§305302 National Center for Preservation Technology and Training

Summary

Sets up a National Center for Preservation Technology and Training inside the Department of the Interior. The Center is based at Northwestern State University of Louisiana in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Its goals are to create and share preservation and conservation skills and tools for historic places, train federal, state, and local preservation workers and others, use research from other groups, share technology among governments, universities, international groups, and the private sector, and work with related international organizations (including the International Council on Monuments and Sites, the International Center for the Study of Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, and the International Council on Museums). The Center will carry out these goals through research, training, technical help, public outreach, and a grants program under section 305304. A qualified Executive Director with preservation expertise will lead the Center, appointed by the Secretary with the Board’s advice. The Secretary must help the Center get needed staff, equipment, and facilities.