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10/25/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/25/2021 14:35

Madagascar reviews outcomes of UNESCO-ICCROM-ICOM Madagascar ‘Re-Org’ preventive conservation programme

On 22 October 2021 at the headquarters of the Malagasy Academy Tsimbazaza in Antananarivo, Madagascar, the International Council of Museums National Committee in Madagascar (ICOM Madagasikara(link is external)), in collaboration with the Ministry of Communication and Culture(link is external), UNESCO, and the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM(link is external)), and with generous funding from the Embassy of Japan in Madagascar(link is external), organized a restitution ceremony to present the successful outcomes of the UNESCO project 'Preventive Conservation of the royal collections in Andafiavaratra Palace Museum'.

Ms. Lalatiana Andriatongarivo Rakotondrazafy, Minister of Communication and Culture of Madagascar opened the ceremony alongside H. E. Mr. Higuchi Yoshihiro, Ambassador of Japan to Madagascar.