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Save Bosnia's Heritage

Preserving Bosnia's threatened heritage with modern technology

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Save Bosnia's Heritage

Save Bosnia's Heritage

Save Bosnia's Heritage

Save Bosnia's Heritage

Save Bosnia's Heritage

Preserving Bosnia's threatened heritage with modern technology

Preserving Bosnia's threatened heritage with modern technology

Preserving Bosnia's threatened heritage with modern technology

Preserving Bosnia's threatened heritage with modern technology

Foundation for the Preservation of Historical Heritage
Foundation for the Preservation of Historical Heritage
Foundation for the Preservation of Historical Heritage
Foundation for the Preservation of Historical Heritage
1 Campaign |
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
$5,180 USD 50 backers
10% of $48,500 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

Three wars ravaged Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 20th century; each destroyed invaluable cultural and historical treasures. What remains is threatened by neglect, vandalism, natural disasters, and the ravages of time.

These threats are real. The National Museum has closed; other museums, libraries, and cultural institutions are teetering on the brink, starved of funding with little or no prospect of keeping them operational. Old materials deteriorate under poor conditions. The threats of natural catastrophes and mob violence simply make matters worse.

In 2014 alone, these threats struck twice. In February, rioters set fire to centuries-old documents in the State Presidency archives. In May, unprecedented flooding and landslides damaged or destroyed old documents and official records throughout the country. And the dangers are only growing.

To combat these threats, the Foundation for the Preservation of Historical Heritage (FPHH) began digitizing rare holdings of the National Library in January 2014. In August 2014 it expanded its program to include the Historical Museum, along with Oslobodjenje, the country’s oldest continuously published daily newspaper. But these represent only the tip of the iceberg.

Up until now the Foundation has relied on volunteer efforts, donations of equipment, time, know-how and materials. But this is no longer sufficient.

Bosnia and Herzegovina needs your help to preserve its priceless heritage, which is an important part of the world’s cultural treasury. We must include other cultural institutions and rare document collections before they too are lost. In order to do this, your financial support is now critical.

FPHH has set an initial goal of $48,500.

These funds would enable FPHH to:

• Purchase additional high-tech, customized, digitization equipment and software;

• Ensure and enhance the security of data and equipment;

Any funds raised above of this goal will permit FPHH to:

• Identify new partners with archives and documents in need of preservation;

• Acquire additional digitization equipment, including a mobile unit for remote parts of the country; and

• Develop outreach and education materials.

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High quality digital image

$50 USD
You will receive a high-resolution, digital copy of a 20th century vintage, archival image, suitable for high-quality digital reproduction.
13 claimed

2 High quality digital images

$100 USD
You will receive high-resolution, digital copies of both a 19th century and 20th century vintage, archival image, suitable for high-quality digital reproduction.
10 claimed

High quality framable print

$250 USD
You will receive a frameable, full-scale, true-color, high-resolution reproduction of the front page of Sarajevo’s Bosnische Post newspaper reporting on Franz Ferdinand’s assassination in 1914.
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2 High quality framable prints

$500 USD
You will receive the Bosnische Post image, along with the donor’s choice of a high-resolution reproduction of one of the following: 1) an early 14th century illuminated gospel manuscript; 2) a 17th century Sultan’s Firman (decree); 3) a front page of Bosanska Vila from the late 19th century featuring a portrait of famed poet Aleksa Šantić; 4) a front page from the 19th century Croat cultural magazine Nada; or 5) the front page of the 1943 first edition of Oslobodjenje.
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