Washington Conservation Guild

The Washington Conservation Guild presents the seventh meeting of
the 2009/2010 season.

Please join us Thursday, April 1, 2010 for a group presentation

"Bringing Them Home: 150 Years of Restoring the Washington
Collection"

Speakers:

    Laura Simo
    Associate Curator, George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and
    Gardens

    Katherine Ridgway
    Conservator, George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens

    Genevieve Bieniosek
    Pre-Program Intern, Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute

    Cathleen Zaret
    Pre-Program Intern, Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute

The meeting will be held at the
George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Garden
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon, Virginia 22309

5-5:45 reception
6-6:45 lectures

By Automobile:

  <URL:http://www.mountvernon.org/visit/plan/index.cfm/pid/29/>

By Metro and Bus:

  <URL:http://www.mountvernon.org/visit/plan/index.cfm/pid/824/>

Note:  There is also an express metro bus.
The 11Y <URL:http://www.wmata.com/bus/timetables/va/11y.pdf> leaves
from H and 15th Streets NW it only runs south in the evening, so you
would need alternate transportation to get back to the metro.  Also
here is a direct link to the 101
<URL:http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/connector/pdf/101.pdf>

For more information about WCG or this meeting please visit

    <URL:http://www.washingtonconservationguild.org>

This meeting is free for WCG members, $5 for non-members

Joanne Klaar Walker
WCG Membership Secretary
wcg<-at->washingtonconservationguild<.>org


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