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1. Reminder: WCG Business Meeting Announcement - May 1st 2. CACG at Chicago History Museum on May 10 3. EVENTS: MIT Libraries' 2025 Preservation Week Celebration Schedule ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.From: Lindsay Cross Posted: Monday April 28, 2025 7:05 AM Subject: Reminder: WCG Business Meeting Announcement - May 1st Message: Please join the Washington Conservation Guild in-person for the Final Meeting of the 2024/2025 Season Annual Business Meeting and Raffle MedChi Krause Room Thursday, May 1st 5:00–7:00 pm Location: MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society 1211 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 Parking and Transportation: Parking lot at 1204 Maryland Ave. It is a quick walk from light rail and Penn Station MARC trains departing Union Station at 3:00, 3:45, 4:10, 4:30, 4:45 will arrive in BaltimorePenn Station at 4:08, 4:40, 5:01, 5:29. 5:37 There is a return train to DC at 7:35 and 8:45. The Cultural Center Light Rail station is also nearby. Members receive 1 free raffle ticket; early renewals, starting April 4 for the 2025/2026 season, receive 1 free raffle ticket. See Raffle Prize Document for more details. Members are welcome to donate raffle prizes. Tickets can be used to win a wide variety of prizes including: “The Haunted MedChi Building” ghost tour for SIX people An Impossible Box with instructions Norma Jeans Designs Airplanes Books on Sculpture and Metalwork 2 Pua Angels (Hawaiian Dolls made of dried flowers) Marbled Tea set with sample teas AND MORE! A huge thank you to those who have donated to the raffle, especially MedChi! Proceeds from the raffle sales support WCG programming and the Williston Fund. Members: Free | Non-members: $10 or Free if you join/renew starting April 4 for the 2025/2026 season Join or renew at www.washingtonconservationguild.org/membership/ <http://www.washingtonconservationguild.org/membership/> 2025/2026 WCG season memberships are $35 for professionals, $25 for renewing emerging professionals, and free to emerging professionals who are entering their first season as a WCG member. Thank you to WCG’s sponsors: https://washingtonconservationguild.org/sponsorship/ <https://washingtonconservationguild.org/sponsorship/> For more information about this meeting or WCG, please visit www.washingtonconservationguild.org <http://www.washingtonconservationguild.org/>. Our meetings are public, and pictures may appear on WCG’s website and social media accounts. Follow us on Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/dcconservators/>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WashingtonConservationGuild> and YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUWe7frisSeHDYTsJTaeSPg>! ------------------------------ Lindsay Cross Membership Secretary Washington Conservation Guild ------------------------------ 2.From: Melina Avery Posted: Monday April 28, 2025 6:28 PM Subject: CACG at Chicago History Museum on May 10 Message: Please join us for the next Chicago Area Conservation Group meeting at the Chicago History Museum on Saturday May 10. We will tour Dressed in History: A Costume Collection Retrospective <https://www.chicagohistory.org/exhibition/dressed-in-history-a-costume-collection-retrospective/> with Julie Brenner, Assistant Conservator of Costume and Textiles. Following the tour, participants are invited to gather at nearby Corcoran's Grill & Pub at 4:30 pm. Snacks will be provided by CACG, and there will be a cash bar. Please RSVP separately to the tour at CHM and social hour at Corcoran's - we will need to provide a list to CHM and make a reservation at Corcoran's. More details are below and on the attached flyer. Details: Saturday May 10, 2025 Tour 3:00-4:30 pm at Chicago History Museum 1601 North Clark St at North Ave Social time 4:30 pm Corcoran's Grill & Pub <https://corcoransoldtown.com/> 1615 North Wells St The exhibition features over 70 artifacts, some never previously displayed, an eclectic mix of men's, women's and children's garments and accessories that range from Couture designer ensembles to home-sewn items. The exhibition highlights the long, rich history of fashion, manufacturing and retail that has distinguished the city's identity for nearly 200 years. Both past and present curators of the museum's Costume Collection participated in the selection of items on display. The variety of costumes, textiles, and accessories presented several different challenges to the conservation team, for treatment, mounting, and installation. Join Julie Benner, Assistant Conservator of Costume and Textiles, for a tour of the exhibition and discussion of how CHM conservation, collections, and exhibitions staff approached these challenges to bring some rarely seen collections objects to the public. This meeting is open to all – CACG membership is not required to attend. Please RSVP to [email protected] <[email protected]> Public parking is located one block north of the Museum at Clark and LaSalle Streets; enter the lot from Stockton Drive. The cost is $10 with Museum validation. Metered parking spaces may also be found on nearby streets, and another parking facility is located near the NW corner of North Avenue at Well Street. __ Melina Avery CACG Secretary Senior Conservator, University of Chicago Library ------------------------------ Melina Avery Senior Conservator University of Chicago Library Chicago United States ------------------------------ 3.From: Jana Dambrogio Posted: Monday April 28, 2025 8:25 PM Subject: EVENTS: MIT Libraries' 2025 Preservation Week Celebration Schedule Message: Hello and Happy #PreservationWeek2025. We hope to celebrate with you in person @MIT. See details below. Theme: Preserving Knowledge The phrase "Preserve Knowledge" found in the Institute and Libraries' missions encapsulates the work of the MIT Libraries' Department of Distinctive Collections <https://libraries.mit.edu/distinctive-collections/> (DDC). The DDC preserves the Institute's physical and unique collections. We invite you to join us for this year's ALA Preservation Week Celebration <https://preservationweek.org/about/> at MIT, where we will highlight the collaborative and innovative methods we use to preserve and amplify the Institute's essential core collections. We also focus on how our staff safeguards the global human transmission of historical technologies related to bookmaking, printmaking, and historical writing traditions. The DDC is home to the Aga Khan Documentation Center, the Institute Archives, the Maihaugen Gallery, Public Services, Rare Books, Records Management, the Visual Collection, and the Wunsch Conservation Lab. MIT Libraries' 2025 Preservation Week Celebration Schedule Tuesday Apr 29, Marbling Workshop and Wunsch Conservation Lab Open House Location: Wunsch Conservation Lab (14-0513) Duration: 11am–1pm Learn more and register here: marblingatmit <https://libcal.mit.edu/calendar/events/marblingatmit> Wednesday, April 30, Refracted Histories Panel Discussion with Conservators, Curators, and Materials Scientists, Reception & Maihaugen Gallery Tour Location: Nexus (14S-130) Duration: 2–5pm Learn more and register here: refractedhistories <https://libcal.mit.edu/calendar/events/refractedhistories> Bonus: Coloring books – downloadable & accessible PDFs Download Link: Cypress tree <https://dataverse.harvard.edu/file.xhtml?fileId=11046897&version=2.0> Download Link: Peacock <https://dataverse.harvard.edu/file.xhtml?fileId=11046858&version=2.0> Download Link: Flower vase <https://dataverse.harvard.edu/file.xhtml?fileId=11046883&version=2.0> Thursday, May 1, Guided Tour: MIT Libraries' collections on exhibition at MIT Museum Tour Location: MIT Museum Building E28 Duration: 12pm sharp –1:30 pm Learn more and register here: museumtour <https://libcal.mit.edu/calendar/events/museumtour> Thursday, May 1, Guided tour of exhibition: Textiles Tells Stories: Exploring the African Studies Library Collection. Boston University Location: Off-campus: Boston University's Mugar Memorial Library, Gotlieb Archival Research Center, 771 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215. Meet at the Mugar Memorial Library entrance at BU. Bring your ID. Duration: 3:00pm sharp – 4:00pm Learn more and register here: https://libcal.mit.edu/calendar/events/africancommemorativetextiles <https://libcal.mit.edu/calendar/events/africancommemorativetextiles> ------------------------------ Jana Dambrogio Thomas F. Peterson (1957) Conservator MIT Libraries Cambridge MA ------------------------------ You are subscribed to "Global Conservation Forum (ConsDistList)" as [email protected]. To change your subscriptions, go to http://community.culturalheritage.org/preferences?section=Subscriptions. 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