www.wmf.org
Every day monuments of human culture are lost forever…casualties of neglect, conflict, natural disaster and the pressures of change. WMF safeguards the world’s irreplaceable heritage. Fieldwork, programs, world monuments watch, and instructions on how to help as well as news on world monuments are provided.
95 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
(646) 424-9594
(646) 424–9593
wmf@wmf.org
www.heritagepreservation.org
SOS! Is a private/public initiative to document every piece of publicly accessible outdoor sculpture in the United States and its special jurisdictions and to raise awareness among local groups of the need to care for this precious legacy.
Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!) is a joint effort of the National Museum of American Art, The Smithsonian Institution, and The National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property. Outdoor sculpture is a readily accessible cultural legacy which combines history and art. Found in almost every community, many works suffer neglect, the effects of pollution, and vandalism. SOS! aims to enact a broad based conservation project which is currently in the cataloging stage.
Volunteers involved have been recruited from the arts and historic preservation groups, but anyone can take part.
Contact: Lynn Clark, (800) 422 4612, lclark@nic.org
www.scenic.org
Scenic America is the only national nonprofit organization dedicated solely to preserving and enhancing the scenic character of America’s communities and countryside. Scenic America works at the federal, state and local levels with our state affiliates in California, Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas. Our state affiliates advocate for protecting the scenic heritage of their home states, and also serve as Scenic America’s eyes and ears at the state level. In addition, Scenic America is working with a growing network of state scenic conservation groups in Alabama, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Scenic America, along with our growing number of state affiliates, helps citizens and elected officials take charge of how they want their communities to look and achieve their vision for their communities’ futures. We are advocates for local, state and federal laws that help protect and enhance natural beauty and distinctive community character. We fight to:
Reduce billboard blight in America
Keep America’s highways and byways scenic
Promote context sensitive highway solutions to protect communities and our landscapes from roads that destroy scenic beauty
Ensure mitigation of the visual impact of telecommunication towers
Promote scenic conservation easements, under-grounding of utility wires, and community design guidelines
Scenic America
1634 I Street, NW
Suite 510
Washington, D.C. 20006
(202) 638 0550
(202) 638 3171 FAX
scenic@scenic.org
Office of Construction & Facilities Management: Historic Preservation:
Listings of historic buildings and archeological sites, http://www.va.gov/facmgt/historic/states/