March Meeting: Preview of the New Galleries at the Postal Museum
WCG presents the March Meeting of the 2013/2014 Season Please join us Thursday, March 6, 2014 for the presentation: William H. Gross Stamp Gallery: Preview …
Platinum and Palladium Photographs Symposium, Workshops, and Tours
The Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, in collaboration with the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, National …
Society of American Archivists Preservation Publication Award
The award subcommittee is seeking nominations for the prestigious Preservation Publication Award. Do you know of an outstanding preservation-related work published in 2013? Would you …
December Meeting Summary: Intent to Deceive–Fakes and Forgeries in the Art World
Summarized by Leah Bright, Pre-program Intern at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art Intent to Deceive: Fakes and Forgeries …
WCG is going to the movies!
WCG Night at the Movies – Change of Date!!! Due to the incoming weather, WCG Night at the Movies has been changed to Tuesday, February …
WCG February Happy Hour
Join the Washington Conservation Guild on Thursday, February 6, 2014 from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. for our February Happy Hour! It will be held …
Aluminum: History, Technology and Conservation!
Conference and workshop: April 7-11, 2014 in Washington DC Conference: April 7-9, 2014, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC. Workshop: April 10-11, 2014, Emil Buehler …
Lecture- Sunday, January 12, 2014 at the National Gallery of Art
Facture is a new biennial journal from the National Gallery of Art that introduces the latest in research on works in its permanent collection. Named …
Sunday, January 12, 2014 – Memorial Service for Steve Puglia
As previously announced, Steve Puglia, a local preservation colleague, passed on December 10th.Information regarding his memorial service follows: A memorial service celebrating Steven Puglia’s life …
November Meeting Summary: Preserving the Nimrud Ivories in Iraq
Summarized by Natasha Trenear, Conservation Fellow, Anthropology Conservation Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution The Challenges of Preserving the Nimrud Ivories in Iraq Presented by Terry Drayman-Weisser, Director …
