Cultural Heritage Center

• What’s New: Scheduled CPAC meetings, recent Federal Register notices, and other related activities of the Center or the Bureau.

Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation

• 2010 AFCP Awards: Media Note and Project List
• Search AFCP Projects and Images
• 2009 Awards Support Major Projects in Peru, Nepal, and Macedonia
• 2009 Awards Support Projects at Eight World Heritage Sites
• 2009 Awards Notice
• 2008 Large Project Awards Notice (PDF)
• 2007/2008 Ambassadors Fund Annual Report (PDF)
• 2006/2007 Ambassadors Fund Annual Report (PDF)
• 2005/2006 Ambassadors Fund Annual Report (PDF)
• 2004/2005 Ambassadors Fund Annual Report (PDF)
• 2003/2004 Ambassadors Fund Annual Report (PDF)
• 2002/2003 Ambassadors Fund Annual Report (PDF)
• 2001 Ambassadors Fund Annual Report (PDF)

International Cultural Property Protection

• Background on U.S. Implementation of the 1970 UNESCO Convention
• Import Restrictions List & Chart
• Cultural Property Advisory Committee: Description of committee composition and responsibilities, and list of current members.
• About Foreign Requests for Assistance: how a request for assistance from another country is received and reviewed.
• Heritage Protection Resources: Links to selected organizations involved in cultural heritage protection.
• Image Database of Restricted Objects: Introduction to the organization and use of the database. Links to Image Database for each country.
• Laws, Conventions & Agreements: Index of heritage-related laws and conventions

Recursos en Español: Index of pages and documents in Spanish.

Iraq Cultural Heritage Initiative

• Iraq Cultural Heritage Project Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Previous Efforts (2003-2008) (PDF)

Laws & Agreements

• 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export, and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. (PDF)
• 1972 Pre-Columbian Monumental and Architectural Sculpture and Murals Statute (PDF)
• Abandoned Shipwreck Act (PDF)
• Archaeological Resources Protection Act (PDF)
• 1983 Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA) (Public Law 97-446 or 19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) (PDF)
• Executive Order 12555 (1986) (PDF)
• National Stolen Property Act (PDF)
• Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (PDF)
• Treaty between U.S. and Mexico, 1970 (PDF)
• U.S. Senate Report 97-564 (PDF)

Special Projects

Country-Specific pages

Bolivia

• Bolivia Information
• Bolivia Image Database
• 1989 Emergency Restriction (PDF)
• 2001 Bilateral Agreement (Español) (PDF)
• 2001 Designated List (PDF)
• 2006 Amended Agreement (Español) (PDF)
• 2011 Notice of Extension (PDF)

Cambodia

• Cambodia Information
• 1999 Emergency Action (PDF)
• 2003 Bilateral Agreement (PDF)
• 2003 Designated List (PDF)
• 2008 Amended Extension and Designated List (PDF)

Canada

• Canada Information
• 1997 Bilateral Agreement (Français) (PDF)
• 1997 Designated List (PDF)

China

• China Information
• 2009 Bilateral Agreement (PDF)
• 2009 Designated List (PDF)

Colombia

• Colombia Information
• Colombia Image Database
• 2006 Bilateral Agreement (Español) (PDF)
• 2006 Designated List (PDF)
• 2011 Amended Article II (Español) (PDF)

Cyprus

• Cyprus Information
• Cyprus Image Database
• 1999 Emergency Restriction: Ethnology (PDF)
• 2002 Agreement: Archaeology (PDF)
• 2002 Designated List: Archaeology (PDF)
• 2006 Amended Agreement (PDF)
• 2006 Amended Designated List (PDF)
• 2007 Extension of Amended Agreement (PDF)
• 2007 Amended Designated List (PDF)

El Salvador

• El Salvador Information
• El Salvador Image Database
• 1987 Emergency Action (PDF)
• 1995 Bilateral Agreement (Español) (PDF)
• 1995 Designated List (PDF)
• 2000 Extension & Amendment (Español) (PDF)
• 2005 Extension & Amendment (Español) (PDF)
• 2010 Extension & Amendment (Español) (PDF)

Greece

• Greece Information
• 2011 Bilateral Agreement (Ελληνικά)(PDF)
• 2011 Designated List (PDF)

Guatemala

• Guatemala Information
• Guatemala Image Database
• 1991 Emergency Action (PDF)
• 1997 Bilateral Agreement (Español) (PDF)
• 1997 Designated List (PDF)
• 2002 Extension Notice (PDF)
• 2007 Extension & Amendment (Español) (PDF)

Honduras

• Honduras Information
• Honduras Image Database
• 2004 Bilateral Agreement (Español) (PDF)
• 2004 Designated List (PDF)
• 2009 Amended Article II (Español) (PDF)

Iraq

• Iraq Cultural Heritage Initiative
• Iraq Cultural Heritage Project Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Iraq Information (on import restrictions)
• 2008 Emergency Restriction and Designated List (PDF)
• 2004 Emergency Protection Act (PDF)
• Report on Damage to the Site of Babylon, Iraq (PDF)

Italy

• Italy Information
• Italy Image Database
• 2001 Bilateral Agreement (Italiano) (PDF)
• 2001 Agreement & 2006 Extension & Amendment (TIAS) (PDF)
• 2001 Designated List (PDF)
• 2006 Extension & Amendment (Italiano) (PDF)
• 2011 Extension and Amendment (PDF)
• 2011 Designated List (PDF)
• Long-Term Loan Guidelines (Italiano) (PDF)
• Integrated Project (Italiano) (PDF)

Mali

• Mali Information
• Mali Image Database
• 1993 Emergency Action (PDF)
• 1997 Bilateral Agreement (Français) (PDF)
• 1997 Designated List (PDF)
• 2002 Extension of Agreement (PDF)
• 2007 Amended Extension (Français) (PDF)
• 2007 Amended Designated List (PDF)

Nicaragua

• Nicaragua Information
• Nicaragua Image Database
• 1999 Bilateral Agreement (Español) (PDF)
• 2000 Designated List (PDF)
• 2005 Extension (Español) (PDF)
• 2010 Extension & Amendment (Español) (PDF)

Peru

• Peru Information (Español)
• Peru Image Database (Español)
• 1990 Emergency Restriction (PDF)
• 1997 Bilateral Agreement (Español) (PDF)
• 1997 Designated List (PDF)
• 2002 Extension and Amendment (Español) (PDF)
• 2007 Extension and Amendment (Español) (PDF)