The Preservation Institute: Nantucket (PI:N) was founded in 1972 as a cooperative effort between the University of Florida and the community of Nantucket, to provide student participants with a truly unique educational experience in a broad range of historic preservation issues, while helping to research and document the historic environment of the island.

Over the last quarter century more than 500 students from more than 100 academic institutions in the U.S. and abroad have participated in the summer program in historic preservation. PI:N has evolved into a Nantucket based center for historic preservation studies, sponsoring research, public presentations, seminars, exhibitions, professional continuing education programs and workshops throughout the year in addition to the academic summer program.

Many PI:N graduates and faculty hold key positions in the field of preservation, and PI:N project documentation of numerous Nantucket cultural resources are in the Library of Congress Archives.

Please click here for more information about the summer program offered at the Preservation Institute: Nantucket