World Monuments Fund

Did you know bananas and coffee plants were once grown in #Versailles’s kitchen gardens? In the 17th century, gardener and agronomist Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie’s innovative techniques enabled Potager du Roi to flourish. Today, WMF is continuing this tradition of experimentation and innovation. Discover how our French affiliate is helping revive these techniques to weather a changing #climate: https://lnkd.in/esfrGA_b +++++ World Monuments Fund's work at Potager du Roi has been made possible, in part, by support from the Gerard B. Lambert Foundation, The Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust, American Express, and Tianaderrah Foundation / Nellie and Robert Gipson.

On #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we celebrate the history and culture that Indigenous communities bring to our shared heritage. Across the United States, World Monuments Fund is proud to help protect sites significant to Indigenous heritage, including: 🌎 Taos Pueblo – Working with the Taos Tribal Council, WMF launched a training program in heritage construction techniques to preserve historic buildings across the Pueblo. 🌎 Mesa Verde National Park – WMF supported conservation efforts and implemented a preservation training program for architecture students. 🌎 Bears Ears National Monument – WMF is actively working with local Tribes to encourage responsible tourism, protect vulnerable areas, and advance conservation initiatives. 🌎 The Great Trading Path – Through our 2025 #WorldMonumentsWatch, WMF is supporting the Occaneechi community in raising awareness about this significant Indigenous trail. WMF is dedicated to fostering inclusive heritage around the world. Learn more about our work: https://lnkd.in/eDP-CYUq 📸 Taos Pueblo Governor, War Chief, and Council, 2008, courtesy of Rick Romancito, ©The Taos News.

Approximately one in six heritage sites worldwide face climate-related threats, including increasingly intense natural disasters. This year’s United Nations #InternationalDayforDisasterRiskReduction asks: what if we proactively worked to make heritage sites more resilient, instead of waiting for disaster to strike? Through our crisis response work, WMF supports recovery at damaged cultural heritage sites and surrounding communities. After a series of powerful earthquakes struck Syria and Türkiye in February 2023, WMF mobilized to restore Antakya’s collapsed city center in partnership with local religious communities, while bringing together professionals to strengthen post-earthquake response for cultural heritage sites. From emergency stabilization to long-term restoration, learn more about our post-crisis efforts: https://lnkd.in/exxwTgf3 ++++++ World Monuments Fund’s work at Antakya Earthquake Heritage Sites has been made possible, in part, by the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) and the U.S. Mission to Türkiye. World Monuments Fund’s Crisis Response Program has been supported, in part, by the Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust, ALIPH - International alliance for the protection of heritage, the Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Kaye Foundation, Denise Gwyn Ferguson, and other generous donors.

Holding 169 baroque terracotta masterpieces within its walls, Portugal’s Alcobaça Monastery was the perfect setting for the 1st International Conference on Terracotta Sculpture! An initiative led by the director of Alcobaça Monastery and the Museums and Monuments of Portugal this symposium explored ways to preserve the historic sculptures. Experts from World Monuments Fund, Musée du Louvre, National Gallery of Art, Rijksmuseum, and other esteemed institutions examined the sculptures' historical and artistic influences and exchanged knowledge concerning their future conservation. As part of the conference, WMF in Portugal Executive Director Teresa Veiga Macedo spotlit our engagement at the UNESCO World Heritage site Alcobaça Monastery, whose extraordinary sculptures are at risk due to the changing #climate. See how WMF is supporting the future preservation of the Monastery’s iconic sculptures as a part of our 2025 #WorldMonumentsWatch: https://lnkd.in/eAUK_zi6

Celebrating 100 years of the Palace Museum in Beijing's Forbidden City 🎉 One of the most visited museums in the world, the Palace Museum spans 980 buildings with a collection of over 1.9 million pieces of art. For the last 25 years, WMF and the Palace Museum have partnered to preserve the site’s extraordinary legacy. The recent restoration and reopening of the 18th-century Qianlong Garden’s first and second courtyard, along with a new exhibition, are proof that cross-cultural teamwork can achieve lasting impact.   We look forward to many more years of safeguarding heritage together! 📸 courtesy of Palace Museum. #Beijing #China #ForbiddenCity #PalaceMuseum #CulturalHeritage #Conservation  +++++  World Monuments Fund’s work at Qianlong Garden is supported, in part, by The Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust; The Freeman Foundation; The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston; The Starr Foundation; BAT; The Tiffany & Co. Foundation; Catherine Curran; Elbrun and Peter Kimmelman; American Friends of the Shanghai Museum; Oak Foundation; Wilson and Eliot Nolen; and Nora McNeely Hurley and Manitou Fund. 

✉️ You've got mail—from Cambodia! On #WorldPostDay, we’re delivering archival postcards from Angkor Archaeological Park right to your feed. WMF has worked at #AngkorWat for nearly four decades, restoring temples across the complex and training local technicians in heritage preservation. #Cambodia #heritage #history #culturalheritage #conservation ++++++ World Monuments Fund's work at Angkor Archaeological Park has been made possible, in part, by support from the U.S. Department of State; the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) and U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh; The Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust; The Ralph E. Ogden Foundation; The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.; The Estate of Margo Leavin; The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston; American Express; The DM Foundation; The Starr Foundation; International Music and Art Foundation; Mrs. Betty Wold Johnson and Mr. Douglas Bushnell; Wendy and Robert Brandow; Eleanor Briggs; Christopher and Priscilla Brewer; Samuel C. Miller and Rosetta A. Miller; The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation; Denise Gwyn Ferguson; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society of North America/Mr. and Mrs. Peter Norton; Donald I. Perry; Peter W. Davidson and Drew McGhee; Selma Ertegün; Tianaderrah Foundation / Nellie and Robert Gipson; Virginia James; The Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts; The Estate of John Dennis; Pamela and David B. Ford; Gillian Fuller; Nora McNeely Hurley and Manitou Fund; Samuel H. Kress Foundation; and Peter Spry-Leverton.

Quelle soirée! ✨ World Monuments Fund’s 60th anniversary hit a high note with Friday's gala at Château de Versailles! Honoring Versailles’ cultural and horticultural feats, this monumental event spotlit WMF’s preservation across Domaine du Trianon, Marie Antoinette’s beloved hamlet on the chateau’s grounds. Showcasing the impact of #culturalheritage conservation work, we even brought the Théâtre de la Reine – extensively restored with the support of WMF – to life with an once-in-a-lifetime concert. Thank you to our Gala Committee of Ellie Peugeot, Renaud de Lesquen, Dena Kaye, and artistic advisor Zoë de Givenchy for their visionary leadership on this magical evening. And to our global community and partners, including Château de Versailles, Fondation Les Arts Florissants - William Christie, Carlotta de Guitaut, Château Margaux, Groupe Cyril Lignac, Cognac Ragnaud Sabourin, Diptyque, Fondation Louis Roederer, K2, Mellerio, Nixima Olio Extra Vergine di Olivia, MIONETTO S.P.A., Tatiana de Nicolay, Thierry Boutemy, Volzhenka, a heartfelt merci. Here’s to the next 60 years of safeguarding heritage! 📸 courtesy of David Atlan.

Calling all space-lovers: venture into the great beyond with WMF this month at our 2025 #WorldMonumentsSummit 🚀 🌕 On Thursday, October 28, we'll head to the moon and back with a panel discussion on the importance of safeguarding lunar heritage. As part of WMF's free, annual event, experts from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ICOMOS, and CyArk will unpack the conservation challenges in a new era of space exploration in this one-of-a-kind conversation. Register now: https://lnkd.in/ebxJAj93 #WorldSpaceWeek +++++ The 2025 World Monuments Summit is supported by Studio by Tishman Speyer and is held in conjunction with World Monuments Fund’s 2025 Hadrian Gala. The 2025 Hadrian Gala is made possible thanks to leadership support provided by Daphne Hoch Cunningham, Kenneth C. Griffin, GRoW @ Annenberg, Christian Louboutin, and David M. Rubenstein

From a centuries-old palace complex to a rare testament of Jewish life in China, discover extraordinary heritage sites in Beijing and Shanghai, with literary recommendations to match, in our latest Read & Roam blog. Start exploring: https://lnkd.in/ekVzyPHe #China #Heritage #ForbiddenCity

We’re marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, at Timișoara, Romania’s Fabric Synagogue. Once vital to the city’s Jewish community, this grand, turn-of-the-century synagogue designed by Hungarian architect Lipót Baumhorn now sits empty after decades of disuse. Through World Monuments Fund’s Jewish Heritage Program, we’re partnering with local stakeholders to breathe life back into this community space, transforming the synagogue into a cultural hub and reinvigorating the memory of Timișoara’s Jewish heritage. Discover our work: https://lnkd.in/e9PdaQAM 📸 courtesy of Iwan Baan. ++++++ World Monuments Fund’s work at the Fabric Synagogue of Timișoara has been made possible, in part, by The Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust; The David Berg Foundation; Tianaderrah Foundation / Nellie and Robert Gipson; and WMF's Jewish Heritage Program Endowment.