List of meeting locations of the Midwest Regional Conservation Guild
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This is a list of Annual Meeting locations for the Midwest Regional Conservation Guild
(MRCG), which has been in existence since 1980 but had its first meeting in 1981.
Midwest Regional Conservation Guild
The Midwest Regional Conservation Guild is a professional conservation association in the Midwestern United States.-History:The MRCG was formed in 1980 by art conservation and restoration professionals with the purpose of bringing together those individuals in the Midwest region interested in...
(MRCG), which has been in existence since 1980 but had its first meeting in 1981.
| Year | Season | City | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Fall | Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S... |
Indianapolis Museum of Art Indianapolis Museum of Art The Indianapolis Museum of Art is an encyclopedic art museum located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The museum, which underwent a $74 million expansion in 2005, is located on a campus on the near northwest area outside downtown Indianapolis, northwest of Crown Hill Cemetery.The... |
| 1981 | Spring | Cleveland | Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art is an art museum situated in the Wade Park District, in the University Circle neighborhood on Cleveland's east side. Internationally renowned for its substantial holdings of Asian and Egyptian art, the museum houses a diverse permanent collection of more than 43,000... |
| 1981 | Fall | Detroit | Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit Institute of Arts The Detroit Institute of Arts is a renowned art museum in the city of Detroit. In 2003, the DIA ranked as the second largest municipally owned museum in the United States, with an art collection valued at more than one billion dollars... |
| 1982 | Spring | Cincinnati | Cincinnati Art Museum Cincinnati Art Museum The Cincinnati Art Museum is one of the oldest art museums in the United States. Founded in 1881, it was the first purpose-built art museum west of the Alleghenies. Its collection of over 60,000 works make it one of the most comprehensive collections in the Midwest.Museum founders debated locating... |
| 1982 | Fall | Nashville | Tennessee State Museum Tennessee State Museum Tennessee State Museum is a large museum in Nashville depicting the history of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Starting from pre-colonization and going all the way to the 20th century, the museum describes the American Civil War, the Frontier, and the Age of Jackson. The museum includes an area of... |
| 1983 | Spring | Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles... |
Art Institute of Chicago Art Institute of Chicago The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either... |
| 1983 | Fall | Bloomington Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County in the southern region of the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 80,405 at the 2010 census.... |
Indiana University Indiana University Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000... |
| 1984 | Spring | Ann Arbor | University of Michigan University of Michigan The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan... |
| 1984 | Fall | Oberlin Oberlin, Ohio Oberlin is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, to the south and west of Cleveland. Oberlin is perhaps best known for being the home of Oberlin College, a liberal arts college and music conservatory with approximately 3,000 students... |
Intermuseum Conservation Association Intermuseum Conservation Association The Intermuseum Conservation Association is a non-profit regional art conservation center located in Cleveland, OH. It was the first such regional conservation laboratory in the United States. The ICA currently offers conservation and preservation treatments for paintings, murals, works on paper,... |
| 1985 | Spring | Cincinnati | Cincinnati Art Museum |
| 1985 | Fall | Indianapolis | Indianapolis Museum of Art |
| 1986 | Spring | Nashville | Tennessee State Museum Tennessee State Museum Tennessee State Museum is a large museum in Nashville depicting the history of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Starting from pre-colonization and going all the way to the 20th century, the museum describes the American Civil War, the Frontier, and the Age of Jackson. The museum includes an area of... |
| 1986 | Fall | Cleveland | Cleveland Museum of Art |
| 1987 | Spring | Toledo Toledo, Ohio Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan... |
Toledo Museum of Art Toledo Museum of Art The Toledo Museum of Art is an internationally known art museum located in the Old West End neighborhood of Toledo, Ohio, United States. The museum was founded by Toledo glassmaker Edward Drummond Libbey in 1901, and moved to its present location, a Greek revival building designed by Edward B.... |
| 1987 | Fall | St. Louis | Saint Louis Art Museum Saint Louis Art Museum The Saint Louis Art Museum is one of the principal U.S. art museums, visited by up to a half million people every year. Admission is free through a subsidy from the cultural tax district for St. Louis City and County.Located in Forest Park in St... |
| 1988 | Spring | Buffalo Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the... |
Buffalo State College Buffalo State College The State University of New York College at Buffalo, referred to as Buffalo State College, often referred to colloquially as Buff State, is a public, liberal arts college in Buffalo, New York, United States and is part of the State University of New York. Buffalo State was founded in 1871 as the... |
| 1988 | Fall | Chicago | Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1989 | Spring | Pittsburgh | Carnegie Museum of Art Carnegie Museum of Art The Carnegie Museum of Art, located in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is an art museum founded in 1895 by the Pittsburgh-based industrialist Andrew Carnegie... |
| 1989 | Fall | Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties... |
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is an art museum in Kansas City, Missouri, known for its neoclassical architecture and extensive collection of Asian art.... |
| 1990 | Spring | Detroit | Detroit Institute of Arts |
| 1990 | Fall | Cleveland | Cleveland Museum of Art |
| 1991 | Spring | Lexington Lexington, Kentucky Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region... |
Kentucky Horse Park Kentucky Horse Park Kentucky Horse Park is a working horse farm and an educational theme park opened in 1978 in Lexington, Kentucky. It is located off Kentucky State Highway 1973 and Interstate 75 in northern Fayette County in the United States... |
| 1991 | Fall | Indianapolis | Indianapolis Museum of Art |
| 1992 | Spring | Nashville | The Hermitage The Hermitage (Nashville, Tennessee) The Hermitage is a historical plantation and museum located in Davidson County, Tennessee, USA, east of downtown Nashville. The plantation was owned by Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States, from 1804 until his death at the Hermitage in 1845. Jackson only lived at the property... |
| 1992 | Fall | Minneapolis | Minneapolis Institute of Art |
| 1993 | Spring | New Harmony New Harmony, Indiana New Harmony is a historic town on the Wabash River in Harmony Township, Posey County, Indiana, United States. It lies north of Mount Vernon, the county seat. The population was 916 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Evansville metropolitan area. Many of the old Harmonist buildings still stand... |
New Harmony |
| 1993 | Fall | Cincinnati | Cincinnati Art Museum |
| 1994 | Spring | Saint Louis | Missouri Historical Society Missouri Historical Society The Missouri Historical Society was founded in St. Louis in 1866. Founding members created the historical society "for the purpose of saving from oblivion the early history of the city and state."- Organization :... |
| 1994 | Fall | Pittsburgh | Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh are four museums that are operated by the Carnegie Institute headquartered in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania... |
| 1995 | Spring | Dearborn Dearborn, Michigan -Economy:Ford Motor Company has its world headquarters in Dearborn. In addition its Dearborn campus contains many research, testing, finance and some production facilities. Ford Land controls the numerous properties owned by Ford including sales and leasing to unrelated businesses such as the... |
The Henry Ford The Henry Ford The Henry Ford, a National Historic Landmark, , in the Metro Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan, USA, is a large indoor and outdoor history museum complex... |
| 1995 | Fall | Cleveland | Cleveland Museum of Art |
| 1996 | Spring | Harrodsburg | Pleasant Hill Shaker Village Pleasant Hill, Kentucky Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, USA, is the site of a Shaker religious community that was active from 1805 to 1910. Following a preservationist effort that began in 1961, the site, now a National Historic Landmark, has become a popular tourist destination... |
| 1996 | Fall | Indianapolis | Indianapolis Museum of Art |
| 1997 | Spring | Kansas City | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art |
| 1997 | Fall | Chicago | Chicago Historical Museum Chicago Historical Museum Chicago History Museum was founded in 1856 to study and interpret Chicago's history. It is located in Lincoln Park in a building at 1601 North Clark Street at the intersection of North Avenue in the Old Town Triangle neighborhood... |
| 1998 | Spring | Bloomington | Indiana University |
| 1998 | Fall | New Harmony | New Harmony |
| 1999 | Spring | Columbus | Columbus Museum of Art Columbus Museum of Art The Columbus Museum of Art is an art museum located in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Formed in 1878 as the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, it was the first art museum to register its charter with the state of Ohio.-Building:... |
| 1999 | Fall | Des Moines | State of Iowa Historical Building State Historical Society of Iowa The State Historical Society of Iowa , a division of the , serves as the official historical repository for the State of Iowa and also provides grants, public education, and outreach about Iowa history and archaeology. The SHSI maintains a museum, library, archives, and research center in Des... |
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| 2000 | Fall | Memphis | Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel With pre-conference workshop sponsored by the MRCG: Digital Technology for Conservation, led by Tim Vitale. |
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| 2002 | Fall | Nashville | Frist Center for the Visual Arts Frist Center for the Visual Arts -History:The museum is housed in what used to be the main post office designed by Marr & Holman Architects for the city of Nashville, which had been built in 1933-34 near Union Station, since most mail at that time was moved by train. As the city grew, the need for a more up-to-date main facility... 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 American Institute for Conservation The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works supports the conservation professionals who preserve our cultural heritage... , 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." |
| 2005 | Fall | Indianapolis | Indianapolis Museum of Art |
| 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 American Institute for Conservation The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works supports the conservation professionals who preserve our cultural heritage... 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 |