Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The lights on the historic building at the Grand Place were switched off for one hour as part of the international "Earth Hour" ...

World Monuments Fund (WMF) has announced that it will use more than $7m to fund 21 new projects around the globe in 2026.

Human beings have always built big, strange, and beautiful things to honor gods, kings, ancestors – or sometimes reasons we can only guess at. Archaeologists and historians can measure stones, date ...

These are just a few of the reasons the World Monuments Fund chose the 25 world monuments in its 2025 World Monuments Watch—they all face key threats to their preservation. The World Monuments Fund ...

Several beloved travel landmarks and destinations around the world are now at risk of danger due to previous natural disasters, conflicts, overtourism, or other causes, according to a new report. The ...

WMF supports 21 heritage projects in 2026, focusing on architectural preservation and local partnerships to safeguard cultural sites worldwide.

Did you know that some of the most iconic monuments have duplicates elsewhere in the world? Or that some epic structures have been physically moved from one place to another? Here, we take a look at ...

The fourth annual World Monuments Summit brings together World Monuments Fund's (WMF) global team of experts, partners, thought leaders, and guests for a series of discussions on heritage preservation ...

Today the World Monuments Fund (WMF) announced the 2018 World Monuments Watch, listing 25 at-risk sites. Threatened by climate change, conflict, natural disasters, and preservation resource ...

The lights on the historic building at the Grand Place were switched off for one hour as part of the international "Earth Hour" campaign launched by the non-governmental organization WWF. Wiktor ...