New Bedford Preservation Society is a non-profit volunteer-led organization whose mission is to heighten awareness, provide education and guidance, and promote sensitive restoration and preservation of New Bedford’s fine historic structures and the neighborhoods in which they are located. Programs include Holiday House Tour, Spring House and Garden Tour, a Historic Marker Program, self-guided architectural walking tours, New Bedford Re-Leaf (an urban landscaping program), summer walking tours, lectures on local history and historic preservation, and more.