List of heritage registers

There are a number of heritage registers around the world, which keep lists of natural or man-made objects deemed to be of heritage value.

Global

*UNESCO World Heritage Site
*International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)

Argentina

* National Historic Monuments of Argentina

Australia

* National Heritage List
* Commonwealth Heritage List
* The Register of the National Estate
**ACT Heritage Register
**Northern Territory Heritage Register
**NSW State Heritage Register
**Queensland Heritage Register
**South Australian Heritage Register
**Tasmanian Heritage Register
**Victorian Heritage Register
**Western Australian Register of Heritage Places

Burma

Yangon

*Yangon City Development Committee Heritage List [ [http://www.myanmar.gov.mm/myanmartimes/no87/New/14.htm Yangon City Development Committee Heritage List] ]

Canada

Federal

*National Historic Sites of Canada
*Canadian Register of Historic Places [ [http://www.historicplaces.ca/acc-hom.aspx HistoricPlaces.ca - Canada's Historic Places ] ]

Provincial

Alberta

Sites owned and run by the provincial government as a functioning historic site or museum are known as Provincial Historic Sites and Provincial Historic Areas. Buildings and sites owned by private citizens and companies or other levels or branches of government may gain one of two levels of historic designation, "Registered Historic Resource" or "Provincial Historic Resource". [ [http://culture.alberta.ca/heritage/resourcemanagement/historicplacesstewardship/designation/default.aspx Alberta Culture and Community Spirit - Historic Resources Management - Historic Places Stewardship Section - Alberta's Historic Places Designation Program ] ] . Historic designation in Alberta is governed by the Historic Resources Act. [ [http://www.qp.gov.ab.ca/Documents/acts/H09.CFM Alberta Queen's Printer ] ] . The province also lists buildings deemed historically signifigant by municipal governments on the Alberta Register of Historic Places, which is also part of the larger Canadian Register of Historic Places although this does not imply provincial or federal government status or protection. [ [http://culture.alberta.ca/heritage/resourcemanagement/historicplacesstewardship/designation/municipal.aspx Alberta Culture and Community Spirit - Historic Resources Management - Historic Places Stewardship Section - Alberta's Historic Places Designation Program - Municipal Historic Resource Designation ] ] The Alberta Main Street Program helps to preserve historic buildings in the downtowns of smaller communities. [ [http://www.albertamainstreet.org/ The Alberta Main Street Program ] ] The Heritage Survey Program is a survey of 80,000 historic buildings in Alberta, with no protective status. [ [http://culture.alberta.ca/heritage/resourcemanagement/historicplacesstewardship/heritagesurveyprogram.aspx Alberta Culture and Community Spirit - Historic Resources Management - Historic Places Stewardship Section - Heritage Survey Program ] ]

New Brunswick

*New Brunswick Register of Historic Places [ [http://www.historicplaces.gnb.ca New Brunswick's Historic Places - Lieux patimoniaux du Nouveau-Brunswick ] ]

Newfoundland and Labrador

*Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador designated properties

Ontario

*Ontario Heritage Trust properties [ [http://www.heritagefdn.on.ca/userfiles/HTML/nts_1_7784_1.html Ontario Heritage Trust properties] ]
*Ontario Heritage Properties Database [ [http://www.culture.gov.on.ca/english/culdiv/heritage/hpd.htm Ontario Heritage Properites Database] ]
*Ontario Heritage Conservation Districts [ [http://www.culture.gov.on.ca/english/culdiv/heritage/hcdlist.htm Ontario Heritage Conservation Districts] ]

Quebec

*Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec [http://www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca/]

Local

*Heritage buildings of Vancouver
* Register of Historic Resources in Edmonton [ [http://www.edmonton.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_284_220_0_43/http%3B/CMSServer/COEWeb/infrastructure+planning+and+building/Historic+Resources/Municipal+Historic+Resources+and+Register+of+Historic+Resources+in+Edmonton.htm City of Edmonton ] ]

China

Hong Kong

*Declared monuments of Hong Kong
**Grade I historic buildings
**Grade II historic buildings
**Grade III historic buildings

Cuba

*Consejo Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural [ [http://www.cnpc.cult.cu/ Consejo Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural ] ]

France

*Monument historique
**Mérimée List [ [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/merimee/accueil.htm Base Mérimée - Présentation ] ]

Germany

*Kulturdenkmal
**Bayerische Denkmalliste [ [http://www.blfd.bayern.de/blfd/region.php?menu=top&source=17862 BlfD ] ]

Jamaica

*Jamaica National Heritage Trust was established in 1958. [ [http://www.jnht.com/ Jamaica National Heritage Trust] ]

New Zealand

*Rarangi Taonga [ [http://www.historic.org.nz/Register/about_the_register.html Register of Historic Places ] ] : The Register of Historic Places, Historic Areas, Wahi Tapu and Wahi Tapu Areas (administred by New Zealand Historic Places Trust.)

ingapore

*National Monuments of Singapore

lovakia

*Slovak National Monument Board [ [http://www.pamiatky.sk/ Pamiatkový úrad Slovenskej republiky - Domov ] ]

weden

*Kulturminne ("Kulturhistoriskt minnesmärke")
**Listed buildings in Sweden ("Byggnadsminne")
**Fornminne

witzerland

*Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property ( _de. Schweizerisches Inventar der Kulturgüter, _fr. Inventaire suisse des biens culturels). National register of some 8,300 objects of international, national, regional and local significance. Managed by the Federal Office for Civil Protection (see its [http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/en/home/themen/kgs.html website] ).
*There are also cantonal registers of cultural heritage sites.
*See also .

United Kingdom

Heritage, culture, planning and conservation are devolved issues in the United Kingdom, and are dealt with by the governments of the constituent countries. England, which does not have its own devolved government, is covered by an agency of the United Kingdom government.
*England: English Heritage, an executive agency of the Department for Culture, Media & Sport
**National Monuments Record
**Register of Parks and Gardens [ [http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.1410 The Register of Parks & Gardens : Heritage Protection : Research & Conservation : English Heritage ] ]
*Northern Ireland: Environment and Heritage Service, an executive agency within the Department of the Environment
*Scotland: Historic Scotland, an executive agency of the Scottish Executive Education Department
*Wales: Cadw, an agency of the Welsh Assembly Government

United States

National

*National Register of Historic Places [ [http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/ National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service ] ]
*National Historic Landmarks [ [http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/ National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL) Homepage ] ]
*National Natural Landmarks [ [http://www.nature.nps.gov/nnl/ NPS: Nature & Science » National Natural Landmarks ] ]

California

*California Historical Landmarks [ [http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21381 California Historical Landmarks ] ]
*California Register of Historical Resources [http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21238]
*California Points of Historical Interest [ [http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21750 California Points of Historical Interest ] ]

Washington

*Washington State Heritage Register [ [http://www.dahp.wa.gov/pages/HistoricSites/Register.htm Washington State DAHP ] ]

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