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Maryland Board of Public Works Approves $18.8 Million to Rural Legacy Program Grants
The Maryland Board of Public Works recently approved funding for the acquisition of conservation easements across Maryland through the state's Rural Legacy Program. The Rural Legacy Program was established in 1997 and has helped protect more than 103,000 acres of...
When Historic Preservation Helps Cities: A Response to Binyamin Appelbaum of the New York Times
With all due respect to New York Times’ editorial Board member Binyamin Appelbaum, who recently published a lengthy opinion against preservation, preservation is neither wholly perfect nor entirely harmful – there are shades of gray to this story which would have...
Campaign for Historic Trades Accepted as Member of The Corps Network
As a part of the Campaign for Historic Trades' planned expansion, the new program of Preservation Maryland was recently accepted as a member of The Corps Network, the national association of service and conservation corps. The Campaign for Historic Trades is a...
Heritage Fund Highlight: Havre de Grace Colored School Foundation Oral History Project
The Havre de Grace Colored School Foundation is stewarding the structure and stories of the Havre de Grace Colored School and working to create new museum and cultural center. The Heritage Fund supported the organization's efforts to gather important first-hand...
Executive Director Nicholas Redding featured as Preservation Action Advocacy Hero
Preservation Maryland Executive Director Nicholas Redding has been featured as Preservation Action's monthly Preservation Hero for his role on the front lines of preservation advocacy and for his impact and inspiration to preservation practitioners across the...
Essential Land Conservation Program to Receive Full Funding
Governor Hogan's newly released FY21 budget includes full funding for Program Open Space, as well as repayment of funds from the program that had been previously diverted. Upon this news, Partners for Open Space, a statewide coalition of over 100 groups seeking to...
Governor Hogan Includes Preservation Funding in FY21 Budget
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2021, including funding for a number of key preservation and smart growth programs. The budget, which was released on January 15, 2020, is a blueprint for spending that will next be...
Open Internship: Public History & Heritage Tourism Internship
Preservation Maryland is pleased to offer a number of internships throughout the year, including a Public History & Heritage Tourism Internship through our Waxter Internship Program. Internship Details Project: Seek out, explore, research and write about...
Opportunity: Digital Archiving Project at Preservation Maryland
Preservation Maryland has an extensive collection of prints, slides, and born-digital photographs of historic sites across the state and is offering a hands-on internship to aid in the cataloging of the collection. Update: Thousands of images just added to our...
Rolling Application Dates: Maryland Historic Preservation Internships
One of the ways that Preservation Maryland moves towards the Maryland that we envision is through training a new generation of preservationists with the William D. Waxter Memorial Internship program. OPEN INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Preservation Maryland offers an...
Events
Preservation Maryland participates in and hosts many events in and around Maryland. Take a look at our upcoming events to see where we’ll be next.