Wonders Worth Protecting: A Collaboration and Conversation with the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans
How do you protect heritage in an ever-changing world?
Join World Monuments Fund (WMF) and the Preservation Resource Center (PRC) for a discussion on the challenges facing our most treasured historic places—and what these organizations are doing to protect them.
date & time
Location
Preservation Resource Center Headquarters
The Leeds-Davis Building
923 Tchoupitoulas St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
Founded in 1965, World Monuments Fund is the leading independent organization dedicated to safeguarding cultural heritage sites around the globe. Its work includes conservation efforts at some of the world’s most iconic places, including the Forbidden City in China, the temples of Luxor in Egypt, Teotihuacan in Mexico, the Angkor Archaeological Site in Cambodia, and Venice, Italy.
Sixty years after its founding, WMF continues to protect cultural heritage from today’s most pressing threats, including climate change, natural disasters, and human conflict. This program highlights WMF’s global impact through Irreplaceable: 60 of Humanity’s Most Treasured Places, the organization’s anniversary publication showcasing sites it has helped safeguard over six decades.
In conversation, PRC and WMF will also discuss their newest collaboration: the New Orleans expansion of WMF’s award-winning Bridge to Crafts Careers (B2CC) program, which provides hands-on training in traditional building trades and historic preservation skills.
Together, they’ll reflect on their joint commitment to safeguard the irreplaceable.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.
Wonders Worth Protecting: A Collaboration and Conversation with the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans
How do you protect heritage in an ever-changing world?
Join World Monuments Fund (WMF) and the Preservation Resource Center (PRC) for a discussion on the challenges facing our most treasured historic places—and what these organizations are doing to protect them.
date & time
Location
Preservation Resource Center Headquarters
The Leeds-Davis Building
923 Tchoupitoulas St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
Founded in 1965, World Monuments Fund is the leading independent organization dedicated to safeguarding cultural heritage sites around the globe. Its work includes conservation efforts at some of the world’s most iconic places, including the Forbidden City in China, the temples of Luxor in Egypt, Teotihuacan in Mexico, the Angkor Archaeological Site in Cambodia, and Venice, Italy.
Sixty years after its founding, WMF continues to protect cultural heritage from today’s most pressing threats, including climate change, natural disasters, and human conflict. This program highlights WMF’s global impact through Irreplaceable: 60 of Humanity’s Most Treasured Places, the organization’s anniversary publication showcasing sites it has helped safeguard over six decades.
In conversation, PRC and WMF will also discuss their newest collaboration: the New Orleans expansion of WMF’s award-winning Bridge to Crafts Careers (B2CC) program, which provides hands-on training in traditional building trades and historic preservation skills.
Together, they’ll reflect on their joint commitment to safeguard the irreplaceable.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.
About the Speakers
Kristin Gisleson Palmer
Kristin Gisleson Palmer is the Executive Director of the Preservation Resource Center. She has dedicated her career to housing, preservation, and community revitalization in New Orleans. Twice director of the PRC’s Christmas in October program (later Rebuilding Together New Orleans), she helped hundreds of families return home after Hurricane Katrina. She also served as coordinator of the PRC’s Historic Preservation Education Program. Palmer represented District C on the New Orleans City Council from 2010–14 and 2018–22, focusing on housing, transportation, and disaster recovery. She played key roles in passing the city’s Master Plan, Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, and Complete Streets legislation, while also leading efforts to reduce blight, regulate short-term rentals, and expand affordable housing. In 2015, she founded Bargeboard NOLA, a company that has renovated or built more than 80 homes in Old Algiers and operates a mill shop and architectural salvage store. Her work has been recognized by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the City of New Orleans, and the Louisiana Landmarks Society.
Dr. Jonathan S. Bell
Dr. Jonathan S. Bell is Senior Vice President for Global Preservation Strategy and Founding Director of the Suzanne Deal Booth Institute for Heritage Preservation at World Monuments Fund, where he oversees the organization’s project portfolio and guides professional engagement through training and thought leadership. Over the course of his career, Dr. Bell has worked with the Getty Conservation Institute on World Heritage Sites in China and Egypt, evaluated cultural site management from Kazakhstan to Colombia, and overseen strategic planning for largescale flood infrastructure with the County of Los Angeles. He serves on multiple international professional scientific committees and sits on editorial boards for two academic journals, and is Adjunct Faculty at Columbia University. He holds a BA from Harvard University, a DEA from the Sorbonne in France, an MSc in historic preservation from Columbia University, and a PhD in urban planning from UCLA.