Quick Guide to World Heritage
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and
Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)
ICCROM was founded in 1959 in Rome as a
response to the growing recognition that stricter guidelines were
needed for the protection of cultural heritage.
It is an intergovernmental organisation that works around the
world to promote the conservation of both movable (i.e. museum
collections) and immovable heritage (i.e. monuments) in
all its forms (movable heritage is excluded from the UNESCO World
Heritage Convention).
ICCROM's aims include improving the quality of conservation,
raising people's awareness, and making cultural heritage benefit
society. It works to preserve cultural heritage through training,
information research, co-operation and advocacy.
ICCROM has over 100 countries as members and over 100
associate members from the world's leading conservation
institutions.
ICCROM is named in the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention as
one of three official advisors to the World Heritage Committee on
World Heritage matters. The other advisors are the International
Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the International Union for Nature
and Natural Resources (IUCN).
ICCROM is currently working with the Organization of World
Heritage Cities (OWHC) to update their 1991 World Heritage Cities
Management Guide. Case studies on Bath were used in the original
guide, which can be read on the OWHC
website and we have contributed new and updated case
studies for the new version.
