Memphis Heritage [TN]

Description

The organization works to educate and coordinate individuals and groups to save, improve, reuse, and maintain architecturally and historically significant buildings, open spaces, streets, neighborhoods, parks, and cultural artifacts of Shelby County, Tennessee.

The organization offers tours.

National Parks & Conservation Association

Description

"We believe that America's national parks and historical sites embody the American spirit. They are windows to our past, homes to some of our rarest plants and animal species, and places where every American can go to find inspiration, peace, and open space.

But these living, breathing monuments to our nation's history, culture, and landscape need care and support to overcome the many dangers that threaten to destroy them forever. At the National Parks Conservation Association, we work every day to ensure our national parks get that vital care and support.

NPCA plays a crucial role in ensuring that these magnificent lands and landmarks are protected in perpetuity:

* We advocate for the national parks and the National Park Service;
* we educate decision makers and the public about the importance of preserving the parks;
* we help to convince members of Congress to uphold the laws that protect the parks and to support new legislation to address threats to the parks;
* we fight attempts to weaken these laws in the courts;
* and we assess the health of the parks and park management to better inform our advocacy work."

A Splendid Coincidence

Description

Inspiration intersects with means in a partnership that resurrects a city. Character interpreter Ed Way discusses W.A.R. Goodwin, founder of Colonial Williamsburg.

To listen to this feature, select "All 2008 podcasts," and scroll to the November 3rd program. Audio and video options are available.

This is a repeat of node identification number 20482.

Guided Video Tour of the Fort Pitt Music Bastion

Description

In this presentation, Carnegie Museum archaeologist Richard W. Lang recalls the 1964 rediscovery and the Carnegie Museum's excavation of the Fort Pitt Music Bastion, at 'The Forks of The Ohio' National Historic Landmark, in Point State Park, Pittsburgh, PA. Lang guides viewers through the site of the Fort Pitt restoration, discussing the history and discovery of the site, the difference between "restoration" and "reconstruction," and the importance of conserving the site.

Straus Center for Conservation [MA]

Description

"The Straus Center provides analysis and treatments for the collections of the Harvard University Art Museums. These collections include more than 150,000 objects in all media, ranging in date from antiquity to the present, and coming from Europe, North America, North Africa, the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, and East Asia." In addition to working with the collections of the Harvard Art Museums, the Straus Center for Conservation also has a strong focus on training and education. The center provides a variety of educational programs and training courses in art preservation for students and interns.

The site offers visitor information, general information about the center, a link to the Harvard University Art Museums, and detailed information about current research efforts.

Fellowships are intended for collegiate students.

National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference

Description

The National Preservation Conference is the premier preservation conference in the United States for professionals in preservation and allied fields, dedicated volunteers, and serious supporters. It is the single best source for information, ideas, inspiration, and contacts.

Website
http://www.preservationnation.org/resources/training/npc/
Sponsoring Organization
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Contact email
conference@nthp.org
Location
Tulsa, OK
Phone number
1 866-988-1188
Start Date
End Date
Registration Deadline

Save Our History Grants

Description

Museums, historic sites, historical societies, preservation organizations, libraries, and archives are invited to partner with a local school or youth group and apply for funding to help preserve the history of their communities. Each year, The History Channel awards grants of up to $10,000 to organizations across the country that partner with schools or youth groups on community preservation projects that engage students in learning about, documenting, and preserving the history of their communities.

Sponsoring Organization
History Channel
Eligibility Requirements

Organization Requirements:

Eligible applicants are required to be nonprofit 501(c)(3) history organizations such as a museum, historical society, preservation organization, historic site, library, archive, or other history organization.

Applicant organizations must be located in one of the 50 states or the District of Columbia.

Other eligible applicants include local government agencies such as a parks and recreation commission, historic commission, department of local history, or other local government agency that owns and/or operates a historic site or property.

Eligible applicants must partner with a local elementary, middle, or high school, or an organization that provides educational programming for children of similar ages. Applicants may partner with multiple schools or educational organizations.

Eligible applicants must submit the application on behalf of their partner school(s) or educational organization(s) as the school(s) or educational organization(s) are not eligible to be the applicant

Organizations that have received a Save Our History grant in the last three years are not eligible to apply.

Criteria:

The Save Our History Grant Review Panel will judge submitted applications based on the following three key criteria:

Proposed projects must focus on exploring and preserving a significant aspect of community history. Projects might focus on the history and/or efforts to help preserve a neighborhood, building, cemetery, historic site, historic collections, or an historic event or tradition that is important to the local community. The project could include primary research, physical preservation or clean-up efforts, historical documentation, archaeological or architectural studies, oral histories, exhibits, efforts to register or advocate for a site for national, state, or local historic landmark status, etc.

Proposed projects must raise awareness among students and community members about the significance of their local heritage and the importance of preserving it.

Proposed projects must include a tangible resource that captures students' effort to learn about and preserve their local history in a unique, creative way.
While applicants can include multiple tangible resources, one resource that creatively captures the project objective is sufficient. Resources can include an exhibit, a notebook, research documentation, a photo or video documentary, a map, pamphlet, walking/driving tour, oral history, historical marker, podcast, etc.

Application Deadline
Award Amount
Up to $10,000
Website
http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_i…
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