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Advocacy
Founded in 1879, the AIA was chartered by the United States Congress in 1906, in recognition of its role in the development and passage of the Antiquities Act, which Theodore Roosevelt signed into law that year. Today, the AIA remains committed to preserving the world's archaeological resources and cultural heritage for the benefit of people in the present and in the future.
- See also, AIA Policies and Statements
- AIA coverage of the activity of the U.S. State Department's Cultural Property Advisory Committee
News, Issues, and Initiatives
August 19, 2010
An overview of how law enforcement works to protect cultural heritage.
May 8, 2010
Thanks to your response, the AIA sent in hundreds of letters to the U.S. Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) on your behalf. CPAC met May 6-7, 2010 to review the Memorandum of Understanding with Italy.
May 6, 2010
The State Department’s Cultural Property Advisory Committee met on May 6, 2010, to consider renewing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the U.S. and Italy in 2001 and extended in 2006. Read AIA First Vice-President, Elizabeth Bartman's personal account of the meeting.
March 21, 2010
As the prospect for war in Iraq gains momentum, archaeologists have become increasingly concerned about the fate of that country’s archaeological sites, antiquities, and cultural property.
March 21, 2010
The extraordinary global significance of the monuments, museums, and archaeological sites of Iraq (ancient Mesopotamia) imposes an obligation on all peoples and governments to protect them. In any military conflict that heritage is put at risk, and it appears now to be in grave danger.
Site Preservation News
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Read the Program's 2013 Annual Report to learn about its many activities this past year.
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An update on the artifact conservation from the Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck
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This latest Site Preservation Grant will protect and promote a historic cemetery on Long Island.
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