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Preparing You For the Next Disaster Webinar

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 Published 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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Live Webcast – Nationwide Cemetery Preservation Summit

On October 1, 2009 By NCPTT
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A live webcast of the Nationwide Cemetery Preservation Summit was streamed on October 19. 2009.

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Tom Jones on Urban Ecology (Podcast 10)

On September 30, 2009 By Andrew Ferrell
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Today The Preservation Technology Podcast joins NCPTT’s Andy Ferrell, as he speaks with Tom Jones, an urban conservator for the West Ward Urban Ecology Project in eastern Pennsylvania. They will discuss the West Ward Ecology Project and something called the Green Design Laboratory.

Download Episode 10 as an mp3 or subscribe via iTunes.
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Historic Landscape Preservation Maintenance

On September 28, 2009 By Debbie Smith
Round table participants (left to right): Charlie Pepper, Bob Mackenzie, Matt Quirey, Paul Bitzel, Gail Griffin, Beate Jensen, Lucy Lawliss, Peggy Cornett, Dorothy Printup, Christian Zimmerman, Kirk Cordell, Iris Gestrum, and Susan Dolan.  Not depicted: Tom McGrath and Debbie Smith

NCPTT recently partnered with the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation to host a roundtable to discuss creation of a historic landscape preservation maintenance curriculum. Held at the Hampton National Historic Site in Towson, Md., the meeting focused on identifying unmet training needs in the field of historic landscape preservation maintenance.

Lively discussion among the 15 [...]

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Nationwide Cemetery Preservation Summit Poster Abstracts

On September 16, 2009 By NCPTT
Mary Striegel and Jennifer Mass discuss research at the poster session
This post outlines the contents of the poster presentations at the Nationwide Cemetery Preservation Summit which will be held from October 19-21, 2009 in Nashville, TN.
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Preservation Symposium to Honor James Marston Fitch

On September 15, 2009 By NCPTT
James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation
A symposium is being held on Saturday, September 26, 2009, from 9AM to 5PM to honor James Marston Fitch, a founding father of historic preservation in the United States. Fitch was an architect, preservationist, and a founder of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University.

The topic for this year will be "The Preservationists' Eye: Esthetics in Reuse and Conservation of the Historic Built Environment" and will be held at the recently restored Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at 15 East 84th Street in New York City.

The deadline for applying for the Fitch Mid-Career Grant and the Richard L. Blinder Award is Wednesday, September 16, 2009.
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Preservation of Historic Iron and Steel in Bridges and Other Metal Structures

On September 15, 2009 By NCPTT
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Lansing Community College in Lansing, Michigan, is presenting a three-day workshop on March 8, 9 and 10, 2010, to introduce a wide variety of interested personnel, including State Historic Preservation officers, Department of Transportation officials, engineers, engineering students, general contractors, and historic bridge preservationists, to restoration processes of historic metals using electric arc welding, heat straightening, and hot riveting processes. Funded in part by a grant from the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training.
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Six ways to improve your chances of getting a PTT Grant

On September 11, 2009 By Mary Striegel
2010 Call for Proposals
Around this time each year, I'm asked these questions: What is the PTT Grants program and what are we really looking for in a good grant application? It's true that the Call for Proposals outlines the nuts and bolts for eligibility and applying. Please be sure to read it! But for those who want some insight into the broader view of what makes a successful application, this blog post is for you.
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Chemistry and Materials Research at the Interface between Science and Art: Thoughts from an NSF Workshop co-sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Northwestern University

On September 4, 2009 By Mary Striegel
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Chemistry and Materials Research at the Interface between Science and Art: Thoughts from an NSF Workshop co-sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Northwestern University

In July, I was invited to participate in a National Science Foundation workshop entitled “Chemistry and Materials Research at the Interface between Science and Art.”  I had [...]

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Digital Survey Methods in Archeology (Podcast 9)

On September 3, 2009 By NCPTT
Reconstructing the Temple, Temenos and Statue of Trajan. Photo courtesy of The Portus Project.
Today we join NCPTT's David Morgan as he speaks to Graeme Earl of the University of South Hampton in the UK about digital survey methods in archeology and "born digital" records.

Download Episode 9 as an mp3 or subscribe via iTunes.
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