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Portland is a city of 70,000 people on
Maine’s southern coast that has been shaped by local craftsmanship
and the influence of international trade for over 250 years. The
APT 2003 Conference will take advantage of this setting to focus on
the interdependent roles of conservation science and traditional
craftsmanship in the preservation of historic resources in local,
regional and international contexts. The conference sessions will
explore the application of scientific analysis and treatment in the
conservation of historic resources as well as the importance of
utilizing traditional craftsmanship as a continuum for relearning
and preserving the historic building trades. The conference
sessions are broken down into three overlapping tracks: Maritime
Preservation, Traditional Buildings, and Landscape Preservation. A
total of forty-five papers will explore a variety of topics within
these sessions. Speakers presenting papers at the conference this
year include preservation professionals from Austria, Great Britain,
the Czech Republic, Mongolia, Canada and the United States. Mixed
in with the paper presentations will be plenty of time to eat
lobster, take a sail, see a lighthouse, or stroll through Portland’s
historic old
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