September Meeting: Team Trivia!
Thursday, September 3, 2020, 5:00pm to 7:00pmfrom the comfort of your home Celebrate the beginning of the WCG season with a friendly game of team …
Community Partnership Project 2020
On February 20th, volunteers gathered at the African American Civil War Memorial Museum (AACWMM) for a day of learning and collaborative work on several collections …
March Intern Meeting Summary: WCG Intern Talks – “Markings of a Turning Point: Preserving the Last Surviving Example of Invasion Stripes on a World War II Bomber”
“Markings of a Turning Point: Preserving the Last Surviving Example of Invasion Stripes on a World War II Bomber”Karen Wilcox, Engen Conservation Fellow at the …
Summer Zoom Talks: the History and Conservation of the Lost Shul Mural
Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 7:00-8:15 pmWednesday, July 1, 2020, 7:00-8:15 pm The Washington Conservation Guild presents Two Summer Zoom Talks hosted by the Jewish Study …
March Intern Meeting Summary: “Burn This Disk: Treating Fire-Affected Optical Disks”
Presenter: Adrian Hernandez, pre-program conservation intern at the Smithsonian Institution Archives and The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Adrian Hernandez contributed to the 2020 Intern Talks held …
March Intern Meeting Summary: Investigations into replacing missing elements on a pair of 18th century ormolu wall sconces
Austin Anderson is currently a Graduate Intern in Objects Conservation at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, and presented on his research into fabricating missing elements …
WCG and Black Lives Matter Movement
WCG stands with the Black Lives Matter movement. Like many of you, we are deeply saddened and appalled by the events of the past week …
3-Ring Circus Meeting Summary: An easy-to-use method for preparing paint cross sections
Jia-sun Tsang (MCI Senior Paintings Conservator), Elle Friedberg (MCI Paintings Conservation and Analytical Studies Intern), and Thomas Lam (MCI Physical Scientist), Museum Conservation Institute, Suitland …
Letter from WCG President and Annual Report
Like all of you, I am finding it almost surreal to be still living with such uncertainty and limitations inherent with quarantine in a time …
May Business Meeting, Raffle, and Election of New Board Members
The May Business Meeting will be held virtually this year on May 14th, and so voting will be completed by online absentee ballot. Be sure …
