NCPTT Workshops

NCPTT will be hosting two up-coming hands-on workshops on cemetery
preservation.

Cemetery Monument Conservation Workshop
St. Augustine, Florida
April 1-2, 2011

    This two day hands-on workshop will take place in historic
    Tolomato Cemetery on April 1-2, 2011 in St. Augustine, Florida.
    The workshop will include lectures and hands-on field sessions
    in; cemetery documentation and conditions assessments, cleaning
    techniques for historic stone, cemetery landscape maintenance
    and history, lime washing techniques, headstone repair and
    resetting, as well as patching and fill materials for stone.

    Registration is limited to 25 participants at a cost of $250 per
    person. Student rates are also available.

    For registration and schedule please check
    <URL:http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/training>

Ornamental Iron Workshop
Savannah, Georgia
May 18-19, 2011

    This two day hands-on workshop will take place in historic
    Laurel Grove Cemetery on May 18-19, 2011 in Savannah, Georgia.
    The workshop will include lectures and hands-on field sessions
    in; metallic structures, mechanisms of deterioration,
    construction techniques of ornamental ironwork, blacksmith
    demonstration, parts replication techniques, riveting, simple
    repairs, cleaning, rust treatments for iron, and surface
    finishes.

    Registration is limited to 25 participants at a cost
    of $399 per person. Student rates are also available.

    Please check <URL:http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/training> for
    registration and schedule.

Jason Church
Materials Conservator
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
645 University Parkway, Natchitoches LA 71457
18-356-7444
Fax: 318-356-9119


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