VCA Meeting: Wednesday, May 9, 5:30 p.m. at Hollywood Cemetery, Entrance: 412 South Cherry Street, Richmond, VA 23220. Meet at President James Monroe’s Tomb
Conservation of the James Monroe Tomb Enclosure
Please join the VCA for for our last VCA membership meeting of this season! The program will take place at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond and will feature a lecture by Andrew Baxter about the conservation and reinterpretation of the gothic revival James Monroe Tomb enclosure.
Map of Hollywood Cemetery with location of Monroe’s Tomb
2017-2018 Virginia Conservation Association Schedule
Date | Location | Topic | Presenter(s) |
September 7 | Varina Library | Town Hall: Civil War Monuments | VCA and VAM |
September 21 | DeWitt Wallace Gallery, CWF | Printed Fashions: Textiles for Clothing and Home | Gretchen Guidess |
November 15 | American Revolution Museum, Yorktown | Conserving the Caldwell Collection | Jane Hohensee, Melba Myers– |
January 31 | Cabell Library, Richmond | Delamination Project at CWF | Pam Young, Sophie Barbisan |
February 15 | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 10AM | Issues Concerning Confederate Monuments | Jane Klinger, Claudia Walpole, Kate Ridgway |
March 28 | Surry County Historical Society | Restoration of the Cpt. John Smith Deckhouse | Maeve Bristow, Ben Bristow |
May 9 | Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond | Restoration of the James Monroe Tomb Enclosure | Andrew Ba |