Hadrian Award

Every year, the World Monuments Fund gives the Hadrian Award to international leaders who have advanced the preservation of world art and architecture.

In 2008, WMF will honor Houghton and Doreen Freeman, and the Freeman Foundation at a gala dinner October 16, in New York City.

The Freeman Foundation is the lead supporter of our work in Asia, including the Qianlong Garden in the Forbidden City, and the Japanese Imperial Buddhist Convents. For more information, contact WMF at 646-424-9594 or development@wmf.org.

Hadrian recipients:
2007 Rahmi M. Koç, Semahat Arsel, Suna Kiraç, and the Koç Family; video
2006 His Highness Maharaja Gajsinghji II of Jodhpur
2005 John Julius, Viscount Norwich
2004 Carlos Slim Helú
2003 Eugene Thaw
2002 Hélène and Michel David-Weill
2001 James D. Wolfensohn
2000 Harvey Golub
1999 The Sainsbury Brothers
1998 Richard Hampton Jenrette
1997 Phyllis Lambert
1996 His Highness The Aga Khan
1995 Lord Rothschild
1994 David Rockefeller
1993 Dominique de Menil
1992 Marella and Giovanni Agnelli
1991 Mrs. Vincent Astor
1990 His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales
1989 Paul Mellon
1988 Carlo De Benedetti

The Hadrian Award takes place annually at a gala in New York City and is one of WMF's most successful fundraising events.