Adventures in Preservation Announces Its First Full-Family Volunteer Vacation

Adventures in Preservation offers a family vacation in the Old West town of Nevada City, Montana, that enables everyone to immerse themselves in history, from panning for gold to preserving historic buildings.

Boulder, Colorado, and Hong Kong, September 16, 2009 – Adventures in Preservation (AiP), a non-profit organization dedicated to saving the world’s architectural heritage, has scheduled its first hands-on building conservation workshop for entire families to participate in, to be held in the historic mining town of Nevada City, Montana, June 20-26, 2010. Sponsored in association with the Montana Heritage Commission, this is AiP’s third workshop in this beautiful location, but its first opportunity for families to enjoy the experience together.

Less than 100 miles from Yellowstone National Park and a number of other natural and historic sites, Nevada City was once a thriving town, thanks to the gold rush of the 1860’s. By 1876, Nevada City was nearly a ghost town and, over the following decades, gold dredging and highway construction destroyed most of the town’s original buildings. In 1959, Charles Bovey, whose passion was saving historic buildings slated for demolition or being lost to neglect, was asked to move his collection of buildings from their site, and he selected Nevada City as their new location.

The Nevada City workshop will be a week-long heritage immersion experience. Participants will be involved in learning and practicing building preservation techniques that are used to repair and maintain the historic wooden structures. Everyone will also work with an archaeologist and a blacksmith to learn about their trades, try a hand at gold panning, and cook meals over an open fire in Dutch ovens, the way it was done over 100 years ago.

This program is intended for families with children aged 11 and up. The cost of the workshop is US$1650 per adult and US$950 per child. Workshop fees cover lodging, breakfast and lunch, one dinner, insurance, workshop materials, and instruction. Daily activities take place Monday-Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with one or two evening activities also scheduled during the week. Additional details can be found on AiP’s website, www.adventuresinpreservation.org.

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