Name: (Luncheon) The Impact of the New Orleans Charter After 30 Years: Collections in Historic Buildings - $35
Start: 2025-05-30T12:00:00-0500
End: 2025-05-30T14:00:00-0500

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Friday May 30, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm CDT

Greenway A-J

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Join the Architecture Specialty Group (ASG) and Preventive Care Network (PCN) for lunch and an engaging discussion on the intrinsic connection between the care and maintenance of historic buildings and the preventive care of collections. The luncheon will feature panelists exploring the 1992 New Orleans Charter for the Preservation of Historic Structures and Artifacts, considering its impact over the past three decades, and examining how emerging challenges and trends shape its relevance today. This conversation will lay the foundation for a Symposium hosted by ASG and PCN in 2026, dedicated to reflecting and revisiting the Charter.

Moderators

Héctor J. Berdecía-Hernández

Director-General, Centro de Conservación y Restauración de Puerto Rico CENCOR

Héctor J. Berdecía-Hernández (He/Him) is a heritage conservator specializing in immovable cultural heritage with a strong track record of leadership in the arts and culture sector. Héctor is the founding Director-General / CEO of the Centro de Conservación y Restauración de... Read More →

Kelly McCauley

Preventive Conservator, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Kelly McCauley (she/her) is the Preventive Conservator at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and Chair Emeritus of the Preventive Care Network. Following graduation from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation, she worked for seven years as a preventive... Read More →

Speakers

Todd Grover

Principal, Partner, and COO, MacDonald & Mack Architects

Paul Himmelstein

Partner, Appelbaum & Himmelstein LLC

Paul Himmelstein has been a partner in the New York conservation firm of Appelbaum and Himmelstein since 1972. The firm carries out conservation treatments on paintings, painted textiles and objects, and consults for institutions and private collectors on matters related to collections... Read More →

Patricia Silence

Director of Conservation Operations, Colonial Williamsburg

Patricia Silence (she/her) joined the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation as a preventive conservator, following a 15-year career in textiles and objects conservation. She has worked at CWF for 25 years and is currently the Director of Conservation Operations. The conservation department... Read More →

Meris Westberg

Architectural Conservator, WJE Engineers, Architects & Materials Scientists

Meris Westberg is an architectural conservator living and working in New York City. She began her career in Washington DC, working in library and archives conservation at the National Park Service and National Archives and Records Administration, then transitioned to Preventive and... Read More →

Sponsors

Architecture Specialty Group (ASG)

EXPM - Keeping History Alive

EXPM offers innovative collection care solutions, that empower museums, archives, and libraries to safeguard the treasures of our collective history and ensure they remain accessible for current and future generations.We offer an extensive range of services, including the setting-up... Read More →

Preventive Care Network (PCN)

Friday May 30, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Greenway A-J Hyatt Regency Minneapolis

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