NCPTT
Search
  • Home
    • NCPTT Home
    • Search
  • Publications & Resources
    • All Products
  • Articles
    • All Articles
    • Call to Action
      • SOI Treatment Guidelines
      • Research and Technical Assistance
      • Guidelines for Treatment of Cultural Landscapes
      • SOI Documentation Guidelines
      • SOI Professional Qualification Standards
      • NPS Thematic Framework
    • Disasters
      • Cultural Resources Management and Fire
    • Events
    • Heritage Education
    • Materials Conservation
    • News
    • Podcast
    • PTT Board Reports
    • Sustainability
    • Videos
  • Grants
    • PTT Grants
    • Call for Proposals
  • Programs
    • All Programs
    • Archeology & Collections
    • Architecture & Engineering
    • Historic Landscapes
      • Bibliography
      • Related Links
    • Materials Conservation
  • Training & Conferences
    • All Training
    • Calendar
    • Upcoming
    • Submit Your Event
  • Technical Services
  • About
    • About NCPTT
    • Annual Report
    • Legislation
    • Summer Internships
    • PTT Board
      • 2012 Board Report
      • 2011 Board Report
    • Tour of NCPTT
    • Directions & Lodging
    • Contact Staff
      • Kevin Ammons
      • Mary Bistodeau
      • Tad Britt
      • Carol Chin
      • Jason Church
      • Sean Clifford
      • Kirk Cordell
      • Lance Ellis
      • Andrew Ferrell
      • Edward G. FitzGerald
      • Sarah Jackson
      • Mary Ellen Servello
      • Debbie Smith
      • Mary Striegel

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
 
Archeology & Collections

Archeology & Collections

Architecture & Engineering

Architecture & Engineering

Historic Landscapes

Historic Landscapes

Materials Conservation

Materials Conservation

NCPTT Hosts School Groups for Heritage Education Lessons

On March 25, 2010 By Jason Church
Avoyelles student looks at the temper of a Woodland period Caddo pottery sherd.

In an ongoing commitment to promote heritage education in historic preservation, the Materials Research Program at NCPTT recently hosted two school groups. On Friday, March 12, thirty-four Avoyelles Public Charter School high school juniors took part in the “Conservation Scientist for a Day” lesson.

For this the students studied French colonial and Native American pottery [...]

Read more

NCPTT board member co-authors cemetery landscape book

On March 23, 2010 By Jeff Guin
NCPTT

NCPTT board member Suzanne Turner released her newest book “Houston’s Silent Garden” on March 22. The book features the historic Glenwood Cemetery in Houston Texas.

Turner is professor emeritus of the School of Landscape Architecture at Louisiana State University and principal of Suzanne Turner Associates in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

This story of Glenwood Cemetery since [...]

Read more

NCPTT announces $320,000 in funding for preservation technology grants

On March 21, 2010 By Jeff Guin
grants postcard2

The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training announces the funding of 14 projects representing the latest technological innovation in historic preservation as part of its PTT Grants program. The funds will go to activities such as strengthening the infrastructure of National Parks, recovering cultural resources from disasters and advancing [...]

Read more

NCPTT Training Video: Lifting and Hoisting Stone Grave Markers

On March 21, 2010 By Jason Church
Catholic Cemetery in Natchitoches, La
Many fallen or sunken grave markers are too large or weigh too much to be reset by hand. For these markers a mechanical hoisting or lifting system must be used. There are many types of lifting systems in use from very complex cranes and truck mounted hydraulic booms to less complex gantries and tripod hoists. In this video we are going to demonstrate the use of the more economical and readily available tripod hoist.
Read more

How the Internet Saved an Historic Tree (Podcast 15)

On March 18, 2010 By NCPTT
tree & church

Download this episode as an mp3 or subscribe via iTunes.

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, and today we join NCPTT’s Jeff Guin [...]

Read more

$14.3 Million in Grants Available from Save America’s Treasures Program

On March 8, 2010 By NCPTT
NCPTT

Grant applications for the FY 2010 Federal Save America’s Treasures Program are now available on Grants.gov. You may also reach it via http://tinyurl.com/2010-SAT

In FY 2010, Save America’s Treasures has $14.3 million to award, $4 million more than FY 2009. Applications must be submitted [...]

Read more

Groundbreaking Report Shows Economic Benefit of Tax Credits Using NCPTT Model

On March 5, 2010 By Ed FitzGerald
The First Annual Report on the Economic Impact of the Federal Historic Tax Credit finds that tax credit investment has generated $97.6 billion in GDP.

Rutgers University’s Center for Urban Policy Research recently released a groundbreaking in-depth report analyzing the economic impact of the Federal Historic Tax Credit Program.  Economists David Listokin and Michael Lahr utilized the Preservation Economic Impact Model (PEIM), an input-output model developed in partnership with NCPTT, [...]

Read more

Technologies for Drying Archeological Wood from Shipwrecks (Podcast 14)

On February 16, 2010 By Jeff Guin
ericschindelholz
In this edition of the Preservation Technology Podcast, we meet Eric Schindelholz, a conservator in private practice who specializes in metals and marine archaeological materials. Eric was the principal investigator for a PTT Grant Project that examined methods to dry waterlogged archaeological wood.
Read more

Enchanted Landscapes: Exploring Cultural Traditions & Values

On February 16, 2010 By Debbie Smith
Acoma "Sky City'
The Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation will hold its 2010 annual meeting "Enchanted Landscapes: Exploring Cultural Traditions & Values" April 21-24 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Read more
Page 42 of 108« First«...102030...4041424344...506070...»Last »
  • Categories

    • Archeology & Collections
    • Architecture & Engineering
    • Call to Action
    • Cemetery Conservation
    • Disasters
    • Historic Landscapes
    • Materials Conservation
    • Sustainability
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
645 University Parkway
Natchitoches, LA 71457

Email: ncptt@nps.gov
Phone: (318) 356-7444
Fax: (318) 356-9119
NCPTT
Cemetery Conservation
Disaster Preparedness
Podcast
Sustainability
Technical Services
Training
Videos
NPS Preservation
HPTC
National Register
NHL
Olmsted Center
Preservation Briefs
Preservation Grants
TPS & Tax Credit
Organizations
AIC
APT
National Trust
NCPE
Preservation Trades Network
SHPOs & THPOs
US/ICOMOS
NPS.gov
Experience Your AmericaTM
National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior

Frequently Asked Questions
Website Policies
Contact Us
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
iTunes
Last Updated: July 19, 2011.
Viewed (26)
Jump to Top
Top