Living Monuments and Memorials
By Madeline Bonner, Monuments Toolkit Living monuments and memorials are designed to engage contemporary society in different ways. For example, living monuments may grow and evolve, travel to reach different…
Monuments Toolkit 2025 Summer Webinar Series
Join us for the Monuments Toolkit 2025 Summer Webinar Series! This three-part series will discuss digital monuments, reinterpretation of historic places, and international approaches to oppressive monuments. Digitally Mapping the…
2025 International Exchange Program- Meet the interns!
Since 1984, the United States Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS-USA) International Exchange Program (IEP) has worked with partners around the world to provide hands-on training…
3 LGBTQ+ Monuments Worth Checking Out
By Gilbert C. Correa, Community Engagement Associate, Monuments Toolkit Project Over the course of the past three years, the Monuments Toolkit Team has been analyzing and documenting monuments particularly for…
Remembering Hugh Clark Miller
Remembering Hugh Clark Miller who formerly served on the Cultural Tourism Committee, on the US/ICOMOS Board of Directors, and as a Fellow. HUGH CLARK MILLER, FAIA, FAPT, 95, passed away…
Monuments and Power of Place
By Cequyna Moore, Director of the Monuments Toolkit What is the power place especially as it relates to trauma? The power of place refers to the profound emotional and historical…
APIAHIP Events
This summer, Huy Pham, Executive Direction of Asian & Pacific Islanders in Historic Preservation (APIAHIP) will be joinind the Monuments Toolkit on a webinar about digital monuments. Before then, APIAHIP…
An Underwater Monument at the Wreck of the Henrietta Marie
By Madeline Bonner, Monuments Toolkit Approximately 35 miles west of Key West, Florida, a monument sits on the ocean floor, marking the wreck site of a ship named the Henrietta…
US / Mexico Binational Nominations Initiative: El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Site Visits
US / Mexico Binational Nominations Initiative: El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Site Visits Photo: Samat Jain (2010). “El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail.” By Gilbert C.…
Noah Price Honored with NCPH New Professional Award
Montréal, Québec, March 29, 2025 — Noah Price, Media & Marketing Program Associate for the Monuments Toolkit, was honored by the National Council on Public History with the New Professional…
2025 Annual Symposium: 60 Years of World Heritage- Sponsorship Opportunities
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Roundabout to the Women Who Fight!
By Gilbert C. Correa, Community Engagement Associate Over the course of the past three years, the Monuments Toolkit Team has been analyzing and documenting monuments, as well as proactive approaches…
The International Charter and Guidance on Sites with Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICICH)
The International Charter and Guidance on Sites with Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICICH) was developed by the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage and formally approved at the ICOMOS…
Proposed Cuts to National Park Service Funding Raise Concerns
Proposals emerging from the House Ways and Means Committee could significantly impact the National Park Service (NPS) and its efforts to address climate change and protect public lands. Among the…
The Stumbling Stones: An International Monument of Reconciliation
By Noah Price, Media & Marketing Program Associate This International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. Since then, artists have created numerous…
Monuments Toolkit Receives NEA Grant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ICOMOS-USA to Receive $20,000 Award from the National Endowment for the Arts for World Heritage USA Monuments Toolkit Project 13 January 2025, Washington DC ICOMOS-USA is pleased…
In Solidarity with Communities Devastated by Wildfires
World Heritage USA and ICOMOS-USA stand in solidarity with the communities, first responders, and organizations impacted by the recent devastating California wildfires. These fires threaten not only lives and landscapes…
A New Year Message from President Douglas C. Comer
In 2025 and the years just beyond there will be strong efforts from powerful quarters in the federal government to roll back protection for heritage sites, curtail the celebration of…
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to be Nominated to the World Heritage List
We are excited to share that the U.S. Department of the Interior announced on 20 December 2024 that Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge will be nominated to join the UNESCO World…
New Book on Monuments of Oppression
Cequyna Moore, Director of the Monuments Toolkit project, recently authored a chapter in the new book, “Grappling with Monuments of Oppression: Moving from Analysis to Activism.” Synopsis “Grappling with Monuments…