2024 Community Partnership Project

2024 Community Partnership Project

Please join the Washington Conservation Guild and Black Activist Curator Nadine Seiler for the

Mold Mitigation and Rehousing of Selected Artifacts from the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence Collection

Saturday, April 13th, 2024 / 9:30am – 5:30pm

Location: Lutheran Church of the Reformation
212 East Capitol St NE, Washington, DC 20003

Transit: Union Station Metro (Red Line)
Capitol South Metro (Blue/Orange/Silver Lines)

Image of silver chain-link fence with attached memorial signs and protest artifacts that comprised the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence installation.
Detail of the BLM Memorial Fence Collection exhibition at MLK Jr. Memorial Library, 2023 (Photo by Dorothy Cheng).

Please join us in helping to preserve 200+ vulnerable artifacts from this collection of protest memorabilia, representing an important chapter in the history of American racial justice activism. We will be performing basic mold mitigation and rehousing of printed paper materials which have been exposed to extreme outdoor weather conditions.   

Please RSVP as soon as possible as volunteer slots are limited:

Priority will be given to WCG members.
This is a free volunteer opportunity. Light snacks will be provided but please bring a sack lunch.

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.

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