Washington Conservation Guild

The Washington Conservation Guild presents the first meeting of
their 2005/2006 season, to be held on Thursday October 6, 2005.

The meeting will be held at the Charles Sumner School Museum at 1201
17th St NW, Washington DC (17th and M Streets NW).  Located near the
Farragut North Metro on the Red line.

The meeting will begin with a reception at 5pm, followed by a
lecture at 5:30 "Restoring Damaged Landmarks: a Nineteeth Century
Approach" describing Adolf Cluss and his renovation projects at the
Smithsonian "Castle" and the Patent Office building.  The lecture
will be given by Dr. Cynthia R. Field, Chair of Architectural
History and Historical Preservation at the Smithsonian Institution.

An RSVP is necessary for this venue; please contact Eliza Gilligan
at 202-633-4713 or gilligane<-a t->si< . >edu

for further information please see
<URL:http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/wcg/intro.html>

Eliza Gilligan
Department Head
Book Conservator
Preservation Services Department
Smithsonian Institution Libraries
PO Box 37012
SISC Rm 2H7 MRC 806
Washington, DC 20013-7012
202-633-4713
Fax 202-357-1775


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