World Cultural Heritage Losses
A living archive of losses, damage, and destruction affecting World Cultural Heritage around the world. The list is updated year by year and expanded whenever new cases are documented or reported by readers.
We chose the Glasgow Central Station image to recall the fire risks associated with new technologies and the vulnerabilities they can introduce. At the same time, cultural heritage loss is often shaped by another, less visible problem: underreported or “minor” losses, including threats to heritage and worship sites around the world. Image: Clydiee, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
This project records losses, damage, and destruction affecting World Cultural Heritage and other culturally significant places around the world. It is a living archive, built to document what is often underreported, fragmented, or lost in the noise of daily news coverage.
Project scope
The archive is organized by year so that readers can follow the cases chronologically and see how threats to heritage evolve over time. Each yearly page is updated as new evidence emerges, and new cases may be added when readers share reliable information through email or the contact form.
Browse by year
If you know of a case that should be included, or if a record needs correction or update, please contact us through email or the form provided on the site. Contributions are welcome, especially when they include reliable sources, photographs, official reports, or other documentation that can help improve the archive.
