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'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

New Notre Dame spire now topped with golden rooster

Unveiling marks milestone in reconstruction of ravaged cathedral

Turkey counts cost of earthquake repairs

A year after tremors devastated the south of the country, painstaking work begins to restore thousands of damaged monuments

Early Gerhard Richter mural, painted over in 1979, resurfaces in Dresden

Painting in a stairwell and foyer at the German Hygiene Museum is one of the few early works to survive

President Macron confirms Notre Dame opening date plus plans for a new museum

While worshippers will be permitted to enter the cathedral by December 2024, a revamp of the surrounding area will continue

DIY insulation and cow bones: Oxford college renovation reveals what life was like as a 17th-century student

The conservation of St John’s College has uncovered hidden paintings, underfloor fire escapes and an intriguing signature

Radical plan to restore Clandon Park rejected by members at National Trust annual meeting

Restore Trust campaign group also failed to secure seats on heritage body’s governing council

Revamp of fire-damaged Clandon Park galvanises National Trust ‘woke’ row

Campaign group Restore Trust accuses organisation of backtracking on its restoration plans for the 18th-century Palladian mansion

The Imperial War Museum restores John Singer Sargent’s Gassed, revealing original colour palette

The restored painting will be there to welcome visitors to the new Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Galleries, which opens on Remembrance Sunday