This year is significant for the Pride movement and the LGBTQ+ community as it marks 50 years since the first Pride took place in the United Kingdom. Join WMF Britain for its annual Paul Mellon Lecture (UK), in partnership with Strawberry Hill House and Queer Britain.
Past Events
Join philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah for a reflection on the cultural heritage of Africa, from the Nubian pyramids of Sudan to the Koutammakou Cultural Landscape in Benin and Togo, and the redesign of the W.E.B. Du Bois Museum Complex in Ghana.
Monumental Journeys: Paris celebrated the recently completed restoration and reassembly of the Chancellerie d’Orléans, a famous eighteenth-century Rococo hotel particulier. In addition to exploring other related interiors from the same period, travelers participated in tours of past and current WMF projects in Paris (Church of Saint-Eustache and Hôtel des Invalides) as well as at Versailles (Potager du Roi, the Queen’s Theater, Belvedere).
Acompáñenos para una presentación y discusión en línea sobre Watch Day en La Central Aguirre de Puerto Rico con los grupos comunitarios IDEBAJO y La Casa Comunitaria de Medios.
Join us on Tuesday, March 1, as we unveil the 2022 World Monuments Watch, WMF's biennial selection of 25 of the world’s most irreplaceable heritage sites in need of immediate attention.
On February 24, the World Monuments Fund in partnership with Intelligence Squared will bring together a panel of experts to explore key sites in African-American history and illustrate the pivotal role heritage can play in teaching us about underrepresented narratives from the past.
Join us for a virtual event exploring the significance of Bears Ears, a 2020 World Monuments Watch site home to at-risk sites of immense meaning to many modern Indigenous peoples.
Join us on Tuesday, December 14 to celebrate the 2021 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize laureate!
On December 9, uncover the hidden secrets of the Ancient World with a tour of the legendary Babylon.
Plunge into the depths of the earth in Cantabria to explore the cave of La Garma, where an extraordinarily well-preserved collection of rock art and archaeological remains serves as evidence of human activity spanning over 300,000 years.