The National Trust for Historic Preservation

Launches National Online Community

for Heritage Travelers and Historic Destinations

The National Trust for Historic Preservation announces the creation of Heritage Travel, Inc., a comprehensive, online resource for heritage travelers and historic destinations.  Launching in Spring 2009, Heritage Travel, Inc., provides extensive visibility for historic destinations, enables people to find and share heritage-rich experiences and provides a professional forum where historic destinations can network and share best practices. A sliding scale of discounts is available for destinations joining prior to November 15 and December 31, 2008. 

For more information click here or contact Heritage Travel, Inc., 202-588-6200,

877-588-5511 or Heritage_Travel@nthp.org.   

  NEW SUCCESS STORIES >> 

Kansas Sampler:

Homegrown "Explorer" Tourism Bolsters Rural Kansas

In the 1980s, as the rural communities of Kansas struggled with the loss of jobs and population and faced the threat of losing their cultural identity, long-time farmer Mil Penner recognized their fragile uniqueness. He set about photographing and documenting these special places and eventually produced two books.

Perhaps even more important, Mil’s devotion to his state came to be shared by his daughter, Marci, with results that would help renew community pride in Kansas’ small towns, instill devotion to preserving cultural traditions and attract visitors to explore and discover Kansas.

Visit the Success Stories section of this website to read the full story,

click on Kansas on the map.

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ChristmasVille:

A Successful Cultural Heritage Tourism Event for

Rock Hill and York County, South Carolina

The purpose of the Arts Council of Rock Hill and York County, South Carolina, is to promote the arts as a crucial factor in the quality of life through education and performing arts.  The arts council is known for hosting events that unite tourism, economic development, downtown revitalization, and the arts.  One such event is known as ChristmasVille, an annual holiday festival in downtown Rock Hill, South Carolina, from November 30th through December 31st.

To find out how this event was developed and how organizers achieved success, visit the Success Stories section of this webiste, click on South Carolina on the map.

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Issues Call for Nominations

for the

2009 National Preservation Awards

Each year the National Trust for Historic Preservation celebrates the best of preservation by presenting National Preservation Awards to individuals and organizations whose contributions demonstrate outstanding excellence in historic preservation. 

Nominations for 2009 are due by

March 2, 2009 

Click here for more information.

The National Trust Historic Sites Weblog is a resource for National Trust Historic Sites that is available free to anyone who works at an historic site (both paid or volunteer).  It provides news and information on managing collections, improving building preservation, enhancing historical interpretation, conducting visitor research,  funding sources, incorporating new technologies and more.    

 NEW  

Preservation at Work for the NEBRASKA Economy

A report based on the study Economic Impacts of Historic Preservation in Nebraska by the Center for Urban Policy Research at Rutgers University and the Bureau of Business Research, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Includes statistics and an entire section on the economic impacts of

Heritage Tourism and visitation to historic sites and museums.

Click here for a short summary and visit the Resources section

of this website for the full report.