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New Frontiers in Preservation — Historic Preservation Week
The theme for Historic Preservation Week and Archaeology Week is “New Frontiers in Preservation.” As the theme implies, the focus for this year is on what is “new” in the preservation of our cultural heritage.
Preservation is a dynamic and constantly changing endeavor as new ideas appear and we see our past in a different light. Buildings built after WWII and in the early years of the 1950s are now eligible for listing on the National and State Register of Historic Places. Determining which of these buildings is important is causing everyone to look at this time period from a new perspective.
The second aspect of this year’s theme, frontiers, covers a much wider territory of ideas and meanings. The theme for the 2004 Historic Preservation Week and Archaeology Week suggests unexplored areas of preservation. The Maritime Preservation and Archaeology program at the Society continues to bring to the surface new information and new ideas about the people who made their living on the State’s waterways.
Join archaeologists and historians from around the state celebrating Wisconsin Historic Preservation Week and Archaeology Week. Special events are planned statewide from Argyle to Woodford.
Visit the Wisconsin Historic Preservation Week and Archaeology Week pages for a current listing of these events.
:: Posted April 30, 2004
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