Tour of Glenstone for WCG Members
The Washington Conservation Guild has been invited to visit Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland on Monday, November 12 at 1:00. Our fellow members, Steven O’Banion …
Special Tour of the National Museum of African American History and Culture with Staff Conservators
Thursday, October 18, 2018, 8:30-9:30 AM Since its opening in 2016, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture has been the …
Symposium: Material Culture and the Holocaust
Thursday, October 4, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.Helena Rubinstein Auditorium, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington DC How do the things we leave behind tell the story …
Safety and Cultural Heritage Summit: Preserving Our Heritage and Protecting Our Health
Wednesday, 7 November 2018, 9:00 am – 5:00 pmMcEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), G and 8th Streets, NW, Washington DC The Washington Conservation …
Preventing Looting and Cultural Destruction: A Dialog with Brigadier General Fabrizio Parrulli, Carabinieri Commander for the Protection of Cultural Heritage
Wednesday, August 1, 2018, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art, 1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C., 20560 Please join the Smithsonian …
Ancestral Knowledge Workshops
Ancestral Knowledge has some workshops coming up in the fall that may be of interest to the WCG community. A couple of WCG members took …
Photograph Workshop at VMFA
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is proud to host a workshop on the history and preservation of photographs taught by Rachel Wetzel, Photograph …
Freer/Sackler Conservation Lab Open House
The Department of Conservation and Scientific Research is having an open house next week, Thursday, June 7, 3:30-5:00. All WCG members are invited. We’ll be …
Mission Possible: Emergency Response for Cultural Heritage Institutions in Puerto Rico
May 21, 2018: 12:30 to 2 pm National Archives and Records Administration, William G McGowan Theater, 700 Pennsylvania NW, Washington DC, 20408 Mission possible flyer …
Science Meets Music: Technical Studies of Musical Instruments
Tuesday, April 10, 3:00-5:00 pm – Lectures at the Library of Congress (Jefferson Building, Whittall Pavilion on the Ground Floor) on Science Meets Music: Technical …
