
image for illustration: Belfast Assembly Rooms by Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0, Commons Wikimedia
Belfast’s Assembly Rooms building was included in the World Monuments Fund’s 2025 watchlist for endangered heritage sites, reports Irish Central.
Irish Central writes:
On January 15, the World Monuments Fund (WMF) announced the 25 cultural heritage sites on its 2025 World Monuments Watch, which spotlights locations ‘of extraordinary significance facing urgent challenges, among which conflict, natural disaster, climate change and tourism.’ The Assembly Rooms, which is in need of ‘substantial conservation,’ was named on the list…
… WMF’s global team will work with the 2025 Watch sites to evaluate local needs and co-design strategies for advocacy, preservation, and fundraising… WMF will also support its local partners in developing a preservation project at the site, which can include targeted advocacy campaigns, planning, research, education, and physical conservation.