The Nizhny Tagil Charter for the Industrial Heritage (2003)

Preface: The Nizhny Tagil Charter for the Industrial Heritage (2003) was adopted by the International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH), Moscow, Russia, 17 July, 2003.

The industrial heritage is highly vulnerable and often at risk, often lost for lack of awareness, documentation, recognition or protection but also because of changing economic trends, negative perceptions, environmental issues or its sheer size and complexity. Yet, by extending the life‐cycle of existing structures and their embodied energy, conservation of the built industrial heritage, can contribute to achieving the goals of sustainable development at the local, national and international levels. It touches the social as well as the physical and environmental aspects of development and should be acknowledged as such.

The delegates assembled for the 2003 TICCIH Congress in Russia wish therefore to assert that the buildings and structures built for industrial activities, the processes and tools used within them and the towns and landscapes in which they are located, along with all their other tangible and intangible manifestations, are of fundamental importance. They should be studied, their history should be taught, their meaning and significance should be probed and made clear for everyone, and the most significant and characteristic examples should be identified, protected and maintained, in accordance with the spirit of the Venice Charter, for the use and benefit of today and of the future.

The charter include the following contents:

  • Definition of industrial heritage
  • Values of industrial heritage
  • The importance of identification, recording and research
  • Legal protection
  • Maintenance and conservation
  • Education and training
  • Presentation and interpretation

Then the TICCIH’s Nizhny Tagil Charter, signed in 2003, become the international guidance document for the industrial heritage.

Category
Charter
Date

2003

Promulgation

The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH), Moscow, Russia, 17 July, 2003.

Descriptions

  • The charter specifies clearly that the buildings and structures built for industrial activities, the processes and artefacts used within them and the towns and landscapes in which they are located, along with all their other tangible and intangible manifestations are of fundamental importance.
  • It calls upon industrial heritages should be studied, their history should be taught, their meaning and significance should be probed and made clear for everyone, and the most significant and characteristic examples should be identified, protected and maintained, in accordance with the spirit of the Venice Charter of 1964.

Source

http://international.icomos.org/18thapril/2006/nizhny-tagil-charter-e.pdf

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