Adventures in Preservation is a non-profit organisation based in Boulder, Colorado, that arranges volunteer trips combining hands-on historic building conservation with cultural travel. Volunteers work alongside instructors on active conservation projects, learning traditional skills such as repointing with lime mortar and masonry stabilisation. Recent and forthcoming projects include the conservation of Thomas Telford’s Gothic-style bridge at Dunans Castle in Argyll, Scotland, the stabilisation of the Rosewell Plantation ruin in Virginia, and work with the Kumayri cultural museum-preserve in Gyumri, Armenia. The organisation also accepts project nominations and runs an internship programme.
Suitable for: volunteers, students and heritage enthusiasts seeking practical experience of building conservation, and communities seeking help with conservation projects.
Services: volunteer conservation working trips; hands-on training in lime mortar repointing and masonry stabilisation; archaeology excavation experience; cultural heritage tours; project nomination; internships.
Location: Boulder, Colorado, United States; projects worldwide.