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Global Heritage Fund
Announces Major
Sponsorship
Leading Private Companies
Join in the Preservation
of the Cultural and
Natural Heritage of Mirador Basin
Money contributed by GHF and Pacunam (Guatemala) to Save the Cradle of Maya Civilization and Last Major Intact Tropical Forests
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President Alvaro Colom of Guatemala presents the Four Balams Project - Mirador (Source: SIGLOXXI.com) |
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Companies that collaborate:
PACUNAM is comprised of:
1. Cementos Progreso
2. Banco Industrial
3. Ingenio Pantaleón
4. Wal-Mart Centroamérica
5. Cervecería Centroamericana, S.A.
6. Disagro
7. Telgua / Claro
8. Citigroup Latinamerica
Read more news about Mirador.
Watch a slide show about a recent trip.
Press Release: GHF Mirador |
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GHF Executive Director Jeff Morgan
Carries Olympic Torch in Pingyao Ancient City, China
Jeff was thrilled when he learned that he had been selected as a torch bearer as he believes that the Olympic torch relay is also a "cultural relay": Eastern and Western cultures all come from very ancient civilizations, so the passing on of the Olympic flame from Greece to China is a symbol of exchange and integration between the two cultures.
Read more news about the event.
Press Release: GHF Pingyao Ancient City
Event Photos: Slideshow
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(Source: GHF)
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(Source: GHF)
Pingyao Ancient City
Shanxi Province, China
Located in Shanxi Province and inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997, Pingyao is an exceptionally well-preserved example of Ming- and Qing-era towns. However, urban population pressures threaten the integrity of the site and its individual buildings, so since 2006 GHF has been sponsoring the drafting of a Master Conservation Plan for the town, the restoration of a number of the buildings located within the town walls, and the establishment of responsible tourism development in conjunction with a program of site maintenance and security.
Learn more about Pingyao Ancient City
GHF Video: Saving Pingyao Ancient City |
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(Left to Right) Jeff Morgan, Lindy Mark, and Kuanghan Li.
Interview with Kuanghan Li
New Program Manager of China
Kuang Han Li has been hired as Manager of China for GHF, bringing extensive field experience working with all levels of the Chinese government in cultural heritage preservation. A graduate of historic preservation and architecture, Ms. Li was previously a consultant for the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) where she worked at the Mountain resort and Outlying Temples in Chengde, a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of The China Principles project. This is a new conservation guideline developed in collaboration with the government of the People's Republic of China that serves to guide the ethics and principles of historic preservation in China.
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GHF Helps to Save Cambodia’s Treasures
New Bronze Conservation Laboratory Completed with Freer-Sackler Gallery
The National Museum of Cambodia, located in Phnom Penh, features a world-renowned collection of Khmer artifacts from the 9th – 15th C. AD. Among these collections are approximately 6,800 bronze objects, with over 600 on permanent display. Recently, Paul Jett of the Freer-Sackler Gallery of Art, headed up a project to conserve these significant cultural artifacts.
Read more about the Bronze Conservation Laboratory.
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Bronze Conservation Laboratory - After
(Source: National Museum of Cambodia) |
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Ceramics Conservation Laboratory Completed at the National Museum
GHF, The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, have been
working in partnership with the National Museum of Cambodia to advance the care and
conservation of the National Museum’s collection. Following upon the development of a
metals conservation laboratory and program, the Freer and Sackler are now working with the
National Museum to expand its conservation efforts by building a laboratory for ceramics
conservation adjacent to the Metal Conservation Laboratory.
Read more about Ceramic Conservation in Cambodia
Learn more about GHF in Cambodia
Download Article on Ceramic Conservation
in Cambodia (PDF)
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Ceramics Conservation
(Source: Asian Art Newspaper) |
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GHF Progress in Foguang, Temple, Shanxi, China
Built during the Tang Dynasty, Foguang Temple is a tribute to the peak of Buddhist art and architecture from the 9th century, being the oldest major wooden temple in China and representing the last remaining and earliest monument of Tang Dynasty classical Chinese architecture. However, the temple has not been repaired or conserved since the 17th century, and extensive structural damage is occurring from falling rocks and rotting roofing, beams and pillars. To arrest this destruction, GHF is leading a three-pronged program to save Foguang Temple and its monastery complex.
Read more about the progress.
Learn more about Foguang. |
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South facade of the Entrance Gate under restoration.
GHF Video: Foguang
Project Photos: Slideshow |
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