In a country that has been at war with others and itself for decades, the danger lies in forgetting how to repair the damage, says archaeologist and cultural heritage specialist Bastien Varoutsikos

The Wupatki National Monument contains an ancient Indigenous complex and more than 5,000 adjacent archaeological sites

The Cité du Vitrail will open in the medieval town of Troyes in spring 2022, but preview tours are running this weekend for the European Heritage Days

Deadly rains in central Henan province threatened key Unesco World Heritage sites and hundreds of national relics. Experts warn the disaster may be a taste of future trouble

The property, bequeathed to the district by a physician friend of the artist for use as an arts centre, has been neglected for decades

In 2015, the Association of Art Museum Directors established a structure under which museums can act to protect cultural property in immanent peril

From the Bamiyan Valley to an ancient spiritual centre of Zoroastrianism and Buddhism, former Unesco senior official Francesco Bandarin looks at the embattled country’s most important landmarks

Stacked car installation that became a roost for local pigeons and starlings—and was covered by their poo—will be restored and eventually relocated

The rambling 365-room mansion is being rescued from near collapse, starting with its tea house

Eight vessels from the Archaeological Museum of the American University of Beirut will undergo conservation thanks to €25,000 grant from Tefaf fund

Newly reopened 18th-century Church of the Transfiguration, topped with 22 domes, is said to have been built without a single nail

Scientists will study how Soviet-era household objects "made to last 30 or 40 years" can be preserved

Sculptures arrived from China ahead of a show of works of Chinese contemporary art

Billionaire collector and property developer Adrian Cheng is leading the project to reopen the defunct 1950s cinema as a "cultural oasis"

The 550-room palace has undergone a €132m makeover by the Centre des Monuments Nationaux

Arlington House, where wealthy white privilege contrasts with bondage and suffering, has undergone a $12.3m rehabilitation and reinterpretation

Places range from Alabama farms where civil rights marchers once camped to a Utah site where Chinese railroad labourers stayed

Former 1921 dime store, which peacefully desegregated its lunch counter in 1960, will house an Alamo museum

New exhibition on 5,000 years of Iranian civilisation will feature museum's rarely seen replicas of life-sized friezes from King Darius’s “very excellent” palace

Conservation effort goes beyond architectural distinction to highlight sites where Black residents embraced their culture and advocated for advancement

Decision will affect partying art collectors and redirect the mass tourism routed through the Giudecca Canal

Amid debilitating war, conservation of mausoleum and museum palace in Taiz is now complete

After a £4.3m National Lottery Heritage Fund grant and years of restoration, the historic priory is set to open this summer

French aid will restore the stained-glass windows and Arab salon of the historic villa, which was severely damaged in port explosions last August

Culture and Fine Arts Ministry signals a potential openness to a scaled-down proposal

An accord calls for Elyn Zimmerman’s Marabar to head to a new site, with the move and reinstallation financed by the society

Officials explore harm to busts and paintings in the House from chemical sprays and describe frantic efforts to change airflows as melee unfolded

New examinations of John the Baptist wall paintings in Augsburg cathedral date them to more than 1,000 years ago

Organisation points out that Peru has not carried out an analysis of the heritage impact on Machu Picchu, Cusco and an Inca road network as requested by Unesco

The philanthropic organisation Advancing Women Artists will halt conservation projects due to lack of funds

Foundation will direct $700,000 to emergency scaffolding, sensors and the drafting of a longer-term conservation plan

A scientific analysis and conservation effort unveiled signature brush strokes and other marks of the master

Sites of major importance—many in regions already ravaged by conflict—are contending with security problems and funding shortfalls

After years of neglect, ornate Victorian auditorium in northern seaside town of Morecambe is being saved

Thousands signed petition to protect bleak concrete structure—nicknamed the Mouse Bunker—from demolition

Researchers at C2RMF give an exclusive preview of their forensic study of all the artist's works in French museum collections

After decades of neglect, a fundraising drive could restore Prinkipo Orphanage as an environmental research centre

Plea comes as Azerbaijan moves to take control of swaths of territory under a Russian-brokered peace deal

Conservation project tackles damage to Joan Miró's terraced maze of sculptures and ceramics in grounds of Modern art museum

Conservation professionals have questioned why Spain's heritage is continually handed over to those with no formal training

Organisation hopes the city will protect former home of Jackson Pollock and other buildings south of Union Square by designating a new historic district

Gardens of the Babelsberg Palace in Potsdam must be probed for undetonated explosives before further renovations can take place

Donations have poured in from all over the globe since the museum appealed for aid

Amid increased unrest over memorials since the Black Lives Matter protests erupted, the grant will help fund new storytelling spaces across the country

Sites range from historic squares in Savannah to the landscape aesthetic of Disneyland

Locations range from the Chicago church where Emmett Till’s body was viewed, galvanising the civil rights movement, to a ‘Hall of Waters’ in Missouri

Taking a lesson from how the pandemic dispersed crowds, the organisation selects seven sites for preservation and promotion

A team of scientists are digitally mapping the entire island of San Giorgio in a mission to preserve the sinking city as combinations of 0 and 1

A coalition of international museums and heritage organisations are working to provide expertise to Lebanese institutions

We take a tour of Egypt’s vast antiquities museum—the future home of Tutankhamun’s treasures—before its long-awaited opening in 2021

Petition to museum management raises alarm over frames in "critical condition" from improper storage

Telling America’s overlooked stories is fundamental to building a true national identity, says preservationist Brent Leggs

President Erdogan’s plans to convert the museum have drawn fire from Greece and the US

Conservators will repair paint losses and weatherproof a work that the artist executed “in a sort of frenzy” in 1986

Spain’s art conservation community say the country needs to better regulate the industry

Structural glass replaces missing walls and floors of a 1769 house, exposing indelible links to slavery

Initiative involves local communities in rebuilding their historic landmarks and neighbourhoods

Experts embrace a blend of remote monitoring and on-site tours, while marvelling at diminished levels of dust

New initiative helps institutions move towards a more tailored and sustainable approach to maintaining collection environments

Site braces for another onslaught of heavy rain starting this weekend