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One Small Vote For Big Change

One Small Vote For Big Change

Help us save the world's great places by voting for World Monuments Fund in the Members Project, a new initiative from American Express and Take Part.

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Fire damage at Watch Listed Russborough House

Fire damage at Watch Listed Russborough House

WMF visit Russborough House following a devastating fire in February which severely damaged the west wing of the house.

David Gundry reports for the site

2010 WMF/Knoll Modernism Prize

WMF New York announces their $10,000 biennial prize which recognizes innovative design solutions that preserve Modernist sites.

Deadline for nominations is
1st May, 2010

Find out more here

2010 Watch announced

Six sites from the British Isles have been listed on the World Monuments Fund Watch for 2010 which was announced in October 2009.

Click here to find out which sites
have been selected

Saving Stowe

Stowe House is in need of immediate help to stop time and weather from accelerating its decay, a situation which has gathered a unique collation of partners committed to regaining the original quality of the house.

Find out more about Stowe and how you can help

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Installing the chandelier at St George’s Bloomsbury

Filmed over 12 hours, this time lapse film shows the intricate installation of the Dutch-made chandelier in just 3 minutes! View the film fullsize


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New light for St George’s Bloomsbury

St George’s Bloomsbury gets some new illuminations just in time for Christmas with a seventeenth-century chandelier, kindly loaned to the church by the Victoria and Albert Museum, taking centre stage.


Restoration at Stowe commences

Work begins on the Eastern Pavilion and Library at Stowe House.

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Sir Simon Jenkins: The Great House in the Twenty-first Century

Sir Simon, as Chairman of the National Trust, explores the circumstances, values and opportunities of great houses in the twenty-first century.

(Royal Geographical Society, Central London)

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... visit the World Monument[s] Fund’s (WMF) new site for inspiration and ideas. The website looks as lovingly crafted as some of the threatened buildings it champions.

Building Magazine 21st September 2007