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Conservation of Cloister Frescoes
Offered: April, August
Document & assess frescoes and columns in the historic monastery cloister of San Giovanni Battista. Learn under the guidance of Alma Ortolan, one of Italy's leading art conservators, who will…
Traditional & Colonial Building Conservation
Offered: June, July
Work and learn with local residents and international participants as repointing is completed an a stone chief's house, and documentation is undertaken on a colonial-era house in James Town, the…
Historic Finishes of the Old West
Offered: March, July
Travel back to the old west, high in the Rocky Mountains, and get in touch with history, literally. Participants will assist the Virginia City Institute for Preservation in testing and…
Preservation Work at the Kornthal Parsonage
Offered: July
Travel to beautiful rural southernmost Illinois to help save this Queen Anne style parsonage, one of the last remnants of an Austrian settlement. This National Register structure is deteriorating and…
Saving the Stark House
Offered: September, October
The Stark House, built by a 19th century ship builder, is in danger of collapsing unless preservation efforts being soon. Join HCN to assist in hands-on preservation. Participants will also…
City Center Recovery & Conservation
Offered: September
Travel to Armenia, one of the world's oldest civilizations, to assist building conservation efforts as part of ongoing earthquake recovery work. Work in and explore the historic center of Gyumri.
Restoring the Heart of a Vineyard
Offered: September
Join HCN and our preservation partners in the Šmarško-Virštanj wine district to restore one of the oldest “vineyard cottages” in Slovenia. The Mlinars cottage consists of two sections - a…
