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Community Heritage Grants Recipients 2019 Image   The Community Heritage Grants (CHG) program provides grants of up to $15,000 to community organisations such as libraries, archives, museums, genealogical and historical societies, multicultural and Indigenous groups. The grants are provided to assist with the preservation of locally owned, but nationally significant collections of materials that are publicly accessible including artefacts, letters, diaries, maps, photographs, and audio visual material. In 2019, 60 grants were awarded, totalling $378,440. New South Wales

Greece has been honored at the European Heritage Awards 2021, the EU intiative for cultural heritage organized by the European Commission and Europa Nostra, for the restoration project of the landmark Plaka Bridge in Epirus. The Plaka Bridge is a single arched stone-bridge, the largest and most impressive of its kind in Epirus. In February 2015, during a heavy storm that caused the river to overflow, a significant part of the main arch and the east pier of the bridge collapsed. The Plaka Bridge after its collapse. Photo Source: Ministry of Culture – copyright Athens Macedonia News Agency ...

‘Adopt’ a museum artefact, save history this festive season ByMohua DasMohua Das / Updated: Dec 20, 2020, 11:21 IST (This story was first published in the Times of India on December 20, 2020) Know someone who would like a sixth century ‘Head of a Damsel’ for Christmas? Or maybe a 400-year-old silk thangka painting of Chundhaa, goddess and protector from epidemics and diseases? Instead of the predictable exchange of presents this festive season, these endangered objects can make for a gift that can keep on giving with the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) allowing...