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Webinar: Preparing for the Next Disaster

NCPTT will be offering a free webinar "Disaster Preparedness for Cultural Resources: Preparing You For the Next Disaster" on May 22-23 from 9 am -12 pm central. The webinar will […] More

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

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 […] More

Training in Climate Change and Cultural Resources

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 […] More

New Guidance for Installing Solar Panels on Historic Properties

TPS published new online guidance for Solar Panels on Historic Properties to showcase successful projects that have added solar energy systems to historic buildings, districts, and landscapes. The guidance will […] More

Web Catalog Increases Access to NPS Museum Collections

The National Park Service (NPS) Museum Management Program has re-launched its Web Catalog museum collections website. This project is an ongoing initiative that supports the Director’s Call to Action #17, “Go Digital” […] More
 
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Ornamental Iron Workshop 2011

On February 15, 2011 By Sean Clifford
Conservator Rose Daly primes a treated cast iron fence during the 2009 Ornamental Iron Workshop.
May 18-19, 2011 Savannah, GA

The purpose of this event is to educate people about the differences in cast and wrought iron and preservation/restoration methods for each type of material. This workshop will be useful to anyone who cares for historic buildings (that contain railings, balconies, or other decorative elements), parks, or cemeteries.

$399 Registration

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Preservation and Treatment of Park Cultural Resources Course for NPS Facility & Maintenance Managers

On February 15, 2011 By Jeff Guin
NCPTT

The Stephen T. Mather Training Center is collaborating with the National Center for Preservation and Technology Training to hold a course on “Preservation and Treatment of Park Cultural Resources.” The event will be hosted at the Cane River Creole National Historical Park in Natchitoches, La., April 18-22, 2011.

This 40-hour course is a [...]

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2011 Summer Internships at NCPTT

On February 11, 2011 By Sean Clifford
NCPTT intern Anna Muto applies rust conversion treatment to corroded iron samples.
Get focused on a Summer Internship at NCPTT. Here's your chance to get hands-on experience in: archeology and collections, architecture and engineering, historic landscapes, materials conservation, and IT and marketing.
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From Country to City: Advocating for Historic Landscapes

On February 9, 2011 By Debbie Smith
Big Rocks Park, Glen Rose

The Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation holds its 2011 annual meeting, “From Country to City: Advocating for Historic Landscapes,” in Fort Worth, Texas, April 6–9. Attendees will have the opportunity to explore historic landscapes in the city and surrounds, among them Heritage Park at the Trinity River bluffs, designed by Lawrence Halprin (who favored string [...]

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National Science Foundation Grant Enables Scientists to Advance Stone Treatments

On February 2, 2011 By Jeff Guin
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The National Science Foundation has awarded a $360,000 three-year grant for preservation research to the University of Southern Mississippi, Hybrid Plastics, and the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT). The research team is developing new stone strengtheners, also called consolidants, based on the latest advances in polymer science.

“This National [...]

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A Better Picture of the Past Using New Technologies

On February 1, 2011 By Mary Striegel
Peacock 3

Can chemistry lead to better understanding of archeological objects?  Ask Dr. Evan Peacock from the Cobb Institute of Archaeology at Mississippi State University.  With funding from NCPTT, Peacock is using an analytical technique called Laser Ablation-inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) analyzing spoons made of freshwater mussel shell.  Spoons like these were used to smooth pottery [...]

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Seminar: GIS for Cultural Resource Projects, 1-2 & 3-4 March 2011

On January 31, 2011 By Ed FitzGerald
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The National Preservation Institute will offer two seminars entitled “GIS: Practical Applications for Cultural Resource Projects” on 1-2 and 3-4 March 2011 in Salem, Oregon. The seminars will review geographic information system (GIS) concepts combining spatial technologies and database management systems in the area of historic preservation. Participants will learn how to use GIS applications [...]

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Cash Prize Measured Drawing Competition

On January 31, 2011 By Ed FitzGerald
Holland Prize 2011

The National Park Service Heritage Documentation Programs (Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/HistoricAmerican Landscapes Survey) have announced the new Leicester B. Holland Prize, 2011: A Single-Sheet Measured Drawing Competition. This competition, open to both students and professionals, recognizes the best single-sheet measured drawing of an historic building, site, or structure prepared to HABS, [...]

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The Philosophy of In-use Musical Instrument Conservation (Podcast 28)

On January 23, 2011 By Jeff Guin
AIU Front Cover
In this edition of the podcast, we join NCPTT’s Anna Muto as she speaks with John Watson, Instruments Conservator and Associate Curator at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Today they will discuss the special considerations of conservation when artifacts remain in use.
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