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What’s Out There: Optimized for hand held devices

Debbie Smith — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:38:38 +0000

With funding from NCPTT’s 2012 grants program and the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the Cultural Landscape Foundation has optimized the Web-based What’s Out There for smart phones and similar hand held devices. What’s Out There, also funded though the NCPTT’s grants program and the Driehaus Foundation (2009), is the most [...]

Summer Fun: Youth Programs at NCPTT

Debbie Smith — Fri, 10 May 2013 21:27:39 +0000

NCPTT staff participated in SUMMER SPLASH, an event that showcased summer activities for youth in the Natchitoches, LA area. The Center will welcome children ages 11-18 this summer for three youth programs. The newest NCPTT program is History Detectives Summer Camp, July 15-19 (completed 5th grade and above). Campers will get the opportunity to try [...]

Conservation Scientist for a Day 2013

Kris Vidos — Tue, 07 May 2013 23:04:51 +0000

Conservation Scientist for a Day One day event offered July 30, 2013 to students who have finished the 8th grade or those who participated in the 2013 NCPTT Robot Camp. $10 per person limited to 25 students STUDENTS WILL INVESTIGATE AUTHENIC POTTERY SHARDS AND PARTICIPATE IN HANDS-ON EXPERIMENTS! Instructors: Curtis Desselles, Carol Chin, Jason, Church, Mary Striegel

Webinar: Preparing for the Next Disaster

Sarah Jackson — Fri, 03 May 2013 18:58:07 +0000

The broadcast for Preparing for the Next Disaster has concluded. Once transcripts and closed captioning have been completed, we will place the videos online. Thank you for your participation. Should you have any questions, please comment on this post or email Sarah M. Jackson.

NCPTT offered a free webinar "Disaster Preparedness for Cultural Resources: Preparing You For the Next Disaster" on May 22-23 from 9AM-12PM Central. The webinar was held over two days with multiple presentations providing information on preparing your historic building, site, landscape, or cemetery for natural and man-made disasters.

History Detectives Camp 2013

Debbie Smith — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:38:27 +0000

Come join us to help solve these mysteries ... Camp will include both inside and outside activities. Snacks and water will be provided.

Go Digital and Social: the Public Face of NPS Park Cultural Landscapes Program

Susan Dolan — Thu, 02 May 2013 19:46:59 +0000

On October 2012, the National Park Service Park Cultural Landscapes Program launched its program website (http://www.nps.gov/cultural_landscapes/). This site is designed for broad audiences as well as preservation community members, to answer basic questions about cultural landscapes but also to serve as a gateway for more in-depth discoveries.

Robotics Camp 2013

Kris Vidos — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:54:41 +0000

Learn: Soldering, Programming, Electronics, Robot Assembly, Navigation Using Sensors and More! Robotics Camp July 22-26, 2013

Who: Middle and High School Students(finished 6th grade to 12th grade) Location: National Center for PreservationTechnology and Training, 645 University Parkway Natchitoches, LA 71457 318-356-7444 Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon each day Attire: Casual Attire: [...]

NCPTT consults with Kalaupapa National Historic Landmark staff regarding cemetery conservation practices. 3 April 2013.

Tad Britt — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:06:19 +0000

NCPTT’s Kirk Cordell, Executive Director, and Tad Britt, Chief of Archeology and Collections, visited Kalaupapa National Historic Landmark to survey and assess cemetery conditions at several locations within the park. Richard Miller and K’aohulani McGuire of Kalaupapa NHL led the survey. Fourteen religious faiths are represented in the cemeteries and many different types of [...]

David Morgan Talks About SEAC (Podcast 43)

Kris Vidos — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:48:24 +0000

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Ammons: Welcome to the Preservation Technology Podcast; the show that brings you the people and projects that are advancing the future of America’s heritage. I’m Kevin Ammons with the National Park Service’s National [...]

3D Modeling of a Gravestone Exploiting Low Cost Range and Image Based Techniques

Jason Church — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:58:34 +0000

This lecture was presented at the 3D Digital Documentation Summit held July 10-12, 2012 at the Presidio, San Francisco, CA

3D Modeling of a Gravestone Exploiting Low Cost Range and Image Based Techniques

Inside the Medieval Museum of the city of Bologna are housed a series of gravestones which originally adorned the tombs of [...]

A Comparative Study Using LiDAR Digital Scanning and Photogrammetry

Jason Church — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:00:32 +0000

This lecture was presented at the 3D Digital Documentation Summit held July 10-12, 2012 at the Presidio, San Francisco, CA

A Comparative Study Using LiDAR Digital Scanning and Photogrammetry

Through a National Park Service grant, the Center of Preservation Research (CoPR) at the University of Colorado Denver and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have [...]

High Resolution Digital Photogrammetry with Object Surface Texture

Jason Church — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:24:20 +0000

This lecture was presented at the 3D Digital Documentation Summit held July 10-12, 2012 at the Presidio, San Francisco, CA

High Resolution Digital Photogrammetry with Object Surface Texture

Digital Photogrammetry when coupled with multi-image capture can provide high resolution imagery with detailed surface texture. Surface texture can be in greater detail than traditional point cloud [...]

NCPTT helps Girl Scouts earn Save Outdoor Sculpture patch

Jason Church — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:47:09 +0000

NCPTT helps Girl Scouts earn Save Outdoor Sculpture patch

On Friday April 5th 24 Girl Scouts from Natchitoches’ Brownie Troop 462 and Junior Troop 1512 came to NCPTT to start their Save Outdoor Sculpture patch. The Save Outdoor Sculpture (SOS!) program is a nationwide effort to identify, document, and preserve [...]

Application of Current 3D and Pseudo-3D Imaging for Conservation by Melvin Wachowiak, Senior Conservator E. Keats Webb, Digital Imaging Specialist, Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute, Washington D.C.

Jason Church — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:12:01 +0000

This lecture was presented at the 3D Digital Documentation Summit held July 10-12, 2012 at the Presidio, San Francisco, CA

Application of Current 3D and Pseudo-3D Imaging for Conservation Melvin Wachowiak, Senior Conservator E. Keats Webb, Digital Imaging Specialist Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute, Washington D.C.

Conservation professionals have been aware of modern methods of [...]

Girl Scouts learn the chemistry of making soap

Carol Chin — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:21:04 +0000

Local Girl Scouts visited a chemistry lab on the Northwestern State University campus to learn about the chemistry of soapmaking and to make their own soap. Carol Chin (joint faculty at NCPTT and NSU), Christina Palomo (NSU biology major) and Debbie Smith (NCPTT Chief of Historic Landscapes) served as instructors for 10 fourth and fifth [...]

Training in Climate Change and Cultural Resources

Marcy Rockman — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:24:00 +0000

Climate change (Call to Action #21, “Revisiting Leopold”) and NPS workforce collaboration and training (Call to Action #31, “Destination Innovation”) were fused in February 2013 with a workshop on cultural resources, climate change, and planning coordinated by the National Park Service’s Denver Service Center, its central planning, design and construction management project office.

NCPTT Staff Receives Lecia Training

Jason Church — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:24:04 +0000

NCPTT Staff Receives Leica Training

On March 13, 2013 Leica trainer Walker Agnew of McBain Systems, Irving, TX presented to the NCPTT staff. Agnew presented to staff from the Materials Conservation, Architecture and Engineering, and Archeology and Collections divisions of NCPTT. Staff were trained on the use of the Leica DM750P microscope, ICC50 [...]

Restoring the Lion’s Roar: Documenting and Replicating Limestone Structures Through Laser Scanning, 3D Computer Modeling, and CNC Machining

Jason Church — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:34:47 +0000

This lecture was presented at the 3D Digital Documentation Summit held July 10-12, 2012 at the Presidio, San Francisco, CA

Restoring the Lion’s Roar: Documenting and Replicating Limestone Structures Through Laser Scanning, 3D Computer Modeling, and CNC Machining

In January 2011, Kreilick Conservation, LLC of Oreland, PA was engaged by Beaver Electric Co. Inc. to [...]

Nondestructive Evaluation Methods for Historic Structures

Kris Vidos — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:14:33 +0000

Association for Preservation Technology International in conjunction with the APT Hawaii-Pacific Islands Chapter announces a workshop on Nondestructive Evaluation Methods for Historic Structures to be held at Bishop Museum, Atherton Hālau, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96817

Raman Spectroscopy – Philadelphia Museum of Art (2013-02)

Kris Vidos — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:51:45 +0000

Raman spectroscopy is recognized within the preservation community as a potentially powerful technique for analysis of cultural heritage objects. The use of Raman to aid in the preservation and study of these objects has grown dramatically in recent years. Most major museums own or plan to purchase an instrument, especially for identifying pigments, minerals and corrosion products. However, greater use of Raman has been limited by the lack of training to overcome challenges that are particular to cultural heritage analysis and a lack of suitable reference spectra.

Cemetery Conservation Workshop in Pineville, Louisiana

Jason Church — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:03:20 +0000

NCPTT, in partnership with the Historical Association of Central Louisiana, will offer a cemetery monument conservation basics workshop April 20, 2013, in Pineville, Louisiana. The training is targeted to the nonprofessional, such as church sextons, genealogists, cemetery grounds workers, and family members. The workshop registration is $20 per person, this price includes a box [...]

NCPTT aids FEMA in Hurricane Sandy Recovery

Debbie Smith — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:12:36 +0000

Executive Director Kirk Cordell deployed for three weeks in March 2013 as a “Cultural Recovery Specialist” to the FEMA Hurricane Sandy Joint Field Office in New York City under a national agreement that supplies National Park Service technical experts to FEMA during declared disasters. Specialists are responsible for helping FEMA identify cultural resource needs, synthesize [...]

John Asmus on Laser Cleaning “Have Laser Will Travel” (Podcast 42)

Kris Vidos — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:51:15 +0000

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Ammons: Welcome to the Preservation Technology Podcast, the show that brings you the people and projects that are advancing the future of America’s heritage. I’m Kevin Ammons with the National Park Service’s [...]

2014 International Symopsium on Archaeometry

Mary Striegel — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:57:50 +0000

The International Symposium on Archaeometry (ISA), hosted by the Getty Conservation Institute and UCLA, in May 2014 will be a valuable opportunity to apply and demonstrate the latest research and findings of archaeometric research on a broad range of topics across time and space. The symposium will draw on examples and best practices from interdisciplinary [...]

Applications of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) in a Fine Arts Museum: Examination, Documentation, and Beyond

Jason Church — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:41:59 +0000

This lecture was presented at the 3D Digital Documentation Summit held July 10-12, 2012 at the Presidio, San Francisco, CA

Applications of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) in a Fine Arts Museum: Examination, Documentation, and Beyond

In 2006, the Worcester Art Museum collaborated with Cultural Heritage Imaging (CHI) to develop reflectance transformation imaging (RTI) [...]