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Heritage Preservation

Preserve the past to shape the future with SUNY Empire’s online Graduate Certificate in Heritage Preservation.

This flexible, 12-credit program equips you with the knowledge and tools to conserve buildings, objects, and landscapes of historical and cultural significance. You’ll explore preservation policy, materials, and methods while gaining hands-on experience through a public history internship. Whether you work in museums, archives, public history, or cultural heritage, this certificate prepares you to lead impactful preservation efforts in your community. 

Our team can help you prepare for the next step in your career.

Graduate Certificate in Heritage Preservation 

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Earn your Graduate Certificate in Heritage Preservation online and gain the skills to protect and interpret historic places, artifacts, and cultural landmarks. This flexible program covers preservation methods, policy, and public history practices. You’ll build the tools to support meaningful preservation efforts in museums, archives, historic sites, and cultural institutions while helping communities honor the past and plan for the future. 

Format

100% Online

How it Works

Tuition

$471 / credit

Tuition & Fees

Credits

12

Course Catalog

Next term starts

Fall 2025

  • Course List:  

    Students may begin this 12-credit certificate in the fall, spring or summer terms. The required courses and suggested sequence are as follows: 

    • PBHS 6040 

      Museums and Public History: Theory & Practices  

       

    • PBHS 6245 

      Preservation Material & History  

       

    • PBHS 6240 

      Preservation Policy & Law  

       

    • PBHS 7005 

      Public History Internship 

       

Ready to Apply?

The deadline for the Fall 2025 term is August 1. How to Apply

Build the skills to protect and interpret historic places and artifacts. 

What You’ll Gain from This Program 

  • Understand preservation methods and policies
  • Analyze historical and cultural significance
  • Conduct and communicate historical research
  • Apply preservation law and standards

Turn Your Passion for History into Impactful Work

This certificate prepares you for roles in public history, preservation, and heritage organizations. Possible careers include: 

  • Historic Preservation Specialist 
  • Museum or Archive Professional 
  • Cultural Resource Manager 
  • Public History Educator 
  • Preservation Policy Analyst 
Career Services
photo of student in a room with windows
Margaret is a Museum Educator at the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum in the Bronx. On top of being a working graduate student, she was also a single mother and caretaker for her parents while attending SUNY Empire. 
Margaret
School for Graduate Studies Alumni (‘24)

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Preserve the Past. Enrich the Future. 

We're here to support you every step of the way as you pursue your Graduate Certificate in Heritage Preservation. Our dedicated advisors will help you stay on track, strengthen your understanding of preservation methods, and prepare you to protect cultural resources, develop public history projects, and make history accessible through museums, heritage sites, and community programs. 

 

 

 

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Apply for the Graduate Certificate Program in Heritage Preservation 

Make sure you have all the admissions requirements and complete your application to be ready for our next term! 

How To Apply

Next start term

Fall 2025

Deadline to apply

August 1

Start 

as soon as September 2, 2025.

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