International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes

2024 ICOMOS Annual General Meeting
2024-11-10 - 2024-11-17 | Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto Arts and Convention Center, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
The ICOMOS Annual General Meeting will be held in Ouro Preto, Brazil from November 11th thorough the 15th. The call for abstracts for the Scientific Symposium is closed. More information on the event can be found at bit.ly/ICOMOS-AGM-2024; and at

ISCCL Scientific Symposium 2024
2024-11-09 - 2024-11-10 | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, School of Architecture and Design, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
For more information, go to https://landscapes.icomos.org/isccl-2024-symposium/

When Does the Theory and Process of Conservation Become National Heritage?
2024-06-12 12:00 - 13:30 UTC | Zoom
In a ground-breaking step in 2023, the U.S. National Park Service revised the National Historic Landmark status of Waterford, Virginia, as a site, to recognize the “sustained and innovative private preservation effort to conserve a comprehensive village landscape.” With this acknowledgement of a 55-year effort to preserve a cultural landscape, it is the first such heritage designation of a planning and conservation process in the United States.
In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, Elizabeth Brabec led the planning effort to implement a strategy to conserve the landscape of the village. As the top level of recognition for National Heritage in the United States, the Waterford National Historic Landmark was forward thinking in 1969, for its inclusion of the landscape within the boundaries of the village, at a time when designations included minimal landscape areas almost as an afterthought.
This lecture will delve into the history of Waterford’s conservation efforts. It will explore the theories of cultural heritage and landscape conservation of the period and discuss the outcomes of the planning effort. The presentation will also discuss the implications of moving from a recognition of successful conservation case studies, to conservation as a form of intangible cultural heritage.
