The conservation of Cultural Heritage at INAH, México: the Activities of CNCPC after a year of Structural Reorganization

Abstract

This text provides an overview  of the functions of the Coordinación Nacional de Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural (National Coordination of the Conservation of Cultural Heritage, CNCPC),  Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (National Institute of Anthropology and History, INAH), Mexico, describing the results of little more than a year of reorganization processes, initiated in order to optimize the performance of the cncpc-inah. An outline of origins and mandate of the CNCPC-INAH as well as a brief description of the organization’s strategic directions, illustrate the activities of an exceptional institution in the Latin-American field of cultural heritage.