World Monuments Fund

This #FourthofJuly, take a flyby of some of the most iconic #culturalheritage sites across the #USA 🇺🇲 Swipe to explore just a handful of WMF projects from east to west, including: - New York’s #EllisIsland, the main point of entry for immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. - The New York State Pavilion, which was designed for the 1964 #WorldsFair.  - Historic #Route66 across the American west. - Taos Pueblo, an UNESCO World Heritage site built by #indigenous Pueblo communities over a thousand years ago. - #BearsEarsNationalMonument in southeast Utah. World Monuments Fund's work at Bears Ears National Monument has been made possible, in part, by support from Butler Conservation; GRoW @ Annenberg, a philanthropic initiative of the Annenberg Foundation, led by Gregory Annenberg Weingarten; the Friends of Heritage Preservation; and by Nora McNeely Hurley and Manitou Fund.    #CulturalHeritage #WorldHistory #AmericanHistory #IndependenceDay #July4th 

WMF is a seeking a Vice President of Development and Fundraising! Based in our New York City office, the VP will spearhead long-term institutional fundraising campaigns and oversee a multi-million dollar portfolio of annual revenues, including unrestricted giving, crucial to WMF's work safeguarding #culturalheritage. Applications close July 19: https://lnkd.in/esM-R4hB

🗓 Join us Tuesday, July 16 at 4:00pm BST for our next free Coastal Connections workshop! Discover insights about conserving coastal heritage sites with case studies from #BritishColumbia to #Zanzibar. Reserve your spot: bit.ly/cc7-policy English Heritage #CulturalHeritage

Since the devastating 2023 Türkiye #earthquake, we’ve been working tirelessly to support recovery and #culturalheritage conservation in EAntakya, Hatay Province, the city worst affected by the disaster – and remain the only international organization doing so by invitation of the Turkish authorities.    Last month, WMF’s Senior Program Manager and scientific consulting team were on the ground in Antakya to assist with emergency stabilization on the Antioch Greek Orthodox Church and the Antioch Synagogue, two icons of the city’s rich culture.    We are grateful to our partners and the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism for supporting urgent restoration efforts at these #WorldHeritage sites.    Read more about our work here: https://lnkd.in/eQVAKj-g     World Monuments Fund’s work at Antakya Earthquake Heritage Sites has been made possible, in part, by the U.S. Department of State U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation and the U.S. Mission to Türkiye.   #CulturalHeritage #WorldHistory #Earthquake #AmerikanBüyükelçiliği  #USEmbassyTurkiye 

📢 Calling all custodians of #gardens and #parks around the globe! 🌳 Applications for World Monuments Fund’s inaugural Cultivating Resilience program are now open. Join WMF’s new initiative dedicated to increasing the resilience of heritage green spaces in the face of a changing #climate. Environmental sites interested in climate resiliency are encouraged to apply. Don’t wait - applications are due July 31! #CulturalHeritage #Environment #ApplyNow

As droughts strain Andean communities, photographer and National Geographic Explorer Victor Zea headed to #Peru’s Yanacancha-Huaquis Cultural Lanscape, where locals are reviving ancestral technology to meet today's #climate crises. Immerse yourself in Zea’s stunning new imagery in our multimedia Google Arts + Culture exhibition: https://lnkd.in/et_HD99N This project was possible thanks to the collaboration of the Miraflores community, Instituto de Montaña, and the Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve.  Image: Portrait of Rita Castillo in the Patihuisinca Reservoir. She is one of the last people to be born in the Ancient Town of Huaquis, part of Peru’s Yanacancha-Huaquis Cultural Landscape.    +++ Mientras las sequías afectan a las comunidades andinas, el fotógrafo y explorador de #NationalGeographic Víctor Zea se dirigió al Paisaje Cultural Yanacancha-Huaquis de #Perú, donde los lugareños están reviviendo tecnología ancestral para enfrentar las crisis #climáticas de hoy.  Sumérgete en las impresionantes nuevas imágenes de Zea para nuestra última exposición multimedia en Google Arts & Culture. Este proyecto fue posible gracias a la colaboración de la Comunidad de Miraflores, el Instituto de Montaña y la Reserva Paisajística Nor Yauyos-Cochas. Imagen: Retrato de Rita Castillo en Reservorio de Patihuisinca. Es una de las últimas personas nacidas en el Pueblo Antiguo de Huaquis, parte del Paisaje Cultural Yanacancha-Huaquis de Perú.

🗓 Join us on Thursday, July 11 at the Ukrainian Institute of America in #NewYorkCity for a pressing conversation about the ongoing efforts to safeguard Ukraine’s cultural heritage.  Since the onset of the full-scale Russian invasion of #Ukraine in February 2022, over 2,000 cultural #heritage places and institutions – including landmarks, memorials, monuments, and places of worship and burial – have been damaged or destroyed by Russian military action, according to Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture and Information Policy. Sharing insights from our #crisisresponse work at the Teacher’s House in #Kyiv; the Chernihiv Regional Library for Youth; and more, WMF Ukraine Heritage Crisis Specialist Kateryna Goncharova will explore the state of heritage sites across the country, and what we can do to support them.   RSVP now: https://lnkd.in/eSu_fHbJ Photo: Catherine’s Church, Chernihiv, Ukraine. Courtesy of Zoryana and Matviy Pohranychny (Heritage Monitoring Lab - HeMo).

Today is the second annual Antiquities Day in #Jordan! To commemorate this new holiday, explore our work at UNESCO World Heritage site Qusayr 'Amra and at our Building Conservation Capacity trainee program in Mafraq. An 8th century desert castle, Qusayr 'Amra’s extraordinary murals depict hunting scenes, Byzantine-style portraits of rulers from Spain to China, scenes from everyday secular life, and the zodiac. This castle was rediscovered in the 19th century is one of four #WorldHeritage sites in Jordan. Created in response to the Syrian Civil War, WMF’s Building Conservation Capacity program worked to train Jordanians and Syrian refugees living in Jordan on stonemasonry techniques needed to preserve and restore the region’s monuments. Read more: https://lnkd.in/euvrnrY World Monuments Fund’s work at Qusayr ‘Amra has been made possible, in part, by support from The Selz Foundation, the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP), the U.S. Embassy Amman, and The Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust. The Building Conservation Capacity Project has been made possible, in part, with support from the British Council’s Cultural Protection Fund, The J.M. Kaplan Fund, and Friends of Heritage Preservation. Images: 1—Students measuring a stone block during a stonemasonry course in Mafraq, Jordan. 2—Stone conservation training in Mafraq, Jordan.

Passionate about #digitalcontent and #heritage? Come join our team! World Monuments Fund is looking for a Digital Marketing Coordinator to join our #NewYorkCity office this summer. The Coordinator will play a key role in supporting WMF’s global marketing campaigns and shaping the organization’s digital voice ahead of our 60th anniversary: https://lnkd.in/ebWX8fUc

Designed by writer and socialite Horace Walpole, the exuberant castle of Strawberry Hill House & Garden has been described as a “queer architectural rebellion.” This #Pride, dive into the history of this #London landmark: https://lnkd.in/ek4qh_-Y World Monuments Fund’s work at Strawberry Hill has been made possible, in part, by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, The Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust, and the Paul Mellon Fund for Architectural Preservation in Great Britain.