Please join the Washington Conservation Guild in-person for the 6th Meeting of the 2023/2024 Season.
Thursday, April 4th 2024 5:00–7:00 pm
Social Hour: 5:00–6:00 pm, talks begin at 6:00 pm
Location: Schmidt Exhibit Hall at the German-American Heritage Museum & Foundation
719 Sixth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001
(Accessible entrance available at street-level)
Transit: “Gallery Pl-Chinatown” Station on Green/Yellow Line (0.1 mile walk)
“Judiciary Square” Station on Red Line (0.3 mile walk)
“Metro Center” Station (Blue/Orange/Silver Lines)
Street or garage parking available nearby
Three Emerging Professionals will be presenting on the following topics:
◉ Sejal Goel, National Park Service, Object Conservation Fellow
○ “Handling Expectations Adaptations: Conservation in the National Park Service”
◉ Valeria Pesce, Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, Welch Paper Intern
○ “Conservation of Qur’an manuscripts on Parchment at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art: Comparing Conventional Repair Methods with Nanocellulose”
◉ Genevieve Tobin, National Gallery of Art, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Preventive Frame Conservation
○ ““Practice-based Research into Gel-Like Materials for Cleaning Gilded Decorative Wooden Surfaces”
This event is free to WCG members; in-person meetings are $10 for non-members.
2023/2024 WCG season memberships are $35 for professionals, $25 for renewing emerging professionals,
and free to emerging professionals who are entering their first season as a WCG member.
For more information about this season’s meetings, please visit https://washingtonconservationguild.org/meeting-schedule-2023-2024-season
Our meetings are public, and pictures may appear on WCG’s website and social media accounts.
