STRATEGY 1.2.1: Historic Areas & Structures, Archaeological Sites & Museums

Protect and maintain the Nation's most important historic areas and structures, archaeological sites, and museum collections.

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The Department maintains over 30,000 historic structures among four bureaus - NPS, BLM, FWS, and BIA. The largest portion of historic structures on DOI lands is found in the National Park System. The Department also protects many of the Nation's most important cultural heritage resources as part of America's Great Outdoors. They range in size from Civil War uniform buttons to the massive granite carvings of Mount Rushmore. The Department is the steward of millions of cultural and natural artifacts including those from the earliest days of settlement to monuments commemorating recent heroic events, such as the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania. These treasured collections tell the history of the Nation. They are used by the Department, universities, historians, and others to expand understanding of our culture. They remind us of who we are and where we came from.

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