AIC's 53rd Annual Meeting

• $15 registration fee - fee covers coordination of the tour
• maximum 30 registrants
• Adding this event to your schedule does not guarantee you a space. You must add it to your registration via the above "Add to Registration" button.

Led by the Tru Vue Fine Art & Museums team, take a behind the scenes tour of the Tru Vue Faribault Minnesota facility and see how Optium Museum Acrylic® is made.

After an introductory session with members of the Tru Vue engineering team, we will divide into groups of 10 for the tour of the manufacturing floor. We will cover how we use magnetron sputter coating to take raw glass and acrylic and turn it into our conservation grade glazing products, how we inspect to maintain our quality, and how our R&D team test existing products and those in development. This tour will be of interest to conservators, framers, exhibit designers and anyone who has used Tru Vue products including Optium Museum Acrylic, UltraVue® Laminated Glass, TruLife® Acrylic and Museum Glass®. For conservation scientists and anyone who has coated samples for Scanning Electron Microscopy, some of the technology might feel a bit familiar - but the scale a little different! Learn how we maintain a vacuum chamber that is longer than a football field and how robotics are helping us provide the products people are asking for. Once all groups have completed the tour, there will be an opportunity to ask the Tru Vue team any questions over lunch (provided) – or submit your requests for future product developments!

Transport via coach will be provided; we will return on the coach to Minneapolis after lunch in time for the Keynote presentation and opening ceremony. You will need to wear long pants and closed toed shoes and other PPE that will be provided by Tru Vue and sign an NDA to access the plant. The facility is large and can be loud! Anticipate walking up to a mile and wearing headphones; please let us know in advance if there are specific physical or auditory accommodations, we can make to help ease access for the tour.

• $29 registration fee - fee covers coordination of the tour
• Adding this event to your schedule does not guarantee you a space. You must add it to your registration via the above "Add to Registration" button.
  
  

Join us for this two hour walking tour that will take you to the Mississippi River Waterfront area. The falls has been a place of profound spiritual and cultural significance for Dakota and other Indigenous people for countless generations, yet most people even those raised in Minnesota know nothing of this long history.

The Owámniyomni Okhódayapi organization (formerly Friends of the Falls) will lead this tour of the Falls abd the Upper Lock - along the way you will learn about the Dakota lifeways, the significance of the River, and the Mní Sóta Dakota Tribes’ vision for cultural and environmental restoration.

The tour will start from the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. 100% of this tour fee goes to support the Owámniyomni Okhódayap organization.

• $39 registration fee
• Adding this event to your schedule does not guarantee you a space. You must add it to your registration via the above "Add to Registration" button.

This part tour, part seminar will allow participants a peek into the collections and conservation lab at the Science Museum of Minnesota, followed by presentations and hands on experience to better understand the artform of taxidermy. Participants will learn about original taxidermist materials and techniques, taxidermy condition issues, and conservation treatment approaches. This is suitable for conservators who have limited experience with taxidermy but wish to learn more, and for those who love natural science collections.

Participants will depart from the Hyatt Regency either by Uber or Bus.

Spend a day exploring two of the Minnesota Historical Society’s famous historical houses and discuss the conservation challenges facing these homes today. On this tour you will experience:

James J. Hill House Tour
Built for railroad titan James J. Hill, this 36,000-square-foot Gilded Age mansion designed in the massive Richardsonian Romanesque style was once the largest private residence in the state. With 13 bathrooms, 22 fireplaces, 16 chandeliers, a reception hall nearly 100 feet long, sophisticated technical systems, and a two-story, skylit art gallery, the house was a symbol of success, personal taste, and family life. Marvel at the impressive house details such as chandeliers, stained glass, and hand-carved woodwork sprawled throughout the home.

Summit Avenue Walking Tour
Walk Summit Avenue home to the longest stretch of Victorian mansions remaining in the country. Learn about the architecture, social history, and preservation issues of this historic neighborhood from your expert guide.

Alexander Ramsey House
This 1872 mansion is one of the best-preserved Victorian homes in the world, filled with over 14,000 original family objects and furnishings. This tour will highlight both political and personal stories to bring the complex world of 19th century Saint Paul to life.

Guided tours of both homes will feature behind the scenes access and discussion of recent and ongoing preservation work.

Parts of the historic homes are not handicapped accessible, and the walking tour will involve 40 minutes of walking. There will be an opportunity for participants to purchase lunch near the Ramsey House.ch near the Ramsey House.

Attend a demonstration of Intaglio / copper etching plate printing using the traditional chine colle' technique. The demo will cover making the paste (cooking), straining and thinning the paste for use and printing the plate with the colle' sheet. Covering the use of the press, felts and paper selection would be included.

While complimentary space is limited and registration required. If your plans change and you can no longer attend please let us know. No shows may be subject to a $20 fee.

Generously offer at no cost by Cole Roberts and paper provided by Hiromi Paper