Restore a building, renew a community

Work + Fun + Friends + Architecture = An Amazing AiP Adventure

Work + Fun + Friends + Architecture = An Amazing AiP Adventure

An Amazing Adventure…

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Preserve HERITAGE globally through

HANDS-ON TRAVEL

 
 

Adventures in Preservation (AiP)

Adventures in Preservation wants you! Do you love to travel, make new friends, dive into history and get your hands dirty? We’re green, sustainable and educational.

Become an audacious adventurer and a courageous conservator with AiP!

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Do you have a project?

All AiP projects begin with suggestions from people like you!

 
 
 
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About AiP

Adventures in Preservation was founded in 2001 by two women with a great love of historic buildings and a strong desire to travel and understand the world. 

AiP envisions a world where people use, understand, and appreciate historic buildings that are vital to economic and environmental sustainability and preserve cultural identity.

Learn More

 
 
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Our Impact

Adventures in Preservation (AiP) has been leading volunteer preservation vacations for over 20 years. We are passionate about saving the world’s architectural heritage, which embodies the history, culture and natural materials of each region. Our groups of hands-on volunteers help communities take on preservation projects that might otherwise be impossible.

AiP’s staff – and volunteers like you, called Jammers – work to bring people and preservation together in meaningful partnerships. We believe in the far-reaching benefits historic preservation provides, and we focus on showing community members that preservation is a powerful tool for change!

The impact made by AiP jammers encompasses many facets –

• Preservation is Sustainability

• Preservation is Climate Action

• Preservation is Embodied History

All these facets contribute to the dynamic concept behind Adventures in Preservation.

 

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Jammers

Jammers are volunteers who have partnered with Adventures in Preservation through the years and have participated in one of AiP’s adventures in the United States or around the world. Since 2001, AiP’s Jammers - ages 20 to 85! - have donated a total of 28,200+ hours of hands-on historic preservation work.

 

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COUNTRIES

Since its inception in 2001, Adventures in Preservation has run programs in Albania, Armenia, Ghana, Kenya, Kosovo, Italy, Mexico, Slovenia, the UK, and the US. In the US, AiP has been active in Alabama, Delaware, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

 
 

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PROJECTS

Our heritage preservation volunteer projects offer a compelling combination of travel, education, and adventure, topped with a healthy dose of cultural and architectural heritage conservation and respect for the environment. It’s fun, sustainable tourism!

 

Our Projects

Preservation is a powerful tool for change! We are passionate about saving historic buildings and believe in the far-reaching benefits historic preservation provides. Our volunteers re-plaster, repoint, reglaze and repair by learning and using the traditional techniques of each region. Since 2001, we have worked to save both vernacular and unique historic buildings for integrated community use.

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April 2023

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Perfect combination of adventure, travel, architecture, history and learning a trade from an expert.

A great hands-on opportunity!

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Melissa

Dunans Bridge and Castle Conservation

Argyll, Scotland

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Get Involved

Adventures in Preservation relies on people like you to get involved by supporting our projects through donations. With your gifts, we, along with our volunteers, are able to maintain our global efforts to save architectural heritage in support of sustainable community initiatives.

 

Sign Up For AIP’S ADVENTURES

Searching for an experience that combines exciting travel opportunities with learning new skills AND supporting a community initiative? Look no further!

Make a Donation

No matter the size of your donation, be assured that it will have a great impact on creating economic and environmental sustainability for communities in need.