January Meeting Summary—Working with a Collection of Radioactive Objects
On January 8, 2015, as part of the Theory and Practice Ring, Sharon Norquest, Conservator, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution; Amelia Kile, Museum …
January Meeting Summary—Portable XRF Analyses of Copper Alloys and Recent Thoughts on Calibration
Dylan Smith, Robert H. Smith Research Conservator, National Gallery of Art, spoke as part of the Theory and Practice Ring at the “WCG’s 3-Ring Circus.” …
January Meeting Summary—Mutual Outreach: Collaborative study and preservation of coastal Alaskan Native material culture with museum staff, Alutiiq scholars and artists, university students and the visiting public
The focus of Fran Ritchie’s (Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Objects Conservation, National Museum of the American Indian) talk was her participation in a collaborative …
January Meeting Summary—Building Educated Clients
In his talk, John Greenwalt Lee (Materials Conservator, The John Greenwalt Lee Company) focused on the importance of context and clear, effective communication in architectural …
January Meeting Summary — “Advocacy in Conservation: Just Showing Up”
Scott Nolley (Fine Art Conservation of Virginia) began his talk by addressing the idea of advocacy in its broadest forms. Though the word advocacy is …
February Meeting Summary – “I Gave Gold for Iron”: Nineteenth-Century Cast Iron Jewelry at the Harvard Art Museums
Diana Galante, Objects conservator at the National Museum of American History, presented her research on cast iron jewelry conducted at the Straus Center for Conservation …
January Meeting Summary – Preserving Maritime History
Presenter: Gary McGowan*, Principle Objects Conservator, Cultural Preservation & RestorationTitle: Preserving Maritime HistoryDate: January 8, 2015; Three Ring Meeting, Nautical RelatedSummarizer: Ed McManus The precepts …
December Meeting Summary—Gregg S. Horner, The FBI Art Crime Program: Criminal Investigations Conducted by the Washington Field Office
On December 4th, 2014, FBI Special Agent Gregg S. Horner talked about his work from 2006 to 2013 in the Washington Field Office of the …
January Meeting Summary- Most Secret: Treating Records from a WWII Shipwreck
Speaker: Lisa Hall IsbellTitle: Most Secret*: Treating Records from a WWII ShipwreckDate: January 8, 2015; Three Ring Meeting, Nautical RelatedSummarizer: Ali Sims At WCG’s Annual …
January Meeting Summary – “Smart Storage on the High Seas: The Examination and Treatment of a 19th Century Sea Chest”
Speaker: Stephanie HulmanTitle: “Smart Storage on the High Seas: The Examination and Treatment of a 19th Century Sea Chest”Date: Jan. 8, 2015; Three Ring Circus …
