🗻Glaciers are vanishing at an alarming rate. This retreat is endangering ecosystems &crucial water sources. As we mark the Int' Year of Glacier Preservation, our issue explores the impacts of this crisis & highlights the urgent need for action. ➡️

📸✨ What does a museum selfie signify? Is it just modern vanity? Not really. It can also be a way to engage with art and create meaningful experiences. #MuseumSelfie #ArtEngagement Read the whole story 👉

🇬🇭 Have you heard of mobile museums? In Ghana, Nana Oforiatta Ayim's museum takes art to everyday spaces, from fishing harbors to market squares. Discover more about this unique exhibition model ➡️​‍ #MobileMuseums #ArtInCommunity #GhanaArt

🚀✨ Museums are time machines bringing history to life! With immersive digital initiatives, visitors can now explore storerooms, interact with lost artefacts, and visit original sites. Discover more ➡️ #DigitalHeritage #ExploreHistory #Culture #Museum

RT @UNESCO: China and @UNESCO have built a strong partnership fostering peace and prosperity. Over the past decade, they’ve deepened coop…

Today, let’s celebrate the very first China Visibility Day, which highlights the strategic dialogue between #China & #UNESCO🇨🇳. Since 2017, The @UNESCOCourier has been published thanks to the support of the People's Republic of China More➡️ #UNESCOxPartners

Ever wondered where museums come from? 🖼️ 🤔 Join historian Krzysztof Pomian as he unravels the fascinating history of museums! Discover how long they've been around and their original purpose. 🔍

📣Don’t miss our latest issue and dive into the world of art and culture as we explore the connections and experiences museums offer 👉

🇸🇳 A symbol of the tragedy engendered by the transatlantic slave trade, the Senegalese island of Gorée has become a flagship destination for memorial tourism, attracting tens of thousands of visitors every year. Read more: #WorldHeritage #IslandOfGoree

🛹 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 Who said skateboarding was a man's sport? Certainly not the women skaters of the ImillaSkate collective, who careen down the slopes of Cochabamba, Bolivia’s third-largest city. Check out our selection of Brazilian photographer Luisa Dörr's work:

💸How to put a prize on intergenerational trauma? Slavery and its ramifications have left deep and multiple scars. Today, voices are calling for #reparation, including financial compensation. Read more in our latest issue: @VereneAShep

RT @aldomanucio_lab: We haven’t understood the brain yet because of the number and complexity of the neurons and its circuits. Santiago Ra…

📖✍️Over 86 % of the world's population can read and write today, whereas in 1858 nearly half were illiterate. But more needs to be done. Today on International #LiteracyDay, discover the Courier issues dedicated to the fight against illiteracy:

Enslaved women were the majority of labourers on most colonial plantations; yet their place in historical research has long been marginal. 👉Discover in our latest issue the article "Slave trade and women: a forgotten history" by Sir Hilary Beckles:

RT @UNESCO: In The @UNESCOCourier's exclusive interview, Patrick Chamoiseau, one of the Caribbean's leading writers, reminds us that no hie…

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In 1964, @UNESCO launched a major project to present the Africa’s history from an African perspective. The elaboration of the General History of Africa took 35 years of cooperation between more than 230 specialists. Read more about decolonizing history:

⛱️How to travel without leaving a trace? From Barcelona to Venice, Kyoto to Bali, authorities are testing ways to tackle overtourism without drying up this major source of revenue. Read more: #sustainabletourism

🌱 Youth are the future of the world! They have always been. 🎉But they are also the present. ☀️Today, on International Youth Day, dive into our archive and discover fascinating stories about youth, published in the UNESCO Courier since the 1950s!

RT @UNESCO: For more than 70 years, the @UNESCOCourier has been exploring how sport can transform lives by breaking down barriers and unit…