Year |
Season |
City |
Location
|
1980 |
Fall |
Indianapolis |
Indianapolis Museum of Art
|
1981 |
Spring |
Cleveland |
Cleveland Museum of Art
|
1981 |
Fall |
Detroit |
Detroit Institute of Arts
|
1982 |
Spring |
Cincinnati |
Cincinnati Art Museum
|
1982 |
Fall |
Nashville |
Tennessee State Museum
|
1983 |
Spring |
Chicago |
Art Institute of Chicago
|
1983 |
Fall |
Bloomington |
Indiana University
|
1984 |
Spring |
Ann Arbor |
University of Michigan
|
1984 |
Fall |
Oberlin |
Intermuseum Conservation Association
|
1985 |
Spring |
Cincinnati |
Cincinnati Art Museum
|
1985 |
Fall |
Indianapolis |
Indianapolis Museum of Art
|
1986 |
Spring |
Nashville |
Tennessee State Museum
|
1986 |
Fall |
Cleveland |
Cleveland Museum of Art
|
1987 |
Spring |
Toledo |
Toledo Museum of Art
|
1987 |
Fall |
St. Louis |
Saint Louis Art Museum
|
1988 |
Spring |
Buffalo |
Buffalo State College
|
1988 |
Fall |
Chicago |
Art Institute of Chicago
|
1989 |
Spring |
Pittsburgh |
Carnegie Museum of Art
|
1989 |
Fall |
Kansas City |
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
|
1990 |
Spring |
Detroit |
Detroit Institute of Arts
|
1990 |
Fall |
Cleveland |
Cleveland Museum of Art
|
1991 |
Spring |
Lexington |
Kentucky Horse Park
|
1991 |
Fall |
Indianapolis |
Indianapolis Museum of Art
|
1992 |
Spring |
Nashville |
The Hermitage
|
1992 |
Fall |
Minneapolis |
Minneapolis Institute of Art
|
1993 |
Spring |
New Harmony |
New Harmony
|
1993 |
Fall |
Cincinnati |
Cincinnati Art Museum
|
1994 |
Spring |
Saint Louis |
Missouri Historical Society
|
1994 |
Fall |
Pittsburgh |
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
|
1995 |
Spring |
Dearborn |
The Henry Ford
|
1995 |
Fall |
Cleveland |
Cleveland Museum of Art
|
1996 |
Spring |
Harrodsburg |
Pleasant Hill Shaker Village
|
1996 |
Fall |
Indianapolis |
Indianapolis Museum of Art
|
1997 |
Spring |
Kansas City |
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
|
1997 |
Fall |
Chicago |
Chicago Historical Museum
|
1998 |
Spring |
Bloomington |
Indiana University
|
1998 |
Fall |
New Harmony |
New Harmony
|
1999 |
Spring |
Columbus |
Columbus Museum of Art
|
1999 |
Fall |
Des Moines |
State of Iowa Historical Building
|
2000 |
Spring |
– |
–
|
2000 |
Fall |
Memphis |
Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel
With pre-conference workshop sponsored by the MRCG: Digital Technology for Conservation, led by Tim Vitale.[2]
|
2001 |
Fall |
– |
–
|
2002 |
Fall |
Nashville |
Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Symposium co-sponsored by the MRCG and the Southeast Regional Conservation Association (SERCA) entitled "The Care of Contemporary Art: Who Decides?"
|
2003 |
Fall |
Detroit |
Detroit Institute of Arts
With pre-conference workshop co sponsored by the MRCG, Chicago Area Conservation Guild, American Institute for Conservation, and the Detroit Institute of Arts entitled "Art in Transit."
|
2004 |
Fall |
Cleveland |
Cleveland Museum of Art
With pre-conference symposium sponsored by the MRCG entitled "The Latest Trends in Museum Storage."[3]
|
2005 |
Fall |
Indianapolis |
Indianapolis Museum of Art[4]
|
2006 |
Fall |
Cincinnati |
Cincinnati Art Museum
|
2007 |
Fall |
Chicago |
Chicago Historical Museum
Followed by a workshop co-sponsored by the MRCG, American Institute for Conservation entitle "Mastering Fills."
|
2008 |
Fall |
Kansas City |
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
|
2010 |
Spring |
Detroit |
Detroit Institute of Arts
This meeting was the postponed 2009 meeting.
|
2010 |
Fall |
Louisville |
Filson Historical Society
|
2011 |
Fall |
Toledo |
Toledo Museum of Art
|
2012 |
Fall |
Bloomington |
Indiana University Art Museum
|
2013 |
Fall |
Cleveland |
Cleveland Museum of Art
|
2014 |
Fall |
Minneapolis |
Midwest Art Conservation Center
|
2015 |
Fall |
Ann Arbor |
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
|
2016 |
Fall |
Cooperstown, NY |
Golden Artist Colors, The Otesaga Resort Hotel
|
2017 |
Fall |
Cincinnati |
Cincinnati Museum of Art
|
2018 |
Fall |
Saint Louis |
Saint Louis Art Museum
|
2019 |
Fall |
New Harmony, IN |
New Harmony Inn Resort and Conference Center
|
2020 |
Fall-Winter |
Virtual |
co-hosted with the Chicago Area Conservation Group
|
2021 |
Fall |
Indianapolis |
Indiana State Library
Pre-conference sessions: Portfolio Day coordinated by ECPN, and a Bruker XRF workshop taught by Nigel Kelly
|
2022 |
Fall |
Detroit |
Detroit Institute of Art: Detroit Film Theater
Pre-conference session: Gels Workshop taught by Sophie Barbisan
|
2023 |
Fall |
Kansas City, MO |
National WWI Museum and Memorial
Pre-conference session: Bruker (handheld Raman and FTIR), hosted at the University of Kansas Library conservation lab
|
2024 |
Fall |
Columbus, IN |
Helen Haddad Hall
In partnership with Exhibit Columbus
Pre-conference session: Hydrogels in Conservation Workshop taught by Matt Cushman, hosted at the Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University
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