Washington Conservation Guild

The Washington Conservation Guild Presents
The 2006 Annual 3-Ring Circus
S. Dillon Ripley Center
1100 Jefferson Drive S.W.
Washington D.C
Thursday, January 5th, 2006

The reception and refreshments will begin at 5 PM
The lectures will begin at 6:00 PM

Metro Stop:  Smithsonian Orange Line parking:  Street and Nearby
Paid Garages

Featuring 3 concurrent sessions of presentations:

Objects Session:

    Nomads' Land: Archaeological Conservation in northern Mongolia
        Harriet (Rae) Beaubien
        Senior objects conservator,
        Archaeological Conservation Program manager
        Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education

    Bronze Conservation at the National Museum of Cambodia
        Paul Jett
        Head, Department of Conservation and Scientific Research
        Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
        Smithsonian Institution

    Recent Discoveries; Recent Recoveries in Xi'an, China:
    A Tang royal headdress is excavated and conserved;
    Removing wall paintings from Han and Tang Dynasty tombs
        Dr. Yang Junchang
        Head, Department of Conservation and Restoration
        Shaanxi Archaeological Institute
        Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Paper Session:

    Creation and Function of the NPS Museum Emergency Response Team
    (MERT)
        Theresa Shockey
        The National Park Service
        Harpers Ferry Center, WV
        Title:  To be Announced

        Hilary Kaplan and Kathy Ludwig
        NARA
        College Park, Maryland

    Out of the Ashes: a Holocaust Diary Revealed
        Emily Klayman Jacobson
        Paper and Photographic Materials Conservator
        US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Paintings Session:

    Guidelines for the Care of East Asian Paintings
        Andrew Hare
        Supervisory Conservator of East Asian Painting
        Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
        Smithsonian Institution

    The Uncertain Attribution of a Small Sketch in the Phillips
    Collection
        Patricia Favero
        Conservation Fellow
        Phillips Collection

Once again we welcome the following vendors to our reception:

    Archivart
    Testfabrics, Inc.
    University Products, Inc.
    Museum Glazing Services

Be sure to mark your calendar to join the fun and come to the
biggest meeting of the year. Non members and guests are welcome for
a donation of five dollars. For more information see
<URL:http://www.washingtonconservationguild.org>


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