Historic Preservation

Aaron Lubeck, author of the book, Green Restorations, discusses his book and how it connects the sustainability movement with historic preservation.

Eric Schindelholz, a conservator in private practice who specializes in metals and marine archaeological materials, discusses supercritical drying.

Carla Schroer of Cultural Heritage Imaging discusses 3D digital rock art documentation and preservation. Techniques such as reflection transformation imaging and photogrammetry are covered.

Moss Rudley, an exhibit specialist with the masonry division at the Historic Preservation Training Center (HPTC), discusses the role of HPTC in the National Park Service including work they are doing with the historic building material bousillage.

Dennis Pogue at Mount Vernon discusses the restoration and grounds at Mount Vernon National Historic Landmark.

Tracy Nelson, director of the Historic Building Recovery Grant Program, answers questions about sustainability and historic preservation in this audio file.

Today we join the Historic Landscape Preservation Curriculum roundtable discussion at the Hampton National Historic Site in Maryland.

The use of lasers to remove graffiti from rock imagery is discussed. Rock imagery refers to paintings, carvings, and the like on rocks typically created by native communities.

NCPTT’s Curtis Desselles discusses developments in low-cost, metallurgical analysis. Topics covered include what eddy currents are, how NCPTT began using them, and how the eddy currents are utilized.

Nancy Finegood, executive director of the Michigan Historic Preservation Network, discusses the teaching of preservation trades to Detroit youth.