In accordance with Article 6. A. of the ICOMOS Statutes, Honorary Membership is conferred by the General Assembly, at the proposal of a National Committee, upon individuals who have rendered distinguished service in the field of conservation, restoration and enhancement of historical monuments, sites, and groups of buildings. The selection is effectuated by the same Selection Committee as for the Gazzola Prize and approved by the General Assembly.
So far Honorary Membership of ICOMOS has been conferred on :
1975/78:- Stanislaw Lorentz - Poland
- Jan Zachwatowicz -Poland
- Milton Lord - USA
1981: - Ernest A. Conally - USA
- Guglielmo de Angelis d'Ossat - Italy
- Vladimir Ivanov - USSR
- Jean Sonnier – France
1987: - Emanuel Hruska - Czechoslovakia
- René Pechère - Belgium
- Alfred R. Schmid - Switzerland
1990: - Bernard Feilden - UK
- Ann Webster Smith - USA
- M.W. Hansberger - GDR
- M.D. Derscenyi - Hungary (conferred posthumously)
- H. Foramitti - Austria (conferred posthumously)
1993: - Alfred Majewski - Poland
- Géza Entz - Hungary (conferred posthumously)
- Jorge Gazaneo - Argentina
- Radu Popa - Roumania (conferred posthumously)
- Stephan Tschudi-Madsen - Norway
1996: - Dobroslav Libal - Czech Republic
- Peyo Nikolov Berbenliev - Bulgaria
- Cevat Erder - Turkey
- Miklos Horler - Hungary
- Mladen Georgiev Mintchev - Bulgaria
- Richard Benjamin Nunoo - Ghana
1999: - Maurice Carbonnell - France
- Olgierd Czerner - Poland
- Hiroshi Daifuku - USA
- Joan Domicelj - Australia
- Jan Jessurun - the Netherlands
- Maija Kairamo - Finland
- Harald Langberg - Denmark
- Paul Mylonas - Greece
- Andras Roman - Hungary
- Augusto da Silva Telles – Brazil
2003: - Robertson Collins – USA (posthumously)
- Carl Filip Mannerstrale – Sweden (posthumously)
- Mihaly Zador – Hungary (posthumously)
Rachelle Anguelova – Bulgaria
Marta Arjona Perez – Cuba
Yves Boiret – France
Henry Cleere – UK
Jacques Dalibard – Canada
CL Temminck Groll – Netherlands
Krzysztof Pawlowski - Poland
2005: - Alberto González Pozo - Mexico
- Nobuo Ito - Japan
- Vassos Karageorghis - Cyprus
- Todor Krestev - Bulgaria
- Victor Armando Pimentel Gurmendi - Peru
- Sharon Sullivan - Australia
- Sherban Cantacuzino - UK
- Varazdat Harutiunyan - Armenia
- Blanche Weicherding-Goergen - Luxembourg
