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Cultural Resources Diversity Program

The National Park Service is dedicated to diversifying the cultural resources and historic preservation field through new programs and approaches.

Read more about our program's goals

The Cultural Resources Diversity Program is located within Cultural Resources of the National Park Service. The Program develops and administers the Cultural Resources Diversity Internship Program, publishes the newsletter Heritage Matters, participates in conferences and consults on diversity topics, conducts research projects on cultural diversity issues, and develops curriculum materials on cultural resources/historic preservation for colleges and universities, targeting minority schools. As you explore these pages, we hope you find what you are looking for – but even more importantly, we hope you discover something that surprises you. We invite you to learn more about history and how the National Park Service works to preserve it.