for reinterpreting or removing the…

2024 Annual Meeting: 16 December 2024. Register Now!

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Register now to join us for the ICOMOS-USA 2024 Virtual Annual Meeting. We will meet at 12 pm Eastern Time on Monday, 16 December to elect new trustees and review the year’s accomplishments. Please note that only members may vote but all are welcome to attend! Meeting Agenda Welcome and Introductory Remarks Slate of Candidates and Voting…

Symposium and Celebration 2024: Event Map and Last Chance to Register!

Symposium
Hopefully by now you know all about our upcoming Symposium and Gala Celebration of World Heritage and have even purchased tickets. Where will the 2024 Symposium and Conference be held? Where is the Gala Celebration of World Heritage being held on the 22nd? This downloadable event map provides the answers.…

2024 Celebration of World Heritage Honorees and Speakers

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Our 14th Annual Gala Celebration of World Heritage will be held the evening of Friday, 22 November 2024 from 6-10 pm at the Anderson House in Washington, DC. Please join us for a festive evening in a convivial and historic setting to celebrate World Heritage in the United States, honor…

Gala Celebration of World Heritage 2024

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Our 14th Annual Gala Celebration of World Heritage will be held the evening of Friday, 22 November 2024 from 6-10 pm at the Anderson House in Washington, DC Please join us for a festive evening in a convivial and historic setting to celebrate World Heritage in the United States, honor distinguished guests…

Call for Sponsors: Symposium and Celebration 2024

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Sponsors Needed!
We can’t carry out our many heritage-related programs in the United States and around the world without your help! Sponsors help underwrite ICOMOS-USA / World Heritage USA operations for 2025. Our 2024 Symposium and Conference will be held 21-22 November in Washington, DC. The event culminates in our 14th Annual…

Introducing New Monuments Toolkit Staff

Monuments Toolkit
World Heritage USA is happy to introduce our two newest staff members: Madeline (Maddy) Bonner and Noah Price, who have recently begun work on the Monument Relocation, Removal, and Reinterpretation Toolkit, also known as the Monuments Toolkit program. The Monuments Toolkit program has been funded by grants from the Mellon…

2025 Membership: Renew or Join Now

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Join or Renew Now for 2025
2024 has been an exciting and busy year. We, along with our supporting organization, World Heritage USA, have: expanded our Young Professionals Network; facilitated twelve internships across five countries through the International Exchange Program; received an additional $1.5 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to support the implementation phase of…

Join Your ICOMOS Colleagues for the 2024 Annual General Assembly in Ouro Preto, Brazil

ICOMOS
The ICOMOS 2024 Annual General Assembly (AGA) will convene in the historic city of Ouro Preto, Brazil from November 10 to 17. ICOMOS Brazil provides essential information regarding the event, including travel guidance, venue details and different accommodation options here. As the largest gathering of international heritage practitioners, experts, and…

World Heritage USA / ICOMOS USA Welcome New Staff

Jobs
Two new staff members joined World Heritage USA/ICOMOS USA in August. Please help us welcome: Kelsey Tabela-Baxter, Development Coordinator Kelsey Tabela-Baxter, a Rhode Island native, earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Rhode Island College, majoring in Anthropology and minoring in Environmental Science. She has a diverse background in fundraising,…

International Exchange Program 2024 Closing Ceremony

International Exchange Program
Announcing the 2024 International Exchange Program Closing Ceremony Thursday, 5 September from 12:00 – 01:30 PM ET Join us to celebrate the culmination of the 40th year of the International Exchange Program! During this virtual event, discover how our diverse cohort of interns engaged in hands-on preservation activities and contributed…

On the Anniversary of the 2023 Maui Wildfires

Climate Change and Heritage, Symposium
By Douglas C. Comer, Ph.D. President of ICOMOS-USA This August 8, 2024, we sadly observe the one-year anniversary of the wildfire in Maui, the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century. It left many homeless in the former capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Lahaina, and for many residents incinerated a lifetime…

Introducing the U.S./Mexico Binational Nominations Initiative

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U.S. / Mexico Binational Nominations Initiative
The Initiative We’re excited to announce that ICOMOS-USA has established a U.S./Mexico Binational Nominations Initiative to support the creation of four World Heritage Sites along the U.S./Mexico Border. The seeds of the initiative were sewn at our 2023 Symposium–“Affirming Cultural Identity: World Heritage in the 21st Century,” in San Antonio,…

International Exchange Program Orientation 2024

International Exchange Program
This year, we celebrate 40 years of the International Exchange Program (IEP)! Since 1984, our organization has worked with partners around the world to provide hands-on training opportunities for emerging cultural heritage professionals. To date, more than 700 interns from over 100 countries have participated in the program. Prior to…

Learn to Use Your ICOMOS Card

ICOMOS
Going someplace this summer? If so, do not forget to use your ICOMOS card. After an informal poll of our members, I was surprised at how many are not aware of the strong advantages of doing so. Using your card is remarkably simple. No advance reservations are needed for entry…

A Notice About Recent Supreme Court Decisions

Preservation Law
On June 28, the Supreme Court handed down rulings in two cases concerning the “Chevron Deference” doctrine. That doctrine, originating in a 1984 Supreme Court opinion, established that courts would defer to the expertise of federal agencies when interpreting ambiguous statutes through regulations. The Court’s decisions abolished the Chevron Deference.…