Education
Preservation New Jersey hosts and co-sponsors educational programming throughout the year, including workshops, walking tours, and other activities geared to learning about historic preservation and history. Many of our programs offer continuing education credits for architects and planners.
Upcoming Programs & Events
PNJ On Tour - Hunterdon County Court House & FlemingtonSat, Jun 14Hunterdon County Court House
SAVE THE DATE: Cemetery Preservation Hands-on Workshop Day 1Sat, Jun 28Metuchen Colonial Cemetery- SAVE THE DATE: Cemetery Preservation Hands-on Workshop Day 2Sun, Jun 29Metuchen Colonial Cemetery
Annual Meeting of Preservation New JerseyThu, Jul 24Stoutsburg Sourland African Amer. Museum
SAVE THE DATE: Cemetery Preservation Hands-on Workshop Day 1Sat, Sep 06Mt Bethel Meeting House & Cemetery- SAVE THE DATE: Cemetery Preservation Hands-on Workshop Day 2Sun, Sep 07Mt Bethel Meeting House & Cemetery
SAVE THE DATE: PNJ on Tour - Perth Amboy Terra CottaSat, Oct 04Location is TBD
SAVE THE DATE: Restoration Tour of Lambert Castle with AIANJSat, Oct 11Lambert Castle
SAVE THE DATE: HPC Round Table: Demolition Ordinances & PreventionSat, Nov 01Twin Maples
SAVE THE DATE: New Jersey Historic Preservation Awards EventThu, Nov 06Historic Trenton Masonic Temple
PNJ Programs
Preservation New Jersey's diverse array of history and preservation education programs is designed to cater to a variety of interests, learning preferences, and organization type. Our offerings include interactive workshops, webinar series, and hands-on sessions, each structured to enhance knowledge and skills in specific areas. Additionally, PNJ programs are available in different formats, such as in-person, online, and hybrid models.
Talks with Our Ten Most
Talks with our Ten Most is a virtual discussions with historic site owners and interested groups on where the sites are now. For nearly 30 years, PNJ has hosted a 10 Most Endangered Places in NJ list initiative which spotlights replacement, historic, architectural, cultural, and archaeological resources in NJ that are in imminent danger of being lost. The act of listing these resources acknowledges their importance to the heritage of NJ and draws attention to the predicaments that endanger their survival and the survival of historic resources statewide. This program provides a “look back” on the sites listed throughout the years. These stories look for lessons learned in both successful restorations, demolitions, and years of preservation work by those who are actively engaged in the site. The format of the program is PNJ Board Member opens the program and passes it to the team or persons associated with the 10 Most listed site who provides a presentation. Following the presentation, questions are then opened to the public that attend.
Q&A with PNJ
Q&A with PNJ is a virtual discussion with historic site owners, preservation commissions, and/or various organizations, government and business leaders who are navigating various preservation projects and key issues. The format of the program is PNJ Board Member Melissa Ziobro interview the guest panelists/speaker creating an open dialogue on said preservation topic. The goal of the program is to showcase both success and unsuccessful preservation stories to NJ’s preservation community in hopes that our community can learn from each other. Following the interview, questions are then opened to the public that attend.
On Tour with PNJ
This program is a series of walking or bus tours of historic districts around New Jersey. They focuses on topics such as main street and downtown architecture, best practices in design guidelines for district and streetscape, creating heritage tourism destinations with historic sites, integrating creative placemaking within downtowns and historic neighborhoods/districts, and cemetery and monument preservation. The tours are designed to introduce both professionals and the general public to the importance of historic preservation in communities.
Workshops
To further expand public outreach and raise awareness of preservation, PNJ hosts hands-on and in-person workshops. Topics of the workshops are for preservations, planners, architects, engineers, historians, preservation commissioners and board members, contractors and other interested persons to gain in-depth knowledge about important preservation issues. These programs will offer continuing education credit available including AIA credits.
Resources & Tool Kits
PNJ provides technical assistance for emerging developers, property owners, government agencies and local organizations, and the general public in all preservation issues. By doing so, PNJ maintains resources aimed to equip constituents with information and tools they need to acquire, rehabilitate, and preserve structures within in their communities.
Advocating & Lobbying
Each year, through partners at the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Preservation Action hosts various 'Historic Preservation Advocacy Week' events. They serve as a focused mini-conference for the preservation community, which makes for networking opportunities with other preservation groups throughout the U.S. Through advocating and lobbying, PNJ participates in supporting and implementing changes in policies that affect preservation funding, regulation, and best practices.