APT’s MISSION is to advance appropriate traditional and new technologies to care for, protect, and promote the longevity of the built environment and to cultivate the exchange of knowledge throughout the international community.

$20,000 APT Membership Challenge

A generous donor is challenging APT to increase membership with a dollar-for-dollar matching grant. Sponsor a colleague or an emerging professional to become a member and the donor will match the value of your contribution. This will increase APT’s membership and will bring a total of up to $40,000 to the operating budget, allowing our organization to accomplish more great work.
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TOGETHER AGAINST INJUSTICE

Read APT's Statement against racial injustice HERE.

The Benefits of Membership

The Association for Preservation Technology is the premier cross-disciplinary organization dedicated to promoting the best technology for conserving historic structures and their settings. Founded in 1968 as a joint venture among Canadian and United States preservationists, APT now has members in more than 30 countries.

As an APT member you will have the benefit of the following plus more:

APT Bulletin, the peer-reviewed journal that is the ultimate source for preservation techniques
Communiqué, our quarterly electronic newsletter
APT annual conferences, held in cities across North America
Specialized training and education opportunities
APT Chapters, offering local networking and information

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Statement from the APT’s Inclusion Advocacy Committee against Racial Injustice

The Association for Preservation Technology International (APT) extends our sympathies to the George Floyd family and the multitude of other African Americans who have continually been forced to endure the trauma of racial injustice, police brutality, and other blatant and subtle assertions of privilege. We are in solidarity with a nation in pain due to the overt and sustained racism demonstrated.

APT’s mission is to advance appropriate traditional and new technologies to care for, protect, and promote the longevity of the built environment and to cultivate the exchange of knowledge throughout the international community. However, the distressing fact remains that the communities that exist within the built environment have never been viewed or treated as equal. While we strive for best practices in the preservation of the built environment, it is our collective reverence of the human spirit that inspires our dedication to this profession.

At the end of 2019, APT formed the Inclusion Advocacy Committee in a commitment to be a liaison to underrepresented and marginalized communities and in effort to collaboratively and fittingly preserve the built environment

Read the full statement