Cultural heritage includes places, objects, traditions and knowledge that societies choose to preserve, interpret and pass to future generations.
Preservation protects irreplaceable evidence, cultural memory and future choice while allowing societies to change rather than freezing the past.
What is cultural heritage? It includes places, objects, traditions, knowledge and practices that people inherit, value and seek to preserve for future generations.
Buildings tell stories through their materials, repairs, altered rooms, blocked openings, wear and changing uses. Learn how historians read architecture as physical evidence.
Why historical monuments matter goes beyond age or beauty: they preserve evidence, memory, culture and knowledge that cannot simply be recreated once lost.
