Syria news

A puppet of a refugee girl has 'walked' across Europe on a 5,000km (3,100m) journey, with the help of eleven puppeteers and is now nearing ... More

Based inside the former palace of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, Basra Museum has just opened three new galleries – quadrupling its display space following its ... More

A liberated town in war-torn Syria has seen underground tunnels, which were dug out by militant insurgents, turned into an art gallery. The network of ... More

A number of heritage projects in the Middle East and Africa have been given millions in funding by Britain's Department Department for Digital, Culture, Media ... More

The winners of this year’s Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence have been announced, with shortlisted projects celebrated and recognised across the museums, galleries, heritage ... More

Citizens should be empowered to play a much more active role in the design of the built environment as part of democratic society, Daniel Libeskind ... More

Unesco and Russia’s Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to help protect and restore cultural properties in areas of ... More

The World Monuments Fund (WMF) is beginning to lay the groundwork for a new heritage conservation training programme after announcing plans last month to establish ... More

Unesco’s director general, Irina Bokova, has welcomed the liberation of Iraq’s Mosul Museum, after Iraqi forces regained control of the city from ISIS following a ... More

Unesco’s World Heritage Centre (WHC) has launched a new platform aiming to help donors find heritage projects in need of funding. Called the Marketplace for ... More

The co-founder of international architecture practice Snøhetta, Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, has spoken to CLAD about the opportunities and philosophical questions posed by the advent of ... More

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution designed to deter wilful destruction and looting of cultural heritage sites – potentially making such ... More

Following France’s decision to pledge €28m (US$30m, £23.8m) towards the protection of cultural heritage sites during conflicts, world donors have followed up on the declaration ... More

Concrete – a multi-functional cultural space designed by OMA for Dubai’s Alserkal Avenue – officially opened to the public yesterday (15 March). Located in the ... More

A museum that opened in Saddam Hussein’s palace in September has been granted further funding in order to complete work on the galleries. A sum ... More

France has contributed €28m (US$30m, £23.8m) towards the protection of cultural heritage sites during conflicts, signifying the first step in creating an international wartime fund ... More

National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are in line to receive a funding boost from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to aid refugee athletes living in their ... More

Unesco has held its first international conference on World Heritage sites and museums, with the inaugural event in Paris, France, exploring how to help people ... More

The palace of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been given a new purpose, with Iraq’s government turning the former stronghold into the country’s first ... More

UNESCO’s director general, Irina Bokova, has said that safeguarding of heritage sites has become a “humanitarian imperative, and a security issue”. Speaking at The Hague, ... More

Iraq is planning to open its first new major museum since its occupation in 2003, with an art institution to open inside the former palace ... More

Daniel Libeskind yesterday (11 April) publicly revealed for the first time that he has been developing a Kurdistan Museum in Erbil, the capital of the ... More

UNESCO and Red Cross are teaming up to enhance the protection of cultural heritage in the event of an armed conflict. The new agreement has ... More

After calls early last year to form a UN peacekeeping force to protect heritage sites worldwide, UNESCO and the Italian government have signed an agreement ... More

A refugee centre in Greece will host part of the Olympic torch relay ahead of the Rio 2016 Games – with the torch being carried ... More