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Screenshot of slide from the presentation. Before and after pictures of teapot. After picture shows brighter, less-cloudy and spotted surface plus a repaired lid handle.

Summary of “The Conservation Treatment of an Early 19th C. Teapot Attributed to Thomas Danforth Boardman and Sherman Boardman”

April 6, 2023January 14, 2020

Written by LaStarsha McGarity, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Objects Conservation at theNational Gallery of Art. Presenter Edward McManus, retired Chief Conservator of the National …

Entrance to the Ripey Center with the Smithsonian Castle in the background.

The Washington Conservation Guild Presents the Fifth Meeting of the 2019/2020 Season

April 3, 2023December 19, 2019

Annual 3-Ring Circus Thursday, January 9, 2020 at S. Dillon Ripley Center, Smithsonian Institution 1100 Jefferson Dr. SW, Washington, DC 20560 Nearest Metro stops: Smithsonian …

Photo of the presentation screen with the title slide of the talk.

Summary of “Conservation and Collections Care at Fallingwater: Over the River and Through the Woods”

April 6, 2023December 10, 2019

The George Peabody Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD7 November 2019 “Conservation and Collections Care at Fallingwater: Over the River and Through the Woods”Connie Stromberg, …

White House: Conservation Efforts Past and Present

April 3, 2023November 18, 2019

December 5th from 6:00-8:00 pm at the Hill Center
Reception 6:00-7:00
Meeting 7:00-8:00 pm

Our speaker will be Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky, Historian for the White House Historical Association.

Two people look at a screen attached to a camera. Camera is on a tripod in front of a landscape painting in a gallery.

Conservation Workshop: Technical Imaging with Modified UV-VIS-IR DSLR Cameras

June 8, 2023November 15, 2019

Exciting news! Lunder is hosting a three-day workshop on technical imaging at the Smithsonian American Art Museum on December 11–13. Buffalo State art conservation professor …

Outline drawing of the National Museum of the African American History and Culture situated on the mall between the Washington Monument and trees.

District Treasures

June 8, 2023November 12, 2019

Wednesday, November 20that the National Museum of African American History and Culture Register to attend a 15-minute one-on-one session with preservation specialists and receive a …

Williston Fund Recipients

July 12, 2023October 31, 2019

On behalf of the Washington Conservation Guild, I would like to announce the recipients for the Williston Fund for 2019/2020. We are so fortunate to …

Join us for the November ECPN / WCG social event

January 14, 2024October 24, 2019

Crimson DC627 H St NW, Washington, DC 20001Thursday 21st November @ 7pm Come and meet your fellow ECPN / WCG members at our November social …

Four people receive Williston awards from guild president at the front of a lecture room while an audience congratulates them

Deadline for Williston Fund Extended to October 28

July 12, 2023October 23, 2019

The fund supports their participation in the many activities offered by the Guild by covering their WCG membership for the year and reduced registration for …

Applications for the Sidney S. Williston Memorial Fund are due this Friday (10/18)!

July 12, 2023October 17, 2019

The fund supports their participation in the many activities offered by the Guild by covering their WCG membership for the year and reduced registration for …

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