Brick, Earth, Stone, and Timber (BEST) Preservation Workshops with the National Park Service Location: Saguaro National Park Dates: March 3 - 6, 2025 Description: Are you interested in passing on your trades skills or specialized knowledge but haven’t had the opportunity to hone your teaching skills? During this interactive workshop, participants will take […]
Brick, Earth, Stone, and Timber (BEST) Preservation Workshops with the National Park Service Location: Yosemite National Park Dates: March 17 - 21, 2025 Description: Through discussions and hands-on experimentation, trainees will gain insights into the importance of preserving historical plaster, understand plaster’s role in protecting different building materials and systems, and practice mixing and […]
Brick, Earth, Stone, and Timber (BEST) Preservation Workshops with the National Park Service Location: Frederick, MD Dates: April 7 - 11, 2025 Description: Participants will learn the woodworking skills necessary to practice advanced and intensive repairs for rails, stiles, and muntins. This workshop is the required pre-requisite workshop for Advanced Wood Window Repair […]
Brick, Earth, Stone, and Timber (BEST) Preservation Workshops with the National Park Service Location: Alaska Regional Office Dates: April 15 - 17, 2025 Guiding Principles for Field-Based Historic Preservation is ideal for field personnel who work directly on historic structures and/or cultural landscapes and seek to feel more empowered when making historic preservation treatment […]
Brick, Earth, Stone, and Timber (BEST) Preservation Workshops with the National Park Service Location: Wupatki National Monument Dates: April 28 - May 2, 2025 Description: Masonry structures require careful understanding of their materials, construction methods, conditions, and environment before any intervention is performed. Students in Pre-contact Masonry Preservation and Repair will explore these concepts, […]
Brick, Earth, Stone, and Timber (BEST) Preservation Workshops with the National Park Service Location: National Mall and Memorial Parks Dates: April 29 - May 1, 2025 Description: Guiding Principles for Field-Based Historic Preservation is ideal for field personnel who work directly on historic structures and/or cultural landscapes and seek to feel more empowered when […]
Brick, Earth, Stone, and Timber (BEST) Preservation Workshops with the National Park Service Location: Zion National Park Dates: May 5 - 9, 2025 Description: Dry-stone masonry—where stones are stacked on one another without the use of mortar—is one of the earliest building skills developed by humans and used for building shelters, fortifications, burials, structures, […]
Brick, Earth, Stone, and Timber (BEST) Preservation Workshops with the National Park Service Location: Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Dates: July 14 - 17, 2025 Description: In Basic Wood Window Preservation and Repair, participants practice the basics of window maintenance and repair, including documenting condition, stripping paint, preparing weathered wood, backbedding and glazing, […]
Brick, Earth, Stone, and Timber (BEST) Preservation Workshops with the National Park Service Location: Frederick, MD Dates: September 8 - 12, 2025 Description: Historic brick masonry buildings are relatively simple construction systems, but their preservation requires a sound understanding of stone, brick, and mortars; their weathering; and how they function together as a […]
Brick, Earth, Stone, and Timber (BEST) Preservation Workshops with the National Park Service Location: Grand Canyon National Park Dates: September 23 - 25, 2025 Description: Guiding Principles for Field-Based Historic Preservation is ideal for field personnel who work directly on historic structures and/or cultural landscapes and seek to feel more empowered when making […]
Brick, Earth, Stone, and Timber (BEST) Preservation Workshops with the National Park Service Location: Fort Davis National Historic Site Dates: October 20 - 24, 2025 Description: Construction of architecture using earthen building materials is one of the oldest surviving building traditions in the world for many reasons. Adaptable, sustainable, and sophisticated, earthen architectural […]
Brick, Earth, Stone, and Timber (BEST) Preservation Workshops with the National Park Service Location: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Dates: October 28 - 30, 2025 Description: Guiding Principles for Field-Based Historic Preservation is ideal for field personnel who work directly on historic structures and/or cultural landscapes and seek to feel more empowered […]
Brick, Earth, Stone, and Timber (BEST) Preservation Workshops with the National Park Service Location: Frederick, MD Dates: November 3 - 7 2025 Description: Open only to students who have completed Wood Windows: Fundamentals of Woodworking. In Advanced Wood Window Preservation and Repair, students will both implement and hone the skills learned in Fundamentals […]