CONSERVATION CENTER FOR ART AND HISTORIC ARTIFACTS (CCAHA) ANNOUNCES THREE-DAY ARCHITECTURAL RECORDS CONFERENCE IN PHILADELPHIA, PA NOTE: Complete conference information is now
available on CCAHA's website. Please visit www.ccaha.org for the conference agenda,
faculty, printable registration forms, stipend application procedures, and hotel
information.
ARCHITECTURAL RECORDS: PRESERVING AND MANAGING THE
DOCUMENTATION OF OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Location: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia Date: May 3-5, 2000 The Conservation Center for Art and Historic
Artifacts (CCAHA) and the National Park Service Museum Management Program are
cosponsoring a three-day conference on the management of architectural records,
from Wednesday, May 3 through Friday, May 5, 2000, at The Athenaeum of
Philadelphia. The goal of this conference is to improve practices for
preserving, managing, and providing access to the documentation of our built
heritage. Twenty speakers will address the challenges involved in managing
architectural records collections, on both theoretical and practical levels,
through keynote addresses, lectures, case studies, demonstrations, and
tours.
For further information, please visit our website
at www.ccaha.org, or contact:
Preservation Services Office
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) 264 South 23rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 Tel.: 215.545.0613 Fax: 215.735.9313 E-mail: CCAHA@ccaha.org Website: www.ccaha.org The Conservation Center for Art and Historic
Artifacts (CCAHA), established in 1977, is a non-profit regional conservation
laboratory serving other non-profit cultural, educational, and research
institutions, as well as private individuals and organizations. CCAHA
specializes in the treatment of works of art and historic artifacts on paper,
such as prints, maps, posters, architectural drawings, historic wallpaper,
photographs, rare books, scrapbooks, manuscripts, and related materials, such as
parchment and papyrus. It also offers on-site consultation services; educational
programs and seminars; internships, fellowships, and apprenticeships; and
emergency conservation assistance.
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