Historic Curatorship Program

The Massachusetts Historic Curatorship Program is a leasing program within the state of Massachusetts that promotes private investment in historic, public properties that are currently empty and in various states of disrepair.

Through the Program, a curator is selected to restore and maintain one of the Program’s properties in a “work for credit” exchange system. A curator is chosen through an open application process that can be found on the DCR's website.

Average lease terms range from twenty to thirty years. To date, twelve of the Program’s properties are under agreement. The Program includes residential, commercial and institutional properties.