Images of

Theresa Coolahan (USA) and
Gina Haney (US/ICOMOS Board of Trustees) in Ghana

Through a grant from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, US/ICOMOS Board member Gina Haney and US/ICOMOS Intern Theresa  Coolahan travelled to Cape Coast to make a follow-up assessment on the recomendations that derived from a workshop conducted in 2000.

Top:  Theresa Coolahan (left) and Gina Haney (right)

Right:  View of Cape Coast Castle (World Heritage Site)

Views of Cape Coast Castle
(World Heritage Site)

Ghanian Culture

Above and right
Views of Cape Coast

Above and right:
Views of Gothic House, headquarters
of the Oguaa Traditional Council

About to undergo extensive renovation and restoration efforts, US/ICOMOS hopes to sponsor an annual internship at Gothic House, working with ICOMOS Ghana and the Oguaa Traditional Council.  The Oguaa Traditional Council intends to occupy Gothic House as its headquarters, in addition to including space for a variety of uses, including offices, residences, and tourist facilities.

Canopy Walk
at Kakum National Park

US/ICOMOS would like to thank the Samuel H. Kress Foundation for supporting this evaluation mission and the development of what we hope will become an annual international internship in Ghana.

For more on the evaluation mission to Ghana, see the US/ICOMOS Ghana Intership webpage.

The US/ICOMOS International Intern Exchange Program is funded by a variety sources.  Each of the host organizations in the U.S. contributed funds that cover a substantial portion of the costs for interns from overseas.  Grants from private foundations and individual donors supported the internships for U.S. preservationists traveling overseas, with additional support from some of the overseas host organizations.  The 2005 overseas internships were supported by the Dorothy-Ann Foundation, Marpat Foundation, Keepers Fund for Historic Preservation, Samuel H. Kress Foundation, Trust for Mutual Understanding, and contributions from numerous individuals.