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Conference Announcement - Heritage at War: Plan and Prepare

The Victoria and Albert Museum’s Culture in Crisis Programme, in partnership with the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester are pleased to announce an international conference scheduled for 28th February 2023, exploring the past and present risks of military conflict to heritage.

  • Venue: Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre, The Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London
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ICOM UK Talks – Heritage in Crisis: Ukraine

ICOM UK in collaboration with the Ukrainian Institute London, Ukrainian Institute in Kyiv and ICOM Ukraine presents a series of online lunchtime discussions about the destruction of global cultural heritage and how museum and heritage professionals can help.





Publication: Strengthening cultural heritage resilience for climate change. Where the European Green Deal meets cultural heritage

This report summarises the work of the EU Open Method of Coordination (OMC) group of Member States’ experts on ‘Strengthening cultural heritage resilience for climate change’. It is based on the discussions and information, provided and approved by the members of the OMC expert group, in the meetings during 2021 – 2022, in addition to presentations given by the invited external experts. In their report, the OMC expert group formulates a set of key recommendations for policy makers, based on their findings.



UK culture and heritage organisations send packing crates, conservation and packing materials and collections documentation equipment to Ukraine

Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, sector colleagues and organisations across the world mobilised to practically help their colleagues in Ukraine. Very often the support for Ukrainian museums and staff has been coordinated collaboratively with support of ICOM National Committees. The UK response began with the UA-UK Cultural Heritage Initiative asking ICON (The Institute of Conservation) to set up a series of Basecamp teams to co-ordinate support efforts. Due to security restrictions, the logistics and specific details of the support provided needs to be kept confidential.