Contributed by: National Preservation Institute
Organization: National Preservation Institute
Dated Posted: November 12, 2026
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The National Preservation Institute offers a library of on-demand online courses for cultural resource and historic preservation professionals, available anytime. Recently featured: Cultural Landscapes: An Overview, a 60-minute course by historical landscape architect Nancy J. Brown, FASLA, covering cultural landscape types, the history of landscape preservation in the United States, National Park Service guidance and the Historic American Landscapes Survey ($100).

Preservation planning and resources

• Cultural Landscapes: An Overview (60 minutes)
• Historic Wood Windows: A Primer (60 minutes)
• Streetscape Design: Strategies for Historic Districts (75 minutes)
• Corridor Development: Impacts on Cultural and Natural Resources (45 minutes)
• Finding New Sources of Funding in Challenging Times: An Introduction (45 minutes)
• Native America 101 (90 minutes)

Section 106

• Section 106: The Basics for Planners, Project Managers, and Developers (75 minutes)
• Section 106: Resource Identification (75 minutes)
• Section 106: The Meaning of Effects (75 minutes)
• Section 106: Effective Participation and Response Strategies (75 minutes)

GIS and mapping

• The Importance of Mapping Cultural Resources (60 minutes)
• ArcPro for Cultural Resources: An Introduction, a six-module series (module 1, Getting Familiar, is free)
• ArcGIS for Cultural Resources: Advanced Techniques, four modules (GIS data sources, georeferencing historic maps, the geodatabase, new GIS tools)

A course on Disaster Response: Using GIS to Map Cultural Resources is coming soon.

More information: npi.org