Cultural heritage has a compelling influence in various groups, and any advancement or recovery scheme needs conservation based, informed analysis of the essential condition, and reasonable management plans for manageability. The responsibility and support of historic segments...

The 2014 film “The Monument Men” directed by George Clooney is an earnest effort at representing the heroism of real-life cultural heritage protectors in World War 2, although the film itself suffers from numerous historical inaccuracies. One of the most drastic flaws is that...

In the 2014 film “The Monuments Men” directed by George Clooney, the idea of heritage preservation in wartime environments is raised, but not fully explored. Many historians claim that the film glossed over the efforts of preservationists, architects and museum workers who tir...

Cultural heritage presents its value with many dimensions including historical, aesthetic, symbolic and scientific reference. Heritage structures are the representation of the past and several times it becomes difficult to understand why people should spend time, energy and mo...

Value has always been the reason underlying heritage conservation. It is self-evident that no society makes an effort to conserve what it does not value. Heritage assessment must be detailed enough to present a clear argument to justify a decision on registration, including su...

A conservation management plan (CMP) is a document that helps develop the management strategy for historic assets, sites and places. It explains the significance of the asset and examines how any future use, management, alteration or repair will be carried out in order to reta...

Heritage sites are representation of the past and many times it becomes difficult to understand why exactly people need to spend time, energy and money to conserve heritage structures. It is not just about conserving buildings made of bricks and mortar, it is about saving the...

A Conservation Management Plan or CMP identifies the place’s heritage significance, sets out conservation policies to protect the cultural heritage importance of the place in the light of change and gives a strategy for putting these policies into action. It is an effective to...

Cultural heritage refers to the cultural aspects like heritage buildings, monuments, folklore, traditional activities and practices, language etc. that are considered significant to be preserved for the future generations. Cultural heritage provides people a connection to cert...

Heritage is a broad concept which incorporates the cultural as well as the natural environment. It includes built environments, historic places, sites, landscapes as well as biodiversity, knowledge collections, past and continuing cultural practices including living experience...