INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON MONUMENTS AND SITES (ICOMOS)

ICOMOS is an international, non-governmental organization dedicated to the conservation of the world's historic monuments and sites. The organization was founded in 1965, as a result of the international adoption of the Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites in Venice the year before. Today the organization has National Committees in over 80 countries.

ICOMOS is UNESCO's principal advisor in matters concerning the conservation and protection of monuments and sites. With IUCN-The World Conservation Union, ICOMOS has an international role under the World Heritage Convention to advise the World Heritage Committee and UNESCO on the nomination of new sites to the World Heritage List.

Through its International Scientific Committees of experts from around the world, and through its triennial General Assembly, ICOMOS seeks to establish international standards for the preservation, restoration, and management of the cultural environment. Many of these standards have been promulgated as Charters by the organization as a result of adoption by the ICOMOS General Assembly.

The ICOMOS Secretariat is located in Paris. For further information, explore this server further, or write:

International Council on Monuments and Sites
49-51, rue de la Fédération
75015 Paris, France
Tel: (33.1) 45.67.67.70
Fax: (33.1) 45.66.06.22
E-mail: icomos@cicrp.jussieu.fr
For a complete list of officers and committees, click here.

The ICOMOS gopher and World Wide Web Server were begun in early 1994 by the Canadian National Committee of ICOMOS, ICOMOS Canada, on behalf of the International Council on Monuments and Sites. The aim of both servers is to make available to the larger global community concerned with the cultural heritage the standards and documentation that the international organization has been developing over the past thirty years. In particular, the organization is experimenting with new and more informative ways of disseminating this information. We welcome your comments.

For further information about these pages, please write: Webmaster@icomos.org
Last updated: 6 May 1997