Source
Family of Man — UNESCO Memory of the World Register entry
Citation
UNESCO. “Family of Man.” Memory of the World International Register (inscribed 2003). Accessed 2026-04-19. https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/family-man
Relevance
The UNESCO inscription record is the institutional Tier-1 source that establishes The Family of Man as part of the Memory of the World Register (2003) and summarizes the exhibition at institutional level — including a headline figure of “32 themes” for the thematic structure. UNESCO’s count differs from the CNA Luxembourg education site’s count of 37 themes; this discrepancy is material and is recorded in research/sections.md.
Key excerpts / pages
- “503 photographs taken by 273 photographers, both professional and amateur, famous and unknown, from 68 countries.”
- “The 32 themes, arranged chronologically, reflect the subjects’ joys and sadnesses, their satisfactions and their unhappinesses, and their longing for peace.”
- Register inscription year: 2003.
- Institutional home-of-record of the collection: Clervaux Castle, Luxembourg (CNA).
Notes
- The “32 themes” figure here is inconsistent with the “37 themes” figure on the CNA-run education site (
thefamilyofman.education). Both are Tier-1-adjacent institutional claims. Our repo records the discrepancy rather than choosing a side; seeresearch/sections.md§”How many sections?”. - Perspective: institutional.