"Inside and Outside: The Preservation of the Washington Monument"
FREE Public Lecture at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Frances and Armand Hammer
Auditorium, Washington, DC
Tuesday, June 2, 1998 - 6:00 PM
Sponsored by The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic
Works (AIC)
The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)
is proud to present the ninth annual public lecture, Inside and Outside: The
Preservation of the Washington Monument, by Judith M. Jacob. The lecture,
which is free and open to the public, will be held at the Corcoran Gallery of
Art in the Frances and Armand Hammer Auditorium, Tuesday, June 2, at 6:00 p.m.
The lecture is offered in conjunction with AIC’s 26th Annual Meeting, June
1-7, at the
Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Virginia with the theme “Disaster
Preparedness, Response and Recovery.”
Judith M. Jacob’s talk will provide insight for anyone who has an interest in
the preservation project of the Washington Monument. The restoration of the
monument is budgeted at $7.9 million, with $5.0 million donated by Target
stores and its corporate sponsors and $2.9 million appropriated from Congress,
and is expected to be completed by July 4, 2000. The current conservation
activities on the Monument, which opened to the public in 1888, represent the
most comprehensive work performed since its opening. Ms. Jacob will present
the construction history of the monument and the ingenious method of
construction. She will focus on the 193 commemorative stones, representing
all fifty states, cities, towns, fraternal organizations, individuals, and
several foreign countries, which tell a fascinating history of civic pride,
political sentiment, and the history of preservation. The preservation plan
for the exterior and the work currently underway on the commemorative stones
will also be described.
Judith M. Jacob, an architectural conservator for the National Park Service
since 1986, is a Professional Associate of AIC. She earned her master’s
degree in Historic Preservation at the Columbia University Graduate School of
Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. Recent projects include mural
painting conservation and marble cleaning of the General Grant National
Memorial and emergency stabilization treatments of the Castle Clinton National
Monument, both in New York. Ms. Jacob’s presentations include “Conservation
Issues at Three Worksites in Rome,” “The Work of an Architectural Conservator:
Examples from Three Projects,” and “Interior Marble Cleaning: General Grant
National Memorial.”
AIC welcomes your attendance at the preservation of the Washington Monument
lecture. The Corcoran Gallery is located at 500 17th Street in Washington DC,
with the Frances and Armand Hammer Auditorium entrance on New York Avenue.
The auditorium seats 200; early arrival is encouraged. Please call AIC at
202-452-9545 if you have any questions about the lecture or the Annual
Meeting.
Contact: Jeanette Spencer, Marketing Manager
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)
1717 K Street, NW, Suite 301
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 452-9545; Fax: (202) 452-9328
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URL <http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/aic/>
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