Adventures in Preservation

Kevin Towle, a local mason specializing in natural, dry-laid masonry, will work with volunteers at the upcoming workshop entitled “Galleting Galore in the Garden” at the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum in the Bronx’s Pelham Bay Park, August 3-6.

Volunteers at a s hands-on building conservation workshop in Cairo, Illinois worked to show thahistoric preservation can be a better alternative than demolition.

Restoration of the Speaker’s House received a remarkable boost from a two-week masonry conservation training workshop held at the site in May.

Travellers looking to give something back can contribute to cultural heritage preservation projects at World Heritage sites in Kenya and Albania while traveling with Heritage Conservation Network next year.

A variety of HCN’s trips, past and present, along with photographs and personal stories are included in Volunteer Vacations Across America, a new book by Sheryl Kayne.

Heritage Conservation Network, a non profit that offers volunteer vacations at heritage sites, will be tweeting from its projects this summer. You can follow their progress at www.twitter.com/handsonhistory.

A highly successful volunteer preservation program at Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum begun last year continues this August. The goal is to complete restoration of the stone walkways in the Mansion’s elegant formal garden.

A hands-on building conservation workshop at the historic Speaker’s House in Trappe, Pennsylvania, in May is to provide job skills training to young masons and support community revitalization efforts.

Join Heritage Conservation Network for an exciting volunteer vacation in Virginia City, Montana, this July and experience life in the Old West while preserving a piece of the past.

HCN and their local partners are recruiting volunteers for hands-on training and preservation work at a shotgun house in Cairo, Illinois, as part of an effort to create affordable housing and rejuvenate the historic city.