On 24 September 2024, the European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science Implementation Phase project (E-RIHS) held a public event in Florence to celebrate its upcoming successful conclusion and 20 years of E-RIHS activity.

The public event was organized by the E-RIHS project coordinator, the Institute for Heritage Science of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR ISPC), in collaboration with the Fondazione CR Firenze. Bonnie Wolff-Boenisch as current Chair presented the importance and activities of SSHOC (the SSH Open Cluster) and of which E-RIHS is a member of the SSHOC Governing Board. 

E-RIHS is about to adopt the European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) with a base foreseen in Florence. The legal entity currently under development envisages to consolidate E-RIHS as a leading organization in the global heritage science landscape.