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A War for Sudan’s Identity: The Loss and Destruction of Culture and Heritage

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This article was first published by The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy. Millions of people have fled their homes in Sudan, leaving with very little. They left behind personal belongings, memories, photo albums, documents, certificates, and even documents proving land and property ownership. The Sudan Heritage Protection Initiative (SHPI) has been tracking the destruction to heritage […]

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Louvre considers moving the Mona Lisa

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This article was first published by W Magazine. The Louvre is eyeing a new home for Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. According to a new report, the museum’s crown jewel is at the center of renovation plans aimed at quelling “disappointment” over the artwork’s crowded viewing experience. “We don’t welcome visitors very well in this room, so […]

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Human Rights Watch issues new report on the impact of war on cultural heritage

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This article was first published by Human Rights Watch. There has been growing awareness and concern about the damage and destruction that armed conflict inflicts on cultural heritage. Such heritage ranges from ancient archaeological sites to modern exemplars of architecture, world-renowned monuments to regional museums, places of religious worship to centers for artistic performance. Cultural […]

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Two men charged over felling of Sycamore Gap tree

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This article was first published by The Guardian. Police have charged two men in their 30s over the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree last September. Daniel Michael Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, both from Cumbria, have been charged with criminal damage to the tree and to a neighbouring part of Hadrian’s Wall, which […]

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European Museum of the Year Award 2024 presented to the Sami Museum

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ICOM UK sends congratulations to the Sámi Museum Siida, Finland, which has won the European Museum of the Year Award 2024. The Sámi Museum Siida is the only museum in Finland to actively collect Sámi cultural heritage by preserving, safeguarding, and presenting Sámi tangible and intangible cultural heritage and conducting collections-based research. The museum, founded […]

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ICOM UK and Solidarity Projects for Ukraine: digitising collections under threat

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This article was written by Maria Blyzinsky, ICOM UK Trustee. ICOM UK has been supporting a partnership project to digitise collections at the National Preserve ‘Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra’, thanks to a grant from ICOM. It was one of six projects selected for funding in 2022 following a call out  for proposals by the ICOM Strategic Allocation […]

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UNESCO discusses the removal of sites in East Africa from the List of World Heritage in Danger

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This article was first published by UNESCO. Experts from East Africa gathered in Nairobi for a workshop to discuss current challenges posed at the World Heritage sites in danger in Kenya, Madagascar, and Tanzania. Africa, despite its rich and diverse cultural and natural heritage, remains the second least represented region on the World Heritage List. […]

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Bottles of 250-Year-Old Cherries Discovered Beneath George Washington’s Home

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This article was first published by The Guardian. Archaeologists discovered centuries-old cherries surprisingly well-preserved inside two glass bottles stashed in George Washington’s historic Virginia home. They found the bottles during excavations as part of a major revitalization of the first US president’s mansion, known as Mount Vernon, the Washington Post reported. According to a statement from Mount Vernon, […]

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