Use the National Park Service (NPS) app to find one of more than 400 national parks to celebrate National Park Week. Plan your trip and navigate parks with interactive maps, tours of park locations, on-the-ground accessibility information, and more. Learn what the National Park Service does to preserve natural and cultural heritage and provide recreational opportunities. Discover national historic landmarks and national natural landmarks near you, and learn about music in parks. Get involved as a volunteer or partner! Many parks are also celebrating National Volunteer Week. Follow the fun on social media using #NationalParkWeek. Join conversations with our parks and programs, and share your own posts about your love of parks to inspire others.

To kick off National Park Week, entrance fees are waived on April 19, 2025!  

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The International Day for Monuments and Sites (IDMS) is celebrated each year on 18 April. This event provides a unique opportunity to raise awareness of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the work it does to conserve and protect the world’s universally significant cultural resources, which are under threat from accelerating disasters and conflicts.

This year’s IDMS celebrations are focused on the 60 years of ICOMOS actions related to safeguarding heritage under threat of disasters and conflicts, and its future objectives in prevention, mitigation, preparation, emergency response, and recovery that we can take to safeguard heritage in times of crisis. The 2025 IDMS activities and recognition of ICOMOS’ work over the last 60 years will conclude with the Symposium of the ICOMOS Annual General Assembly (Nepal, 13-19 October 2025).

ICOMOS, the International Council on Monuments and Sites, is a non-governmental organisation working to conserve and protect cultural heritage sites worldwide. It is the only worldwide NGO dedicated to applying scientific techniques, theories, and methodologies to the conservation of both tangible and intangible elements of cultural heritage places.

Source: ICOMOS.org