WHAT WE DO
We protect the nation's 13.4 billion cultural resources across 640 million acres of public lands and 3.4 million square nautical miles of U.S. waters held in public trust by the U.S. government.
We are also working to restore the $22.7 billion that sustains the world's largest culture, arts, and humanities sector, and protect more than 224,000 knowledge keepers who steward our cultural and historical resources.
Public Awareness
Raise public awareness and raise demands for transparency, access, and accountability from institutions that steward cultural resources
Resource Protection
Block the destruction, sale, or disappearance of cultural resources entrusted to public institutions
Defend Keepers
Advocate for knowledge keepers on the front lines of preserving, interpreting, and sharing cultural memory
Digital Preservation
Leverage emerging technologies to archive endangered cultural resources before they are destroyed, sold, or disappeared
Open Access
Build open-access platforms for cultural resources in partnership with communities, institutions, and technology platforms
Cultural Sustainability
Reimagine sustainability for the cultural heritage sector at all levels — familial, local, regional, national, and international
