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!

 
 
 

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 remains engaged in creating social impact through historic preservation. The visible impact of our work is seen in both the conservation of valuable historic architecture and one-on-one instruction for project participants from preservation experts. Importantly, our true value is even broader given the compelling connection between heritage conservation and climate change.

DID YOU KNOW THAT REUSING AN EXISTING BUILDING CAN ACTUALLY HELP AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY REDUCE ITS CARBON FOOTPRINT?

 

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Jammers

Jammers are volunteers who have partnered with Adventures in Preservation through the years and have participated to 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.

 

WE LOVE OUR JAMMERS!

Adventures in Preservation is about saving buildings, but it’s also about the people involved in their preservation. People willing to devote time and energy to preserving a building deserve to be more than mere “participants”, or “volunteers”. We needed a special name for our adventurous, hard-working travelers. In 2023 Jammers at Adventures in Preservation’s three project sites donated a total of 1,300 hours.

THE GLASSHOUSE PROJECT

One of AiP’s most successful projects took place at the Burgie Edwardian-era glasshouse in Scotland. Largely forgotten and in great disrepair, the 1912 greenhouse caught the interest of building conservation enthusiasts from the US, Canada, and Australia. Thanks to 21 incredible AiP Jammers, who didn't mind hard work, the central section of the Burgie Edwardian Glasshouse is now largely repaired and completely enclosed with glass panels. We returned in 2019 and successfully completed structural repair and glazing of the historic east room!

 
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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.

 

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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.