COLLECTION RECOVERY WORKSHOPS for GULF STATES ONLY


A free workshop series focusing on the recovery of water damaged objects 
from cultural institutions in Mississippi is being offered to 
professionals in the gulf coastal states. Each workshop will be 
conducted by a team of conservators and conservation graduate students 
from the Winterthur Museum and Winterthur/University of Delaware Program 
in Art Conservation who have been working with institutions on the Gulf 
coast since Hurricane Katrina. The Mississippi Department of Archives 
and History is also assisting with the planning of these workshops.


These workshops will be held on the Jefferson Davis campus of 
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Gulfport, Mississippi. The 
workshops will begin and 9: 00 a.m. and end at 4:00 p.m. 
Pre-registration is required.


Workshops schedule is as follows

___May 18 – Textiles and Costumes

___June 21 – Photographs

___July 13 – Books, Manuscripts, Art-on-Paper

___September 21 – Paintings and Painted Surfaces

___October 12 – Objects (Glass, Metal, Ceramic, Leather)

___November 16 – Furniture and Wooden Objects

To obtain a registration form, contact the Mississippi Department of 
Archives and History at 601-576-6850 or email [log in to unmask]


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Cindy Gardner, Field Services Curator
Museum of Mississippi History
Mississippi Department of Archives and History
P.O. Box 571
Jackson, MS 39205-0571
Telephone: 601/576-6901
Facsimile: 601/576-6981
Email: [log in to unmask]

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