Buffalo Tours Docent Interview

Congratulations to docent Tom Mudra for his recent video interview on Skunkpost.com. To view the entire clip, click on the link below:

http://www.skunkpost.com/news.sp?newsId=2920

Docent in the News

Suzanne Prabucki was recently featured by Buffalo State College for her work curating the Fraunces Tavern Museum, a Revolutionary War landmark in New York City. While studying at Buffalo State, Suzanne gave several tours and even wrote a new tour highlighting EB Green's residential architecture in Buffalo. For more about Suzanne, visit the website for Buffalo State College.

Massachusetts Makeover on TV

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This weekend's Massachusetts Makeover tour was well-attended, and got on TV, too! Click the links below to see what all the fuss was about. Be sure to take the next Massachusetts Makeover tour on August 28!

Niagara Square Exhibit at Historical Society

The evolution of a premier residential address to a civic hub
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Buffalo Tours in the News

Here's a link about our recent tour in the Village of Kenmore, featured in the Tonawanda News.

Here's another link about our docent training program, featured in Buffalo Rising.

And if you haven't done it already, click here to join our Facebook group, now 1000 people strong!

Pin your history to the world

Upload your vintage pictures of places and pin them to Google Streetview:
historypin.com

National Preservation Conference Planning

Representatives from the National Trust for Historic Preservation to Discuss the October 2011 Conference to be hosted in Buffalo -

Public Invited to Share Thoughts, Ask Questions, Volunteer

WHAT: National Trust representatives will kick off planning for the 2011 National Preservation Conference that will be held in Buffalo from Oct. 18-22, 2011. Officials will present their goals for the conference and solicit ideas for sessions, tours, speakers and more. The session will also be used to sign up volunteers to assist with organizing and marketing the conference and to assist during the conference itself. A question and answer session will conclude the evening. All interested organizations and individuals are invited to attend.

WHO: Valecia Crusafilli, NTHP, Acting Vice President, Programs
Lori Feinman, NTHP, Associate Director for Conferences and Training
Catherine Schweitzer, Preservation Buffalo Niagara, Chair
Edward Healy, Visit Buffalo Niagara, Vice President, Marketing
Michael Even, Visit Buffalo Niagara, Vice President, Sales

WHEN: WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 5:00 pm.

WHERE: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo

You can pre-register for this session and be placed on the conference planning mailing list by contacting Preservation Buffalo Niagara at 852-3300 or send your name, organization (if any), address and email to info@p-b-n.org. Updates on conference planning will be posted on p-b-n.org.