USCBS and 600+ Others Sign Letter to Congress to Protect Section 106
You may have heard the term, “Section 106,” in discussions of U.S. heritage. Perhaps you have seen it in recent headlines. If you’re unfamiliar with this [...]
3 Weeks Until the 2026 Annual Conference
We are just three weeks out from our 2026 Annual Conference, "The US Committee of the Blue Shield at Twenty: Two Decades of Protecting Cultural Heritage [...]
Registration Now Open for 2026 Annual Conference!
USCBS and American University's Washington College of Law are excited to announce that registration is now open for "The U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield at Twenty: [...]
New Study Warns that Thousands of U.S. Historic Landmarks Face Wildfire Risk
With many states failing to include cultural heritage in their dedicated wildfire planning frameworks, UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) conducted [...]
Field Museum Establishes Endowed Legal Fellowship Honoring Dr. Patty Gerstenblith
On Wednesday, July 29, the Field Museum announced the creation of the Patty Gerstenblith Legal Fellowship in Art, Museum, and Cultural Heritage Law, a new endowed, [...]
Conference Registration Opening Soon!
A reminder that our 2026 Conference is fast approaching! Registration will open in the coming weeks and we will be sure to circulate registration links and [...]
New Report on Damage to Cultural Heritage Sites in Ukraine
The Museum Conservation Institute-Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative (MCI-SCRI), along with the Virginia Museum of Natural History’s Cultural Heritage Monitoring Lab (CHML), Penn Cultural Heritage Center, Ukrainian Heritage [...]
Rising Sea Levels Threaten Jamestown’s Archaeology
The site of Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in North America, is rich in archaeological material. Archaeologists are continually finding artifacts belonging to the [...]
USCBS Mentioned in Reuters’ Special Report on Damage to Iranian Cultural Heritage
Reuters has released a visual investigation special report about the damage to Iran's historic sites. Within this extensive report, authors Maggie Michael, M.B. Pell, Mari Saito, [...]
