Throughout history, peoples have exchanged cultural experience, ideas, values and goods through art, trade and migrations.
Human history is the tale of such journeys. As we cross into the twenty-first century, we too have embarked on a journey – whose destination holds out the promise of justice, well-being and a peaceful existence for all.
These encounters, in which individual travellers or communities have conveyed their ideas and customs across whole continents and oceans, are celebrated in a series of UNESCO projects.
To learn about UNESCO's action in this field:
On-going projects:
Past projects: