The Campaign for Historic Trades

is a dynamic workforce development initiative to expand and strengthen careers in the high–demand field of historic trades.

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Labor Study

The Campaign for Historic Trades releases a first-of-its-kind labor study on the status of historic trades in America. Analysis shows the need for a larger and better-trained historic trades workforce; 100,000 workers needed within the next decade.

How Can We Help?

Whether you know you want to start your career in the historic trades, or you’re looking for ways to find out, we can help. Here, you can:

Tradesperson sawing lumber at a training

The time between starting a career and becoming a professional is crucial. This period, often underserved, can provide important development and networking vital to your professional success. We can help you to:

Two men in hats bend metal.

The new generation of tradespeople requires the expertise of and investment from today’s craftworkers. See how you can give back and contribute to the profession:

Two people sitting by a log cabin in the forest.

Training programs are investment and resource intensive. The Campaign is conglomerating information to make it easier to start a program or expand existing ones. Here, you can:

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Celebrating Queer Visibility in the Historic Trades

Celebrating Queer Visibility in the Historic Trades

The Campaign for Historic Trades has always been dedicated to making the field of historic trades diverse, inclusive, and welcoming for everyone. The tradespeople behind this work are dedicated to keeping traditions alive and literally holding history together by...

Todd Matuszewicz Announced as the 2025 Harrison Goodall Fellow

Todd Matuszewicz Announced as the 2025 Harrison Goodall Fellow

The 2025 Harrison Goodall Fellow has been selected! Todd Matuszewicz will spend the year working on his capstone project: AI Large Visual Model for Identifying Historic Properties - Pioneering Surveying and Building Identification Efforts in Denver (working title:...

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