Training

In its 31st year, the workshop will be held May 13–17, 2024 at Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Although the schedule is weather dependent, the general format will consist of lectures planned in the morning, afternoons dedicated to hands-on fieldwork, and short evening sessions oriented toward other topics like data processing.

Over the past several centuries, firearms technology burst onto world history and brought about massive changes in the scope and nature of human conflict. They dramatically altered economic adjustments and patterns across the world.

NCPTT invites participation in the Race for Space Symposium, 2024, in Houston, TX

The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT), the Poverty Point World Heritage and State Historic Site, and the Friends of NCPTT, are hosting a three-day training workshop on human remains detection (HRD) dogs in archeological settings. The workshop will be held May 9 - 11, 2023, at the Poverty Point World Heritage Site in Pioneer, Louisiana

National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT), the Midwest Archeological Center, Wichita State University, and the Friends of NCPTT, are hosting a five-day training workshop: Current Archeological Prospection Advances for Non-Destructive Investigations. In its thirtieth year, the workshop will be held May 22–26, 2023 at the Country Club site (14CO3) in Arkansas City, Kansas.

Preserving the Race for Space 2023 Symposium Information

This certificate program aims to develop new core competencies and skills for emerging and current cultural heritage specialists for a changing climate. The program was developed in partnership with NCPTT, Tulane University Historic Preservation Department, The Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office (PRSHPO), and The Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico.

As part of the Hurricane Maria federal governments disaster response DOI Natural and Cultural Resources Response Support Function (RSF), requested assistance related to post disaster stabilization of Puerto Rico’s gravesites. Those discussions resulted in a partnership between FEMA, the Department of Interior, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Park Service, Puerto Rico SHPO and Instituto de Cultura.

The value of preserving these sacred spaces allows us to understand our past and what we value as a society.

”Through events, education, and advocacy at the local and national levels, Olmsted 200 ensures that the legacies of the Olmsteds live on across the country by renewing public and policy commitments to the preservation and maintenance of our historic parks and places. Olmsted Now is the Greater Boston effort, an inclusive coalition that connects communities and organizations commemorating Greater Boston’s bicentennial of Brookline-based Olmsted with the “fierce urgency of now.”