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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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Microbial Detoxification of Mercury Contaminated Museum Collections: Effect of Material Composition on Mercury Removal(2009-10)

On April 18, 2009 By Kris Vidos
Example of mercury-treated cultural artifact.

Arsenic and mercury, the most persistent of museum pesticides, continue to pose health risks. With the enactment of NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) in 1990, there was concern about exposure of tribal peoples and museum personnel to these pesticides. Under NAGPRA, as tribes seek the return of their artifacts the risk [...]

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Replacing Trees in Historic Landscapes

On April 17, 2009 By Debbie Smith
Filming at Magnolia Plantation
NCPTT, in cooperation with the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation and the Cane River Creole National Historical Park has finished production of the instructional video “Replacing Trees in Historic Landscapes.”
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Architectural Records Conference and Symposium (2008-03)

On April 15, 2009 By NCPTT
Architectural Records Symposium (2008-03)
The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) developed the Architectural Records Symposium: Managing and Preserving Design Records to improve practices for preserving and providing access to architectural records in museums, archives, libraries, and historic sites throughout the country.
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Identification of Unmarked Graves (2008-01)

On April 15, 2009 By NCPTT
Identification of Unmarked Graves (2008-01)
Near-surface geophysical techniques, including ground-penetrating radar, magnetometry, electrical resistivity, and electromagnetic conductivity, have become primary tools in the detection of unmarked human interments.
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Shaving Cream: Genealogist’s Friend or Cemetery Conservator’s Foe?

On April 9, 2009 By Jason Church
Biological growth flourishes on the remains of shaving cream used to read the epitaph.
We do not advocate the use of shaving cream for investigating inscriptions on stone. The shaving cream has natural emollients for softening the skin. These emollients have oils and moisture holding agents that can have detrimental effects on the stone.
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NCPTT visits Hybrid Plastics

On April 7, 2009 By Jason Church
Hybrid Plastics' president Joe Lichtenhan explains how POSS is prepared.
NCPTT and Hybrid Plastics are partnering to make and use POSS modified polymers in preservation applications. Researchers and preservationists discussed the potential of developing new nanotechnologies for application to preservation problems.
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Replacing Trees in Historic Landscapes (2009-06)

On April 6, 2009 By Debbie Smith
Replacing Trees in Historic Landscapes
Trees in historic landscapes are often important cultural resources that contribute to the significance and integrity of a property. This video provides guidance on the concepts and techniques of replacing individual trees at historic properties.
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Deadline: Call for Presentations for the Nationwide Cemetery Preservation Summit

On March 31, 2009 By Jason Church
Myles Bland and Debbie Smith apply a fill patch to a repaired stone. Photo: Jason Church.
NCPTT is soliciting oral and poster presentations that focus on research and innovation in cemetery conservation and preservation for the NCPTT’s Nationwide Cemetery Preservation Summit to be held in Nashville, Tenn., October 19-21, 2009.
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Why Can’t We Just All Get Along? Connecting the Ground to the Adminisphere at the Remote Site Surveillance Meeting

On March 31, 2009 By David W. Morgan
NCPTT
When organizing the Remote Site Surveillance meeting held last year, in August of 2008, one of the things I hoped to do was spark discussion about the administrative sustainability of surveillance/monitoring programs...
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