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Historic Preservation Links

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation's historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America's historic and archeological resources.

Historic Preservation Links

State Historic Preservation Offices
Preservation Agencies in the National Park Service
Additional Preservation Organizations
Historic Preservation Jobs
Glossary
Historic Preservation Laws and Regulations

State Historic Preservation Offices

State Historic Preservation Offices' inventories of historic sites

Preservation Agencies within the National Park Service

• National Park Service homepage

• National Historic Landmarks Program

• Archeology

• Ethnography

• Park Historic Structures and Cultural Landscapes Division

• Park History Division

• Park Museum Management Division

• Cultural Resources Diversity Program

• Heritage Documentation Programs HABS/HAER/HALS/CRGIS

• Heritage Preservation Services

• Heritage Education Services Program

• American Battlefield Protection Program

• Federal Agency Preservation Assistance Program

• Historic Landscape Initiative

• Historic Preservation Planning Program

• Tribal Preservation Program

• Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives

• Historic Preservation Internship Training Program

• Historic Surplus Property Program

• Technical Preservation Services for Historic Buildings

• Maritime Heritage Program

• National Center for Preservation Technology and Training

• National Heritage Areas Program

• National NAGPRA Program

• National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program

• Common Ground: Preserving Our Nation's Heritage NPS quarterly magazine

• Heritage News NPS monthly e-newsletter

Additional Preservation Organizations

• National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers

• National Trust for Historic Preservation

• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

• National Alliance of Preservation Commissions

• National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers

• Association for Preservation Technology International (APT)

• American Association for State and Local History

• Preservation Action

• Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation

• Conservation Online (CoOL)

• Cultural Heritage Search Engine

• National Preservation Institute

• American Institute of Architects Historic Resources Committee

• Architecture Research Blog - Tulane University's Southeastern Architectural Archive

• Sacred Places devoted to helping sustain older and historic sacred places

Historic Preservation Jobs:

• The National Register of Historic Places is part of the federal government. Government jobs are posted on USAJobs: http://www.usajobs.gov/

Other historic preservation job sites:

• PreserveNet

• National Council on Public History

• Preservation Directory
http://www.preservationdirectory.com/PreservationBlogs/ArticleListings.aspx?catid=3

• Mid Atlantic Regional Archives (MARAC)

• Archnet: Archeology e-mail list

• Archives and Archivists e-mail list

• HISTPRES is the best and only dedicated online resource for emerging preservation professionals. Here you'll find the most unique preservation-related jobs, internships, events, commentary + more.
http://histpres.com/