Events Archives - Page 13 of 24 - Washington Conservation Guild

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Safety and Cultural Heritage Summit: Preserving Our Heritage and Protecting Our Health

January 14, 2024October 3, 2017

The Washington Conservation Guild, the Potomac Section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association and the Smithsonian Institution’s Office of Safety, Health and Environmental Management with …

Pewter Spoon Workshop

January 14, 2024August 28, 2017

Washington Conservation Guild presents a Special Workshop for the 2017/2018 Season Make a Pewter Spoon with Ed McManus! Saturday, October 7, 2017 10:30-2:30 Past WCG …

Art from the Landscape – Wild-Crafted Pens and Inks

July 11, 2023August 23, 2017

A workshop hosted by Ancestral Knowledge October 14, 2017 Join Nick Neddo, artist, author, naturalist, primitive skills educator and craftsman, for a hands-on workshop on …

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Hands On Emergency Training Water Salvage for Collections Emergency

July 11, 2023August 23, 2017

Whether it’s a burst pipe or a flash flood, rescuing collections from a water emergency can be a daunting task. Learning to approach a collections …

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Lecture: Centuries of Cellulose: Lessons Learned from the Molecular Analysis of Cellulose in Aged Paper Collections

July 11, 2023August 8, 2017

On Tuesday, August 29, 2017, at 1:30 pm in the Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building, Andrew Davis (Chemist, Preservation Research and Testing Division, Library of Congress) will present …

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Workshop at Hillwood

July 11, 2023June 27, 2017

Protecting Collections: Disaster Prevention, Planning and Response (Part I and Part II) Presented by the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts One of the …

Two black and white photographs of a person, one with a blue outline and one with a green outline. The photo with the blue outline is dark and higher in contrast than the photo with the green outline, which is warmer and soft. A blue and green diagram between the photos demonstrates the visual differences in a graphical way.

Lecture: “Breaking New Ground: Computational Tools for Art”

July 11, 2023June 23, 2017

THURSDAY, JULY 20, 20173:30 – 5PM Event Information: http://s.si.edu/2rOio0y Computer processing of scientific images of artworks—using algorithms from engineering applications—has advanced rapidly over the past decade. …

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Summer Picnic with APT DC

July 11, 2023June 13, 2017

Registration has been extended to Friday, June 16th! Summer Picnic 2017 801 E. Main Street, Berryville, VaDate: Saturday, June 17, 2017 10:00 AM EDT Summer picnic and …

LECTURE: “Variation and Change: A History of Time-Based Media Conservation”

July 11, 2023May 19, 2017

Lecturer: Ben Fino-RadinThursday, July 27, 2017, 4:00 pmSmithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center Board Room, 3rd FloorLink: http://s.si.edu/2q0gFEy The twentieth century witnessed an unprecedented …