Volunteer Opportunity- Pocahontas State Park
You are invited to join 14 other volunteer campers in a project to refurbish some Community Conservation Corps-built group cabins at Pocahontas State Park in Chesterfield, VA to …
WCG April Meeting: Intern Talks
Thursday, April 5, 2018 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Join us for the ever popular Intern Talks held in the MacMillan Education Center. Reception: …
A Note from the President of the Washington Conservation Guild
Dear Washington Conservation Guild Members, I was so happy to see so many of you at our 3-Ring Circus in January, despite the inclement weather …
Call for Nominations
The Nomination Committee of the Washington Conservation Guild is seeking candidates for Membership Secretary and Director (3 open positions). While we have some good candidates …
Summary: 3 Ring- Treatment Ring- Reducing the Appearance of Tidelines on Leather with Gellan Gum and Agar Gels
Presenter: Nora Bloch Write up: J. Riley Cruttenden; pre-program conservation intern, National Museum of the American Indian Nora Bloch contributed to the 2018 3-Ring Circus …
Meeting summary: “Don’t Say that! Say this! Media Prep for the Ruby Slipper Kickstarter”
In the Collaborating and Connecting Ring, Dawn Wallace, Objects Conservator, National Museum of American History, presented on her work with the ruby slippers. In the …
Meeting Summary: “Live and Let Dye: Fabrication and Dye Characterization of Roman-Period Dolls from Karanis, Egypt”
In the Treatment Ring at the annual WCG Three Ring Circus Event, Janelle Batkin-Hall, Mellon Objects Conservation Fellow at the National Museum of African Art, …
WCG March Meeting
Thursday, March 1, 2018 at the Walters Art Museum.Reception from 5:00pm to 6:00pm in the Parlor at 5 West Mount Vernon StreetPresentations from 6:00pm to …
Lecture: The Digital Restoration Initiative: Reading the Invisible Library
Wednesday, February 14, 1:30 pm – Lecture at the Library of Congress (Madison Building, Pickford Theater on the Third Floor). Speaker: W. Brent Seales, Professor …
Meeting Summary: “The ‘New Normal’ of Climate Change: What You Can Do to Prepare”
Jessica Unger, the Emergency Programs Coordinator at Foundation of the American Institute for the Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works (FAIC), presented “The “New Normal” …
