Seminars

NPI offers a series of professional training seminars for the management, development, and preservation of historic, cultural, and environmental resources related to historic preservation and cultural resource management.

•  Identification, Planning, and Evaluation
• Laws and Regulations
• Cultural and Natural Resource Management
• Native American Cultural Resources
• Property Management and Design Issues
• Curation, Conservation, and Stewardship

• Customized/On-Site Training
• Who Should Attend
• Seminar Format and Certificates
• Faculty
• Continuing Education Credits

• Identification and Management of Traditional Cultural Places (2 days) (ASLA)
• Preservation Planning for Campuses, Complexes, and Installations (2 days) (AIA & ASLA)
• Preservation Planning and Policy Development for Historic Roads (1 day) (ASLA)
• The Recent Past: A Review of Mid-20th-Century Resources (2 days) (AIA)

• CERCLA and NHPA Coordination for Superfund Sites (2 days) 
• CRM Compliance for Non-Specialists* (3 days) 
• NEPA Compliance and Cultural Resources (2 days) (ASLA)
• Section 4(f) Compliance for Historic Properties (2 days) (ASLA)
• Section 106: An Introduction (3 days) (ASLA)
• Section 106: A Review for Experienced Practitioners (2 days) (ASLA)
• Section 106: Agreement Documents (3 days) (ASLA)

• Conflict Resolution and Consultation Tools for Cultural and Natural Resource Projects (3 days) (ASLA)
• Cultural and Natural Resources: An Integrated Management Strategy (2 days) (ASLA)
• Decisionmaking for Cultural and Natural Resources in the Legal Environment* (2 days)
• GIS: Practical Applications for Cultural Resource Projects (2 days) (ASLA)
• Landscape Preservation: An Introduction (2 days) (AIA & ASLA)
• Landscape Preservation: Advanced Tools for Managing Change (2 days) (AIA & ASLA)
• Renewable Energy Development: Impacts on Cultural Resources (1 day) (ASLA)

• Consultation and Protection of Native American Sacred Lands (2 days) (ASLA)
• NAGPRA and ARPA: Applications and Requirements (2 days)
• NAGPRA: Databases, Summaries, Inventories, and Notices (1 day)
• NAGPRA: Determining Cultural Affiliation (1 day)
• NAGPRA: Writing and Managing a Successful Grant* (2 days)
• Native American Cultural Property Law (2 days) 

• Historic Property Management (3 days) (AIA)
• Historic Structures Reports: A Management Tool for Historic Properties (1 day) (AIA)
• Preservation Maintenance: Understanding and Preserving Historic Buildings (2 days) (AIA)
• The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards: Treatment Considerations* (2 days) (AIA & ASLA)
• Sustainable Preservation: Process and Practice* (1 day) (AIA & ASLA)

• Archaeological Curation and Collections Management (3 days)
• Cemetery Preservation (2 days) (ASLA)
• Cemetery Landscapes: A Practical Guide to Care and Maintenance (1 day) (ASLA)
• Conservation Strategies for Archaeologists (2 days)
• Digital and Film Photography of Cultural Resources* (2 days) (AIA & ASLA)

^*These seminars are not currently scheduled, but are available as customized, on-site training or may be scheduled in the future. Please contact us by telephone, mail, or email if you are interested in one of these seminars. Once there is a sufficient prospectives list, the seminar will be scheduled and potential attendees contacted so that they can formally register.

Customized/On-Site Training
NPI offers customized, on-site training to meet specific organizational needs. The seminars listed on the web site or in the brochure may be tailored to create single- or multiple-day workshops at a location and time convenient to the sponsor. NPI also can develop other preservation-related training seminars. For a list of organizations that have worked with NPI to receive customized training and/or related conference services, visit the Customized/On-Site Training page. Read more

Who Should Attend
NPI seminars focus on topics of current concern to professionals involved in the management and stewardship of cultural and historic resources, charged with compliance and contracting, and/or involved in the cultural resource and environmental management process.

•  Accessibility coordinators
• Architects and landscape architects
• Community leaders
• Contractors, public administrators, attorneys, and environmental specialists
• Economic and tourism industry professionals
• Government and public utility company officials
• Historians, architectural historians, photographers, and writers
• Historic site administrators, museum curators, and collection managers
• Housing specialists and developers
• Landmark and zoning commission members
• Managers of historic structures, landscapes, and other properties
• Native American tribal leaders and staff
• Planning, design, engineering, and public works professionals
• Preservation, land use, and facility planners 

Seminar Format and Certificates
The seminar format encourages discussion and allows time to focus on issues of particular interest to the group. Participants return to the workplace with new skills and knowledge immediately applicable to the current concerns of their organizations or clients. NPI seminar participants receive a certificate of training completion at the end of the semester if one is requested on the registration form. Seminars vary in length. They generally are held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Faculty
NPI's seminars are taught by nationally recognized educators, consultants, and practitioners in historic preservation, archaeology, architecture and landscape architecture, conservation, historical research, restoration, and cultural resource management. To learn more about an instructor, visit the Faculty page. Read more

Continuing Education Credits
NPI is registered with the American Institute of Architects and Landscape Architecture Continuing Education Systems and is committed to developing quality learning activities in accordance with their criteria. American Institute of Architects (AIA) and American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) members receive 6 learning units each day for designated seminars; AIA members can complete a self-report form for other NPI seminars. Read more

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