Two-year restoration of James Thornhill's dizzying Baroque interior was the largest open-access conservation project in Europe

Mysterious papers were found during the restoration of the south London house in Hackford Road where the Dutchman lodged

Architects, conservation experts and paint archaeologists have collaborated on £12m project to reopen west London house

The monumental bronze eagle was donated in 1954 by a gardener who inherited it from a diplomat and collector

New exhibition presents documents that lay the foundations for reconstruction of Aleppo and other sites ruined by civil war

Cardinal Grimani’s classical Greek and Roman sculptures—given to the Venetian Republic in 1587—will be reassembled in theatrical palace gallery

150 ancient artefacts will be displayed in a major exhibition commemorating the centenary of the discovery of the pharaoh’s tomb

As the Rijksmuseum prepares to restore the Dutch master’s most-celebrated painting in full view of the public, we look at its chequered conservation history

“Spalliera” panels depicting parables are reunited at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum for the first time in 500 years

Noah Charney examines how historic buildings that were needlessly destroyed can live on today

The still life of fruit and chestnuts, until recently dismissed as a fake, was painted in Paris

When restoration is complete, the public will have access to Qianlong Garden complex for the first time

Residential Palace complex, a casualty of Allied bombing in the Second World War, is due to be rebuilt by 2021

Javett Art Centre at University of Pretoria will display 800-year-old gold collection excavated in the 1930s

Launched in 2016, Aliph will finance restoration work with technical support from the Louvre and Smithsonian Institution

The World Monuments Fund announces the completion of a four-year conservation effort

Getty scientists explore the artist’s use of gunpowder and other materials for a definitive new book

Inaugural show presents jewels and precious objects excavated in the early 20th century alongside more recent discoveries

The 1301 carved pulpit will undergo a two-year intensive monitoring programme

Conservation effort now includes passageways and interior

Landmark Trust's restoration finds that oak timber used to build Welsh house was felled in the winters of 1418-19 and 1420-21

The conservation of masterpieces is happening in the full glare of the public

We asked officials at ten major sites how prepared they were—with alarming results

Many World Heritage Sites around the Mediterranean are at grave risk from sea-level rise by 2100, report says

Chief curator of Vienna’s Albertina argues that the work, which shows the artist's own hands, was a finished work rather than preparatory drawing

The 19th century Sepulveda Adobe and western movie set Paramount Ranch have been destroyed, but the fate of many other buildings remain unknown

The Battel Hall retable, which survived the fury of 16th-century iconoclasts, bears later scars of graffiti and "witchmarks" against evil spirits

Italian official also says the country will ratify 2017 Nicosia Convention outlining penalties for offenses involving cultural heritage

Work commissioned by Henry VIII for Hampton Court Palace left the country in the early 1970s