1. Cultural Heritage Coordination Committee Meeting

   The Interagency Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee conducted its third quarterly meeting. The meeting was chaired by Scott Weinhold, Senior Bureau Official of the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, which chairs the committee and serves as its secretariate.   

2. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Galt’s Remarks for the Yemen Red List Launch at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

   Remarks for the Yemen Red List Launch at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY on Wednesday, January 31, 2018

3. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Galt’s Remarks on Protecting and Preserving Cultural Heritage in the Middle East - Arab American Day Keynote

   Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Galt’s Keynote Remarks “Protecting and Preserving Cultural Heritage in the Middle East” Organization of American States on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, 6:30 p.m., 3-5 minutes

4. Virtual Workshop Trains U.S. Law Enforcement to Detect Trafficking in Fakes and Forgeries

   Trafficking in stolen, looted, or forged art, antiquities, and other cultural objects benefits criminal organizations and terrorist groups, erodes the legal art market, and harms our relationships with foreign partners and allies.

5. Virtual Workshop Trains U.S. Law Enforcement to Combat Trafficking in Manuscripts

   Over 100 participants included reps from across the federal government, U.S. universities, and private sector.

6. Committee Members

   Cultural Property Advisory Committee is composed of 11 members appointed by the president to renewable three-year terms. Learn more about the cultural property advisory committee.

7. Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee Gathers in Washington

   On March 2, 2023, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Policy, Rafik Mansour, convened the 16 member agencies of the Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee (CHCC).

8. Future of Babylon Project

   The U.S. Department of State is assisting with management planning, preservation, and educational development at the ancient site of Babylon, home to the “Tower of Babel” and Nebuchadnezzar’s wondrous “Hanging Gardens.”

9. Cultural Heritage Game Jam Winners Tell Their Story

   The role of games in protecting cultural heritage

10. United States and India Sign Historic Cultural Property Agreement

    United States and India Sign Historic Cultural Property Agreement

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