Conferences & Training
The National Trust offers a wide range of face-to-face training programs to help preservationists across the country protect the nation's heritage. Each listing below includes a description, the date of the next session, and a link to learn more.
National Preservation Conference
The National Preservation Conference is the premier educational and networking event for historic preservation professionals, volunteer leaders, and advocates. Expert practitioners lead approximately 100 educational and field sessions, all designed to provide tools that participants can use to improve their own communities.
- National Preservation Conference 2008, 21 Oct 2008 12:00:00 AM CDT
- National Preservation Conference 2009, 13 Oct 2009 12:00:00 AM CDT
- National Preservation Conference 2010, 26 Oct 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT
- National Preservation Conference 2011, 18 Oct 2011 12:00:00 AM CDT
PLT at the Lied Lodge and Conference Center, Nebraska City, Nebraska, 2006.
Credit: Alison D. Hinchman
Center for Preservation Leadership
The Center for Preservation Leadership strengthens and supports a network of committed and informed preservation leaders by providing the tools and resources needed to carry out preservation activities in their own communities.
- PLT & Better Boards Alumni Reunion, 22 Oct 2008 12:00:00 AM CDT
- Preservation Leadership Training, 10 Jan 2009 12:00:00 AM CST
- Preservation Leadership Training, 20 Jun 2009 12:00:00 AM CDT
Historic Sites and House Museums
Creating Successful Interpretive Plans is a one-day advanced workshop for historic house museums co-taught by Tim Merriman and Lisa Brochu of the National Association for Interpretation (NAI). Registration includes the 166-page bestselling book, Interpretive Planning: The 5-M Model for Successful Planning Projects (interpPress, 2003). To register, contact the American Association for State and Local History.
Great Tours, the popular one-day workshop on creating thematic tours at historic sites, features large and small group interactive exercises based on a case study of an historic site, providing participants with practical experience. Registration includes the bestselling book, Great Tours! Thematic Tours and Guide Training for Historic Sites (AltaMira Press, 2002).
Historic Real Estate Program
The Historic Real Estate Program helps agents be better stewards of historic properties. Led by Dwight Young of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, it covers the history of major American architectural styles, conservation easements, and historic preservation regulations and tax incentives.
- Check back soon for the 2008 course schedule.
Legal Advocacy & Tools
The National Trust's Legal Defense Fund offers a number of workshops providing an in-depth analysis of historic preservation laws affecting buildings, urban communities, and archeological treasures.
Lobby Day
The National Trust and its partners—Preservation Action, the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers and National Alliance of Preservation Commissions—train preservation advocates during the spring Lobby Day.
- Lobby Day 2008, 03 Mar 2008 12:00:00 AM CST
National Main Street Center
The premiere conference on preservation-based commercial district revitalization, the annual National Main Streets Conference brings together over 1,400 people from small and rural towns, suburban communities, large and midsized cities, and urban neighborhood business districts to network and share ideas, solutions, issue-exploration, and networking opportunities.
The National Main Street Institute offers basic and advanced level training for downtown revitalization professionals through seminars that examine the basics of Main Street, support real estate or business development, and provide advanced certification.
- 2009 National Main Streets Conference, 01 Mar 2009 12:00:00 AM CST
Cultural Heritage Tourism Workshops
The Heritage Tourism Program offers a variety of workshop formats that are customized to the needs of the client. Contact program staff, amy_webb@nthp.org or carolyn_brackett@nthp.org to discuss your workshop needs and to obtain workshop fee information.
