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All Hands on Deck: a Maritime Story with Olive Theodore

Join us as we sit down with Olive Theodore, founder of Walrus Boat Recycling, a nonprofit project centered around saving and upcycling boats, and the capital campaign manager of the Center for Wooden Boats, aiming to connect each of us to Seattle’s living maritime heritage of building, exploring, and using small boats through hands-on experiences. […]

Juneteenth at Williamsburg: Reclaiming the Story of the Bray School with Jack Gary

On this special-release episode of PreserveCast, we’re sitting down with Jack Gary from Colonial Williamsburg’s Department of Archaeology to discuss the opening of a “new” site at Colonial Williamsburg. Today, on Juneteenth, Colonial Williamsburg is opening a powerful chapter of American history,  the Williamsburg Bray School, the nation’s oldest-known schoolhouse used to educate enslaved and […]

Preserving the Past for the Public with Susan McMahon

This week we’re sitting down with Susan McMahon, Executive Director of the Landmark Trust USA, a nonprofit organization that preserves historic properties and makes them available as short-term vacation rentals. Susan has a background in community development and historic preservation. Historic preservation has always been a professional pursuit and a personal passion of hers.

Paper Trails with Kathryn Mayer

On this week’s PreserveCast we’re joined by Kathryn Mayer, who built a searchable database of 19th-century coroner’s records with the Baltimore City Archives. We’re chatting about her project and more about how to evaluate historic information.

Historic Trades Apprenticeships with Natalie Henshaw

On this week’s episode we’re talking with Natalie Henshaw, Director of The Campaign for Historic Trades. You may recognize Natalie’s name (and voice!) as she hosts PreserveCast’s Trades Takeover episodes, some of our most downloaded conversations here on PreserveCast. Listen in to learn about the value of historic trades, apprenticeship programs, the impact they’re having, […]

Law and the Preservation Community with Marion Werkheiser and Will Cook

Today we’re joined by Marion Werkheiser and Will Cook from Cultural Heritage Partners, a law firm that works to leverage humanity’s past to create a better future. With policy, funding, and staffing issues in the current political climate, the firm is working to educate the community and advocate for cultural heritage and historic preservation so […]

Old House Lovers with Cristiana Pena

We’re excited to sit down with Cristiana Pena, a digital communications expert in the preservation world. Cristiana is the social media director at CIRCA, where she creates an online community of old house enthusiasts by featuring real estate listings of historic properties.

Love Our Museums with Amy Kehs

Today we’re chatting with Amy Kehs, a brand strategist and communications expert for museums. She has owned Kehs Communications since 2000 and has worked for the most renowned and well-loved museums in the Washington, D.C. area. Her goal is to ensure that museums thrive in the next century and she hopes people will come to […]

Women Architects at Work with Dr. Mary Anne Hunting and Dr. Kevin D. Murphy

Today we’re talking with Dr. Mary Anne Hunting and Dr. Kevin D. Murphy about their new book, Women Architects at Work: Making American Modernism, detailing the history of the women architects who left their enduring mark on American Modernism Dr. Mary Anne Hunting is an architectural historian and the author of Edward Durell Stone: Modernism’s Populist […]

The Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage with Laura Zimmerman and Liz Shatto

Today we’re joined by Laura Zimmerman, Chair of the Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage, and Liz Shatto, Executive Director of the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area, about the history of the organization, this year’s Washington County House and Garden Pilgrimage (Saturday, June 7th), and engaging the public around history and historic places. For more […]