1. United States and Cambodia Celebrate Cultural Property Agreement and New Preservation Project

   U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia William A. Heidt and Cambodia’s Minister of Culture, Her Excellency Phoeung Sackona, signed a joint statement recognizing the recent extension of the cultural property agreement between the United States and Cambodia during a ceremony on November 6, 2018 at the National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom Penh.

2. New ECA Websites

   

   After years of extensive research and planning, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs is pleased to announce the launch of our redesigned ECA Bureau and Exchanges websites.

3. Red Lists of Antiquities at Risk

   Red Lists of Antiquities at Risk are compact, illustrated booklets designed for customs officials, police officers, museums, art dealers, and collectors, to help them recognize the general types of archaeological, ethnographic, and ecclesiastical objects that have been looted from cultural sites, stolen from museums and churches, and illicitly trafficked.

4. The Iraqi Institute for the Conservation of Antiquities and Heritage

   The Iraqi Institute for the Conservation of Antiquities and Heritage (IICAH) is a state-of-the-art educational facility in Erbil, where international experts are training Iraq’s museum and heritage professionals in the preservation of their national treasures. Th

5. Afghan Students Train to Combat Cultural Property Trafficking

   Nineteen students from universities throughout Afghanistan participated in a groundbreaking cultural property program that brought U.S. faculty, virtually, to a classroom in Kabul.

6. 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

7. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation 2010 Awards

   

   Highlights of the cultural preservation projects around the world that received funding from the U.S. Department of State's U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation in 2010.

8. “Museums in a Suitcase” Foster Understanding and Counter Violent Extremism in Libya  

   Due to the ongoing conflict, museums across Libya remain closed to protect their collections from looting and other damage.  As a result, many communities in Libya have lost a vital link to their country’s rich past that museums and public programming create.

9. Youth Programs Highlights

   

   The U.S. Department of State youth exchange programs empower young people and establish long-lasting ties between the United States and other countries through student exchange programs and institutional partnerships.

10. U.S. Department of State Partners with International Council of Museums to Fight Illicit Traffic of Libyan Cultural Heritage

    The U.S. Department of State and the International Council of Museums (ICOM) have launched the Emergency Red List of Libyan Cultural Objects at Risk.

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