AiP Upcoming Adventures
Searching for an experience that combines exciting travel opportunities with learning new skills AND supporting a community initiative? Look no further! Our heritage preservation volunteer projects offer you a compelling combination of travel, education and adventure, topped with a healthy dose of cultural and architectural heritage conservation. Come, get your hands on history with Adventures in Preservation.
2019/2022 AiP Adventures
AiP Success Stories
FINDING TRUE COLORS AT A 17TH CENTURY MANOR HOUSE
Oplotnica, Slovenia - August 2006
Returning an Edwardian Greenhouse to Grandeur
Moray, Scotland – June-October 2017
2024 programs
April Registration closed
Join us September 14-28!
Bridging Conservation & Climate in Scotland (April 2024)
Dunans Castle
Glendaruel, Cowal Peninsula, Scotland
The beauty of Argyll is a striking backdrop for conservation work at Dunans castle. In 2024, the focus shifts to two fronts – completing repair of the central and final arch in the Thomas Telford bridge while highlighting developments in the surrounding forests.
Walk the woodlands with Charles Dixon Spain and learn about his efforts to combine the fight against climate change with sustainable tourism.
The west of Scotland offers stunning coastal views with ferries providing easy access to the isles of the Hebrides. We’ll explore the Isle of Bute, visiting the remarkable home of the Stuarts as well as visiting other intriguing historic sites.
Come learn, preserve and explore!
Postponed due to development of New, first of its kind archaeology project!
Jammers will be a part of history
starts Oct 2024 - Details and dates coming soon!
Armenia’s Artisans & Ancient Stories
Gyumri & Yerevan, Armenia
This unique journey takes you through Armenia’s long history and vast landscapes while immersing you in its traditions. Artisans in years past created the beautifully detailed architecture seen in Armenia today. You’ll work with masters of traditional arts to learn the skills involved in stone carving and ironwork. Then we’ll take on traditional dance, Armenian cuisine and linocut prints.
Your involvement will help preserve these remarkable traditions and the new artists following in the footsteps of past masters. Join us for an experience you’ll find nowhere else!
Dates:
September 14-28, 2024
Bridging Conservation & Climate in Scotland (September 2024)
Dunans Castle
Glendaruel, Cowal Peninsula, Scotland
Argyll and the neighboring Hebrides are a striking backdrop for conservation work at Dunans castle. In September, our focus is on two fronts – completing repair of the central arch in the Thomas Telford bridge while highlighting advances in ecological sustainability.
Walk the woodlands with Charles Dixon Spain and learn about his efforts to use the restoration of native woodlands in the fight against climate change.
The west of Scotland offers stunning coastal views with ferries providing easy access to the isles of the Hebrides. We’ll explore the Isle of Bute, visiting the remarkable home of the Stuarts as well as visiting other intriguing historic sites.
Come learn, preserve and explore!
new, first of its kind archaeology project coming in October 2024
Dates & Details coming soon
Archaeology Key to Ancient Armenia
October 2024 - Details Coming Soon
Gyumri, Armenia
A stone inscription dated 774 BCE still survives on a hillside outside of Gyumri, Armenia. It is the first written record of the ancient state established in this region. The inscription is in peril! A project is under development to restore and preserve the stone, as well as identify and record a variety of remains in the cemetery and village below.
AiP jammers will play a role in developing the project and will participate from documentation to treatment to maintenance. Join this unique project, learn hands-on skills from experts and become a part of history!
DATES:
June 9 - 15, 2024
Dig into History with Fairfield foundation
Fairfield Plantation
Gloucester, Virginia - USA
Archaeology at Fairfield is one of our most popular adventures. This experience continues to expand, offering the most advanced 3D technology, while still providing the basics of a hands-on archaeological dig.
Fairfield was home to one of Virginia’s magnificent manor houses, once surrounded by 7,000 acres of tobacco fields and forestland just north of Williamsburg. Volunteers like you are helping uncover fascinating glimpses into the world of both the owners and the many enslaved Africans and African Americans.
The Fairfield Foundation is now using 3D printers to create a highly accurate replica of the site and the manor house.
Join us. Your work will become part of the model!
Nominate a Project
All AiP projects begin with suggestions from people like you.
We welcome your requests regarding important historic buildings in need of conservation. Please provide as much information as possible about your building and proposed project as you fill in the form below.
In developing projects, we give priority to sites that:
Have historical significance to the community or country in which they are located
Need the assistance of volunteers to lower the cost of preservation work, which otherwise may not be able to proceed
Contribute to community sustainability
Provide a use after completion that benefits the community
Offer a valuable training experience.
We will review all project nominations and notify you that review is underway.