Call to Action: Sign for COP28 Culture and Heritage Representation
🚨 CALL TO ACTION: Sign on to this global call to include cultural heritage, the arts and creative sectors in climate policy! The world is far off track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement: seeking new solutions is imperative. Culture and heritage shape our lives in many different…
National Geographic Presents Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks
NationalGeographic.com has published an essay about the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks in Ohio, our country’s newest World Heritage Site. If you would like to know more about these ancient monuments and are planning a visit, this is an excellent place to start your research! https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/how-visit-ohio-first-world-heritage-site-hopewell-mounds
Thank You to Our 2023 Symposium and Celebration Sponsors, Participants, and Hosts
Symposium 2023 is a wrap. We would like to extend special thanks to our Symposium and Celebration of World Heritage sponsors for making the event possible, to our speakers and attendees for making it a success, and to our wonderful hosts in San Antonio for harnessing the magic of World…
International Exchange Program 2024 Call for Applications
Applications for the 2024 International Exchange Program are now open! Apply as: – An Intern – a graduate student or emerging professional interested in strengthening professional heritage skills while gaining international experience – A Host Organization – a heritage organization willing to provide an intern with hands-on training in historic…
A Tour to Remember: Oaxaca and Monte Albán
Explore Oaxaca and Monte Albán with World Heritage USA Make memories at the Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán. Inhabited over a period of 1,500 years by a succession of peoples – Olmecs, Zapotecs and Mixtecs – the terraces, dams, canals, pyramids, and artificial mounds of…
Victory at Virden Webinar
Victory at Virden – October 12, 1898: Heritage of a Turning Point for American Labor A Webinar in Collaboration with the Mythic Mississippi Project of the University of Illinois and Union Miners Cemetery Perpetual Care Association Thursday, December 7, 5:30 p.m. Central Time Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_j8_sMFx-QxC8qXloe1iw9g#/registration Panelists: John Alexander,…
Symposium and Celebration 2023: Now is the Time to Act
This is the golden hour for our San Antonio Symposium – We need you to act on this now! It’s time to act, to do – register, sponsor, and spread the word about our San Antonio Symposium. Please register for the San Antonio Symposium today. If you can, commit today…
ICOMOS Spain and ISCEAH Statement Concerning Earthquake in Morocco
ICOMOS-USA and World Heritage USA share the sentiments expressed in this statement produced by the ICOMOS National Committee of Spain and the International Scientific Committee on Earthen Architectural Heritage (ISCEAH) and reproduced below: Madrid, 14 September 2023 We are deeply saddened by the recent earthquake in Morocco and subsequent loss…
Statement on Recent Moroccan and Libyan Tragedies
Sharing in partnership with the U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield (USCBS), ASOR, the United States Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS USA), and the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA): This past week has been an immensely difficult one for much of North Africa. On Friday, September 8th,…
ICOMOS General Assembly 2023 in Images
The ICOMOS 21st General Assembly is taking place in Sydney, Australia (31 August – 9 September 2023), as we post this. The United States is represented by a large delegation of ICOMOS-USA board members, International Scientific Committee leaders and members, emerging professionals, and other heritage professionals, who have spent the…
Monica Rhodes Elected to ICOMOS Board
ICOMOS-USA and its supporting organization World Heritage USA are proud to announce that trustee Monica Rhodes has been elected to serve as a member of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Board of Directors from 2023-2026. As the managing body of ICOMOS, the Board is responsible for preparing…
International Exchange Program (IEP) 2023 Presentations
OUR 2023 INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM INTERNS MADE THEIR FINAL PRESENTATIONS on 7 SEPTEMBER Celebrate the culmination of this year’s International Exchange Program by viewing their presentations here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay4RLHRlv40&list=PL2O6-xMiMharusBKE7sPRstkgEmSqFWM9 Join us online to discover how our diverse cohort of interns engaged in hands-on preservation activities and contributed to the safeguarding and…
Statement on the Wildfire Destruction in Hawaii
The United States national committee of ICOMOS is horrified at the extent of human suffering and the destruction of heritage resulting from the fires in Maui. Our hearts go out to the many people who have lost family and friends in reported numbers that continue to increase. We send our…
VENUE CHANGE: Monuments Summer: Cabrillo National Monument
UPDATE: There has been a venue change for our event, Monuments Summer: Cabrillo National Monument. The event has been moved from The JunĂpero Serra Museum to the San Diego History Center at Balboa Park, 1649 El Prado, San Diego, CA. The event includes a panel conversation from 1 p.m. –…
Public Comments on the Next Potential World Heritage Nominations from the U.S.
World Heritage USA submitted comments to the Office of International Affairs of the National Park Service regarding the next potential nominations from the US World Heritage Tentative List to UNESCO for possible future inscription onto the World Heritage List. Read the entire letter here or below. June 23, 2023 The…
President Douglas C. Comer Moderates United Nations Conference Panel
President Douglas C. Comer, Ph.D., moderated “Culture as an Enabler to Unlock the Key Challenges and Gaps in the Implementation of the SDGs” at the United Nations on 5 July 2023. The panel was part of an interactive dialogue on Culture and Sustainable Development entitled “Culture as a global public…
International Exchange Program 2023 Orientation
Prior to the start of their internships, this year’s International Exchange Program (IEP) interns gathered together in Washington, D.C., for an amazing few days of heritage-focused tours, visits, and meetings. We’d like to thank Katelynn Cunningham, World Heritage USA Program Coordinator, for organizing and leading the first in-person IEP Orientation…
Supporting World Heritage Sites: A Letter to the New York Times
Following recent testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations in support of funding U.S. dues for the World Heritage Committee, Trustee Thomas Cassidy submitted a letter on this important matter to the editor of the New York Times. As Cassidy notes “Full U.S. engagement with World Heritage requires paying…
Monuments Summer 2023
A Season of Dialogue World Heritage USA is proud to present a new, bi-coastal panel event series titled Monuments Summer: A Season of Dialogue featuring national public figures and scholars as they examine the racial and cultural dynamics of public monuments. The panels will explore these topics in the contexts…