The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) is an intergovernmental organization dedicated to the preservation of cultural heritage worldwide through training, information, research, cooperation and advocacy programmes. It aims to enhance the field of conservation-restoration and raise awareness to the importance and fragility of cultural heritage.

The creation of the Centre took place as a result of a proposal at the UNESCO

UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

 General Conference held in New Delhi, in 1956. Three years later, the Centre was established in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

, Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

, where its headquarters remain to this day.

ICCROM responds to the needs of its member states, which as of November 2011 have reached 130.

Mission

ICCROM’s mission is defined by a set of statutes that were drafted shortly before its establishment (and revised on 11 November 2005).

Activities

ICCROM's mission is fulfilled through five areas of activity: training, information, research, cooperation and advocacy.

Training

ICCROM contributes to capacity building through the development of educational materials, training activities worldwide, internships and fellows. Since 1965, ICCROM has offered courses to mid-career professionals on a wide range of topics that include archaeological site conservation, architectural records and inventories, built heritage conservation, conservation decision making, cultural heritage management, preventive conservation in museums and risk management to endangered collections. Other courses are focused on specific materials such as stone, wood, or sound and image collections, and others still focus on the conservation of heritage in specific regional areas, such as the Arab region or Southeast Asia.

Information

The ICCROM library is one of the world’s leading sources of information on the conservation and restoration of cultural heritage. It contains more than 100,000 registered references and 1,800 specialized journals in more than 60 languages. In addition, the archive contains institutional records that date back to ICCROM’s creation, as well as over 200,000 images of cultural heritage worldwide in relation to ICCROM’s scientific and educational activities. The website is a portal to comprehensive information about courses, activities, international events, and employment and training opportunities in the conservation field.

Research

ICCROM facilitates a vast network of conservation professionals and institutions through which it organizes and coordinates meetings to devise common approaches and methodologies. It also promotes the definition of internationally agreed ethics, criteria and technical standards for conservation practice. The in-house laboratory is also a reference point and resource for professionals, course participants, interns and fellows of the organization.

Cooperation

ICCROM carries out all of its activities in collaboration with a vast number of institutional and professional partners. Additionally, it serves its Member States in the form of collaborative projects, training, and technical advice. Through its Technical Assistance Service (TAS), ICCROM provides educational materials and conservation literature to professionals working in countries with limited finances and supplies, free of charge.

Advocacy

ICCROM disseminates teaching materials and organizes workshops and conferences to raise public awareness and support for conservation.

History

The end of the Second World War came with the need to repair monuments and other forms of cultural heritage that had been either damaged or destroyed. At the same time, other countries were emerging from colonization and were eager to industrialize, reclaim and redefine their cultural identity, and train personnel to preserve their heritage.

On an international level, there was a lack of cohesive training and authoritative bodies to guide countries in rebuilding and protecting their heritage. Thus, during the Sixth Session of the UNESCO General Conference (1951), the Swiss government introduced a resolution that proposed the establishment an international centre to encourage the study and awareness of methods of conservation on a global scale. This was adopted and a committee of experts were put together to decide upon the role and functions of this institution. In the Centre’s ten-year anniversary commemorative booklet ("The First Decade 1959-1969"), Hiroshi Daifuku of the Section for the Development of the Cultural Heritage (UNESCO) explained,



These functions would become the template for the Centre’s statutes.

In 1956 the resolution was adopted at the Ninth Session of the UNESCO General Conference in New Delhi and in 1957, an agreement was signed between the Government of the Italian Republic and UNESCO to establish this Centre in Rome.

The adhesion of five Member States by 1958 allowed the Statutes to come into force, making the Centre a legal entity. Collaboration was established with other European conservation institutions, namely the Central Institute of Restoration of Italy (ICR, now ISCR) and the Royal Institute for Restoration of Works of Art (IRPA) in Belgium. A provisional council nominated by UNESCO was created to govern the Centre and in 1959, it opened in Rome with Harold J. Plenderleith

Harold Plenderleith

Harold Plenderleith was a Scottish art conservator and archaeologist.-Biography:Harold Plenderleith was born in Scotland on 19 September 1898....

, renowned Keeper at the British Museum

British Museum

The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...

, as its Director. The Belgian art historian, Paul Philippot was appointed Deputy Director and the first General Assembly took place in 1960 during which the first regular Council Members were elected.

Timeline

Below is a timeline of key events in the Centre’s development:

• 1956 – UNESCO General Conference decides to establish a conservation body.
• 1957 – Agreement is signed between UNESCO and Italy to establish the Centre in Rome. Austria becomes the first Member State.
• 1958 – Five Member States Adhere, making the Centre a legal entity.
• 1959 – The Rome Centre becomes operational with Plenderleith as its first Director.
• 1960 – The first General Assembly is held.
• 1961 – The Library is launched and becomes a leading source of conservation literature.
• 1964 – The Centre is involved in the drafting of the Venice Charter
  Venice Charter
  The Venice Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites is a treaty that gives an international framework for the preservation and restoration of ancient buildings...
  
   as well as salvaging the monuments of the Nile Valley, including the Temples of Abu Simbel
  Abu Simbel
  Abu Simbel temples refers to two massive rock temples in Abu Simbel in Nubia, southern Egypt on the western bank of Lake Nasser about 230 km southwest of Aswan...
  
  .
• 1965 – The first course on Architectural Conservation (ARC) is held.
• 1966 – ICCROM coordinates the first international response to the floods in Florence
  1966 Flood of the River Arno in Florence
  The 1966 Flood of the Arno River in Florence killed many people and damaged or destroyed millions of masterpieces of art and rare books in Florence. It is considered the worst flood in the city's history since 1557. With the combined effort of Italian citizens and foreign donors and committees, or...
  
   and Venice.
• 1968 – The first course on the Conservation of Mural Paintings (MPC) is held.
• 1971 – Paul Philippot becomes Director and changes the name from “Rome Centre” to “International Centre for Conservation”.
• 1972 – UNESCO acknowledges the Centre as an advisory body of the World Heritage Convention
  World Heritage Site
  A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the UNESCO as of special cultural or physical significance...
  
  .
• 1973 – The first course on Conservation Science (SPC) is held.
• 1975 – The first course on Preventive Conservation in Museums is held.
• 1976 – The first course on Stone Conservation in Venice is held. Recovery work is done in the wake of the earthquake in Friuli
  1976 Friuli earthquake
  The 1976 Friuli earthquake took place in the Friuli region in northeast Italy on Thursday, May 6, 1976. Measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale, the quake, centered on the town of Gemona del Friuli, killed 989 people, 2400 injured and left 157,000 homeless. It is known in Italy as Terremoto del Friuli...
  
  , Italy.
• 1977 – Bernard M. Feilden
  Bernard Feilden
  Sir Bernard Feilden, CBE, FRIBA was a conservation architect whose work encompassed cathedrals, the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal.Feilden was born in Hampstead, London...
  
   is appointed Director, changes the Centre’s name to ICCROM.
• 1981 – Turkish Archaeologist Cevat Erder becomes Director.
• 1982 – The Technical Assistance Programme is launched, initially providing minor equipment and supplies, didactic material, conservation literature, annual subscriptions to conservation periodicals and photocopies to public institutions and non-profit organizations.
• 1985 – Regional Programmes were launched with the PREMA programme (PREvention of Museums in Africa), a long-term incentive to train sub-Saharan African professionals in preventive conservation.
• 1986 – ICCROM wins the Aga Khan Award for Architecture
  Aga Khan Award for Architecture
  The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is an architectural prize established by Aga Khan IV in 1977. It aims to identify and reward architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Islamic societies in the fields of contemporary design, social housing, community...
  
   for the conservation of the Al-Aqsa Mosque
  Al-Aqsa Mosque
  Al-Aqsa Mosque also known as al-Aqsa, is the third holiest site in Sunni Islam and is located in the Old City of Jerusalem...
  
   in Jerusalem.
• 1988 – Polish architect Andrzej Tomaszewski
  Andrzej Tomaszewski
  Andrzej Tomaszewski , Warsaw 26 January 1934 - Berlin 25 October 2010. He was a Polish historian of art and culture, architect, urban planner and archaeologist, investigator of Medieval architecture and art in Poland and abroad...
  
   is appointed Director. First course on Wood Conservation is held in Trondheim, Norway.
• 1991 - The Media Save Art campaign begins; its objective is to raise awareness among school children regarding the fragility of cultural heritage.
• 1992 - Marc Laenen, Belgian museum director and art historian becomes Director-General.
• 1993 - The NAMEC Programme for conservation training in Maghreb countries
  Maghreb
  The Maghreb is the region of Northwest Africa, west of Egypt. It includes five countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania and the disputed territory of Western Sahara...
  
   begins. ICCROM's statutory functions are revised to include advocacy.
• 1994 - ICCROM goes online. The PREMO Programme for conservation in the Pacific is launched. The Nara Document on Authenticity is drafted in Japan.
• 1995 - The Integrated Territorial and Urban Conservation (ITUC) Project begins.
• 1996 - The first PAT (Pan American Course on the Conservation and Management of Earthen Architectural and Archeological Heritage) is held at the archaeological site Chan Chan
  Chan Chan
  The largest Pre-Columbian city in South America, Chan Chan is an archaeological site located in the Peruvian region of La Libertad, five km west of Trujillo. Chan Chan covers an area of approximately 20 km² and had a dense urban center of about 6km²...
  
   in Trujillo, Peru.
• 1997 - The Dr. Harold J. Plenderleith Laboratory is inaugurated at ICCROM.
• 1998 - The AFRICA 2009 Programme is launched, offering training courses on the conservation of immovable heritage in sub-Saharan Africa. An agreement is also signed between ICCROM and the National University of Benin, creating EPA (Ecole du Patrimoine Africain).
• 1999 - The first Conservation of Urushi (Japanese lacquer) course takes place.
• 2000 - Riga Charter
  Riga Charter
  The Riga Charter on Authenticity and Historical Reconstruction in Relationship to Cultural Heritage, known simply as the Riga Charter, is an international charter or a statement of the scope, objectives and participants in cultural heritage projects...
  
   adopted at Riga
  Riga
  Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
  
   in Latvia
  Latvia
  Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
  
   on 23 and 24 October, 2000 at the Regional Conference on Authenticity and Historical Reconstruction in Relationship to Cultural Heritage, initiated by ICCROM
• 2000 - British archaeologist and conservation educator, Nicholas Stanley-Price becomes Director-General. The Programme for Museum Development (PMDA, now referred to as CHDA) begins operating in Mombasa
  Mombasa
  Mombasa is the second-largest city in Kenya. Lying next to the Indian Ocean, it has a major port and an international airport. The city also serves as the centre of the coastal tourism industry....
  
  , Kenya.
• 2002 - the Internship and Fellows Programme is established. The first Sharing Conservation Decisions course is held.
• 2003 - ICCROM begins holding biennial Fora in Rome, the first was on Living Religious Heritage. The first course on Architectural Records, Inventories, and Information Systems for Conservation (ARIS) begins.
• 2004 - The ATHAR (conservation of heritage sites in the Arab region) and CollAsia 2010 (conservation of heritage collections in Southeast Asia
  Southeast Asia
  Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...
  
   programmes are launched.
• 2005 - The first Reducing Risks to Collections Course takes place in Rome.
• 2006 - Algerian archaeologist and Assistant Director-General for Culture at UNESCO, Mounir Bouchenaki, is appointed Director-General. ICCROM celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Resolution of the General Conference to create the Centre.
• 2007 - The first course on Safeguarding of Sound and Image Collections (SOIMA) takes place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The first course on the Conservation of Built Heritage (CBH) takes place in Rome. It is an evolution of the ARC course.
• 2008 - The LATAM Programme for conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean is launched.
• 2009 - The AFRICA 2009 Programme concludes. ICCROM celebrates 50 years of operations.
• 2010 - The CollAsia 2010 Programme concludes. CollAsia provided capacity building in the Asia Pacific region for the conservation of movable heritage and taught the importance of integrating communities and intangible heritage into the conservation process.

Organizational structure

ICCROM’s governance consists of the General Assembly, the Council and the Secretariat.

General Assembly

The General Assembly is composed of delegates from all of the ICCROM Member States who convene in Rome every two years to dictate the organization’s policies, approve the programme of activities and budget, and elect the Council and Director-General.

The General Assembly also approves reports on Council and Secretariat activities, determine Member State contribution, and adopt and revise ICCROM’s Statutes and regulations, when necessary.

Council

Members of ICCROM’s Council are elected from among the most qualified experts in the conservation-restoration field worldwide. In choosing members of Council, equitable representations from all of the cultural regions of the world, as well as relevant fields of specialization are taken into account.

The Council meets annually at the ICCROM headquarters in Rome.

Secretariat

The Secretariat of ICCROM consists of the Director-General and staff. The Director-General is responsible for the execution of the approved programme of activities. Staff are distributed between sectors dealing with immovable heritage (monuments, archaeological sites, historic cities, etc.), movable heritage (such as museum collections), communication (publications, the web site), the didactic Laboratory, the Library and Archives, and Finance and Administration.

Member states

• Afghanistan
  Afghanistan
  Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
  
   – (February 7, 2010)
• Albania
  Albania
  Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
  
   – (April 2, 1962)
• Algeria
  Algeria
  Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
  
   – (January 18, 1973)
• Andorra
  Andorra
  Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...
  
   – (June 4, 1998)
• Angola
  Angola
  Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
  
   – (June 4, 1992)
• Argentina
  Argentina
  Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
  
   – (August 29, 1988)
• Armenia
  Armenia
  Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
  
   – (May 5, 2004)
• Australia
  Australia
  Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
  
   – (June 26, 1975)
• Austria
  Austria
  Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
  
   – (May 20, 1957)
• Azerbaijan
  Azerbaijan
  Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
  
   – (January 3, 2002)
• Bahrain
  Bahrain
  ' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...
  
   – (December 15, 2005)
• Bangladesh
  Bangladesh
  Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
  
   – (October 18, 2007)
• Barbados
  Barbados
  Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
  
   – (April 1, 1985)
• Belgium – (July 7, 1959)
• Benin – (June 5, 1986)
• Bolivia - (December 17, 2004)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina – (July 19, 2000)
• Botswana – (February 2, 2002)
• Brazil – (August 21, 1964)
• Brunei Darussalam – (December 24, 2005)
• Bulgaria – (January 12, 1960)
• Burkina Faso – (January 4, 1988)
• Cambodia – (June 3, 1961)
• Cameroon – (June 3, 1995)
• Canada – (November 7, 1978)
• Chad – (February 2, 2000)
• Chile – (03.02.1981)
• China – (14.06.2000)
• Colombia – (18.05.1971)
• Congo (Republic of the) – (18.04.1999)
• Côte d’Ivoire – (17.12.1985)
• Croatia – (18.10.1993)
• Cuba – (25.06.1971)
• Cyprus – (02.05.1963)
• Czech Republic – (30.03.1996)
• Denmark – (01.01.1973)
• Dominican Republic – (20.02.1958)
• Ecuador – (19.11.2003)
• Egypt – (05.11.1959)
• Estonia – (09.02.2001)
• Ethiopia – (05.12.1975)
• Finland – (03.07.1981)
• France – (25.09.1964)
• Gabon – (20.03.1961)
• Gambia – (10.01.1999)
• Georgia – (23.12.2001)
• Germany – (30.10.1964)
• Ghana – (12.02.1959)
• Greece – (17.03.1987)
• Guatemala – (18.09.1975)
• Guyana – (16.10.1999)
• Haiti – (21.05.1992)
• Honduras – (26.05.1964)
• Hungary – (07.06.1993)
• India – (02.10.1961)
• Iran, (Islamic Republic of) – (18.12.1972)
• Iraq - (28.10.2011)
• Ireland – (22.12.1986)
• Israel – (23.05.1958)
• Italy – (24.10.1960)
• Japan – (19.12.1967)
• Jordan – (06.07.1958)
• Kenya – (03.05.1998)
• Kuwait – (20.03.1962)
• Lao People’s Democratic Republic – (21.06.2006)
• Lebanon – (02.07.1958)
• Lesotho – (01.07.2007)
• Libyan Arab Jamahiriya – (01.09.1959)
• Lithuania – (21.10.1991)
• Luxembourg – (18.12.1978)
• Madagascar – (03.09.1963)
• Malaysia – (04.11.1966)
• Mali – (19.11.2003)
• Malta – (24.08.1965)
• Mauritania – (29.11.2009)
• Mauritius – (29.07.1998)
• Mexico – (17.07.1961)
• Monaco – (13.12.2007)
• Mongolia – (30.07.2003)
• Montenegro – (16.09.2007)
• Morocco – (24.04.1958)
• Mozambique – (17.12.2003)
• Myanmar – (05.10.1987)
• Namibia –(28.11.1998)
• Nepal – (23.06.1969)
• Netherlands – (14.04.1959)
• New Zealand – (19.03.1987)
• Nicaragua – (30.08.1971)
• Nigeria – (12.12.1961)
• Norway – (01.01.1980)
• Oman – (13.12.2003)
• Pakistan – (30.10.1963)
• Paraguay – (21.06.1973)
• Peru – (05.02.1962)
• Philippines – (15.12.1983)
• Poland – (10.05.1958)
• Portugal – (14.09.1967)
• Republic of Korea – (22.07.1968)
• Romania – (19.06.1960)
• Rwanda – (17.12.2004)
• Saudi Arabia – (18.02.2000)
• Senegal – (15.01.2006)
• Serbia - (17.06.1959)
• Seychelles – (05.10.2006)
• Slovakia – (24.11.2000)
• Slovenia – (29.03.1996)
• South Africa – (17.01.2004)
• Spain – (19.04.1958)
• Sri Lanka – (04.09.1958)
• Sudan – (10.11.1960)
• Swaziland – 25.10.2007)
• Sweden – (01.09.1969)
• Switzerland – (25.03.1959)
• Syrian Arab Republic – (05.11.1959)
• Thailand – (08.02.1967)
• The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – (12.10.1993)
• Togo – (11.09.2005)
• Trinidad and Tobago – (18.11.2007)
• Tunisia – (21.05.1969)
• Turkey – (07.01.1969)
• United Arab Emirates – (22.01.2010)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – (04.01.1968)
• United Republic of Tanzania – (21.04.2004)
• United States of America – (20.01.1971)
• Uruguay – (09.03.2002)
• Venezuela – (29.11.1989)
• Vietnam – (07.08.1972)
• Yemen – (18.06.2008)
• Zambia – (12.09.2003)
• Zimbabwe – (19.11.1993)

Directors-General

• Harold J. Plenderleith
  Harold Plenderleith
  Harold Plenderleith was a Scottish art conservator and archaeologist.-Biography:Harold Plenderleith was born in Scotland on 19 September 1898....
  
   (1959–1971)
• Paul Philippot (1971–1977)
• Sir Bernard M. Feilden
  Bernard Feilden
  Sir Bernard Feilden, CBE, FRIBA was a conservation architect whose work encompassed cathedrals, the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal.Feilden was born in Hampstead, London...
  
   (1977–1981)
• Cevat Erder (1981–1988)
• Andrzej Tomaszewski (1988–1992)
• Marc Laenen 1992-2000)
• Nicholas Stanley-Price (2000–2005)
• Mounir Bouchenaki (2006–2011)
• Stefano De Caro (to begin in 2012)

The ICCROM Award

Since 1979, the ICCROM Award has been granted to individuals who have given a significant contribution to the development of the institution, and who have special merit in the field of conservation, protection and restoration of cultural heritage. This award is given each biennium to one or two nominees who have been chosen by the Council. Below is the list of previous ICCROM Award recipients (in alphabetical order).

• Om Prakash Agrawal – (1993)
• Italo C. Angle – (1984)
• Gräfin Agnes Ballestrem – (1995)
• Mounir Bouchenaki – (2000)
• Cesare Brandi
  Cesare Brandi
  Cesare Brandi was an art critic and historian, specialist in conservation-restoration theory....
  
   – (1979)
• Maurice Chehab – (1979)
• Paul Coremans – (1979)
• Hiroshi Daifuku – (1979)
• Abdel-Aziz Daoulatli – (2005)
• Guglielmo De Angelis d’Ossat – (1979)
• Vasile Dragut – (1990)
• Cevat Erder – (1997)
• Sir Bernard M. Feilden – (1995)
• Hans Foramitti – (1983)
• Albert France-Lanord – (1988)
• Piero Gazzola – (1979)
• Gaël de Guichen – (2001)
• Frédéric Gysin – (1979)
• Charles Gruchy – (1997)
• Tomokichi Iwasaki – (1986)
• Jukka Jokilehto – (2000)
• Marisa Laurenzi Tabasso – (2009)
• Raymond Lemaire – (1981)
• Johan Lodewijks – (1992)
• Stanislas Lorentz
  Stanislaw Lorentz
  Stanisław Lorentz was Polish scholar of music and history of art. Lorentz conducted an intensive correspondence with Lithuanian art conservation specialist Vladas Drėma. The letters were published in 1998.-Life:...
  
   – (1979)
• Nils Marstein
  Nils Marstein
  Nils Marstein is a Norwegian civil servant.He took his architect's education at the Norwegian Institute of Technology from 1969 to 1974, and was hired in the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage in 1979. In 1991 he was promoted to head of the technical department...
  
   – (2009)
• Giovanni Massari – (1981)
• Katsuhiko Masuda – (2007)
• Laura Mora – (1984)
• Paolo Mora – (1984)
• Bruno Mühlethaler – (1988)
• Colin Pearson – (2003)
• Paul Perrot – (1990)
• Paul Philippot – (1981)
• Harold J. Plenderleith – (1979)
• Gianfranco Pompei – (1979)
• Sir Norman Reid – (1983)
• Herb Stovel – (2011)
• Jean Taralon – (1984)
• Johannes Taubert – (1984)
• Garry Thomson – (1986)
• Agnes Timar-Balazsy – (2001)
• Giorgio Torraca – (1990)
• Gertrude Tripp – (1981)
• Giovanni Urbani – (1993)
• Arthur Van Schendel – (1979)

External links

• ICCROM — Official website in and
• AFRICA 2009 – Conserving Immovable Cultural Heritage in Sub-Saharan Africa, in and
• CollAsia 2010 — Conserving Heritage Collections in Southeast Asia
• EPA – Ecole du Patrimoine Africain/School of African Heritage, in and
• SOIMA – Challenges and Solutions to Sound and Image Preservation