My concept map may seem a little messy but I feel that all the subjects correlate with one another. To preserve a structure you must take safety measures such as; security, ropes, certain visiting hours and a no-touch policy. To preserve you must also rebuild and touch up structures and artifacts. To modernize a structure you must have lighting, bathrooms, websites, tour guides and so on. To do all of these things it takes money. Most of these structures charge to visit the site or at least the museum. A lot of these structures host festivities and events to bring in revenue. They are also receiving funding, whether from the government or from other parties. Its a cycle, for example to keep a structure relevant and up to date it takes money, to receive that money you charge for tours.

I did find it interesting that to preserve the sacredness of the Great Mosque of Djenne, non-muslims have been banned since Vogue (in 1996) took risqué photographs inside the building.

All of these structures are working to keep up with current times.  May the work being done being pure restoration on the buildings or the sculptures, or dealing with different religions wanting to use the grounds or wanting to get rid of them.

https://www.engineeringthepast.com/872-2/

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In my mind map I tried to take a little bit of a different approach researching some interesting facts about the Shrines, buildings, meeting houses, etc. I tried to tie it all in with how important the religious beliefs are connected to them. At the same time understanding that there are ways to preserve each structure so that they could be used as tourists sites for many more years. Also educational purposes, and most of all keeping them as authentic as possible. This was my mind map of each structure I hope you can understand where I am coming from!