All 2022 BEST Preservation Workshops have finished. The class will return in 2023. The Historic Preservation Training Center is excited to be opening registration for our 2022 BEST Preservation Workshops. Workshops and Trainings for 2022 Inquiry Courses Guiding Principles for Field-Based Historic Preservation Documentation & Investigation Courses Creating and Using Oral Histories in the Preservation

Learn about the Traditional Trades Advancement Program (TTAP) and the work the current cohort is doing with HPTC this summer.

Craftspeople from the HPTC spent two days sharing their skills and knowledge with the public and NPS employees during the Preservation Trades Rodeo.

BEST Preservation Workshops will cover historic resources that occur nation-wide and continue to use the Vanishing Treasures curriculum to share problem-based and hands-on learning.

Learn about a new research project looking mitigating the effects of fire suppressants on cultural resources.

A program providing post-9/11 military service veterans hands-on skills training from NPS professionals on the maintenance of federal monuments & memorials.

The HPTC partnered with the HFC and JEFF to complete two exhibits within the new Visitor Center being constructed below the Gateway Arch.

The NCSP (National Chainsaw Safety Program) provides standards, competencies, and training to ensure all NPS operators know how to use a chainsaw safely.