Restoration

Heads of state and howling winds welcome Notre-Dame cathedral back to life

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President-Elect Donald Trump were in attendance as President Macron presided over the reopening of the famed Parisian monument

Vatican gives Apollo a hand—literally—ahead of Jubilee Year

Restoration of the marble is expected to be a draw for the year-long event, which will allow public access to works in the Pope’s private collection as well as exhibitions across the Holy See and Rome

The architecture graduate tasked with recording Notre-Dame’s renovation—in pencil and chalk

Over four years, and often perched on scaffolding, Axelle Ponsonnet has documented the project's progress behind the scenes

Did a video game help rebuild Notre-Dame after the fire?

'Assassin’s Creed Unity' boasts a detailed virtual model of the cathedral—but not detailed enough for the restorers of the building

‘Notre-Dame still retains some of its mystery’: the surprises revealed in the restoration

The painstaking work of archaeologists has uncovered two lost tombs and rare medieval masons’ marks

Green wood, axes and oaks: how ancient skills helped to raise Notre-Dame's new roof

A small army of carpenters combined traditional craftmanship with digital design tools to rebuild the medieval roof frame known as "the forest"

Lucky statues on Notre-Dame's spire to take up their position once more

Copper sculptures representing the Twelve Apostles and four New Testament Evangelists were removed for cleaning days before the fire

Out of the ashes: how Notre-Dame has been resurrected in a miraculously short time

Faith, politics and emotion have fused in the rebuilding of the Paris cathedral partially destroyed by a fire in 2019

Legalnews

'It could have been more serious, even fatal': lead poisoning claim by Versailles restoration workers reaches court

Six stand accused of negligence causing involuntary harm, including the culture ministry’s heritage operator, for its role in overseeing the restoration of the Château de Versailles

Fifty years after Hans Döllgast's death, conference explores his role in rebuilding post-war Germany

The architect rejected nationalistic solutions in favour of collaged restoration

Restoration begins on rare Ludovico Mazzolino painting at the National Gallery of Ireland

The Italian Renaissance master’s few remaining large paintings are a conservation headache, but the museum hopes to show its Crossing of the Red Sea for the first time next year

$3.9m restoration project breaks ground in Brooklyn to preserve remnants of a 19th-century free Black community

Weeksville Heritage Center’s historic Hunterfly Road Houses will undergo a significant restoration

Voynich Manuscript scans reveal early decoding attempt

Multispectral imaging has uncovered that the baffling symbols in the 15th-century document—dubbed the world’s most mysterious manuscript—were scrutinised by its owner, a Prague doctor

How a Portuguese sanctuary for pilgrims became a modern-day haven for the arts

Porto’s 600-year-old Leça do Balio monastery has found a new lease of life as cultural centre

Row over Notre-Dame’s stained glass re-ignites

President Emmanuel Macron wants to replace the Paris cathedral’s 19th-century windows, even though they were not damaged in 2019 fire

Stairway to Rococo heaven reopens as Jacquemart-André restoration completes

Masterpieces from Rome’s Galleria Borghese will be on show alongside the built-in Tiepolo frescos of the Jacquemart-André museum, a Belle Epoque mansion originally built for a wealthy banker and his portrait-painting wife

‘This is a farce’: heritage activists react as historic minaret in Iraq covered in white plaster

The Zumurrud Khatun Mosque and Mausoleum have undergone a heavy-handed restoration—and there is a risk of further damage to come

Miami’s Vizcaya Museum will save century-old pool-grotto mural with National Park Service grant

The rare work by the Gilded Age artist Robert Winthrop Chanler is endangered by the surrounding water and Miami's humid conditions

‘Once in a generation chance’: Hampton Court conservation grants visitors closer look at Chapel Royal

Works by Sir Christopher Wren and Sir James Thornhill can be observed from the chapel's Royal Pew until September

William Blake’s cottage—where he wrote ‘Jerusalem’—a step closer to becoming a museum

Funding has been secured to fix the collapsing roof of the house in Sussex, UK, with future plans to restore it and turn it into an arts centre

After decades of neglect, public Amelia Toledo sculpture in Rio will finally be restored

The giant rose-quartz work at a metro station in Copacabana will get a much-needed makeover

Art damaged during Brazil’s 2023 insurrection almost fully restored

The National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage expects the restoration project to conclude in December

Salisbury Cathedral conservation offers window into William Morris’s workshop

Edward Burne-Jones’s stained-glass work has been removed for conservation for the first time

Siena's Baptismal font—decorated with Donatello reliefs—unveiled after three-year restoration

The Renaissance marble structure, which is still used to baptise newborns, has been returned to its original splendour—thanks to porcupine quills and 3-D printers

Conservation experts deploying to Lahaina, Hawaii, to support recovery from 2023 wildfires

Thanks to a grant of almost $20,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities, two experts will travel to Maui to assist affected museums and historic sites

Saved by a pub entrepreneur, Sherborne House reopens as an arts centre

The comprehensive renovation includes a new restaurant, an events pavilion and the restoration of a James Thornhill mural

Mavisbank House: abandoned Scottish 18th-century mansion to be rescued at last

The the house near Edinburgh is considered one of Britain’s most important buildings—but also its most derelict

Portrait of Charles I's children revealed to be by inventor of tri-colour printing

The print by Jacob Christoph le Blon, which hung under a staircase of a Norfolk mansion, was thought to be a copy of a work by Anthony Van Dyck

Paintings saved from Notre Dame blaze to go on show in Paris

Religious works, restored by conservation experts, will be returned to the historic cathedral on the Seine

Shiver me timbers: AI speeds up repair of historic British warship HMS Victory

Technology is being used to create an image database of vessel—as acres of wooden planking damaged by time, water and insects are to be replaced