Spring Handling History Seminar: Monday, April 24, 2006

HANDLING and EXAMINING PAINTINGS, SURFACES, BACKINGS and HISTORIC FRAMES --II

In cooperation with and hosted by The National Park Service / Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, Hyde Park, NY.

10 am - 4 pm at Bellefield , 497 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park

[Registration at 9:30 am]

SEMINAR FACULTY: Presenting morning and afternoon slide lectures, with opportunity for demonstration and dialogue.

10 am - 12 noon: Alexander Katlan, Paintings Conservator, Alexander Katlan Conservator, Inc.

1:00 - 3:00 pm: Suzanne Smeaton, Managing Director, Eli Wilner & Co., NYC.

Registration is open to staff, board members and volunteers of museums, historical societies, historic sites, libraries and collecting cultural institutions who steward and care for paintings. Fine arts collectors and artists who want to update their understanding of conservation standards for paintings care & examination, research, or pairing of paintings with their original frames, are most welcome to join our colleagues from the field.

Luncheon in the Bellefield garden (weather permitting) 12:00 - 1 pm, is included in your registration fee.

A behind-the-scenes tour of Vanderbilt Mansion will be offered by Curatorial staff at the conclusion of the seminar program (3-4 pm).

REGISTRATION FEE:

$ 55 / LHC individual or organizational members

$ 65 / non-members of LHC

Please make registration checks payable to: Lower Hudson Conference, and mail with this form to:

LOWER HUDSON CONFERENCE / 2199 SAW MILL RIVER RD. / ELMSFORD, NY 10523.

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QUESTIONS? Contact LHC: 914-592-6726; lowerhudson@msn.com.

For information & directions to Bellefield (NPS Headquarters) and the National Park Service's Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites on the Albany Post Road (Rt. 9) in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, please phone 845-229-9115, or visit www.nps.gov.