Announcing the Historic Preservation Club’s 30th annual Ghostwalk! This year, the event will run on October 24th (6-10PM) and October 25th (5-10PM) at the James Monroe Museum on Charles Street. Tickets may be reserved ahead of time by e-mailing the club at UMWGhostwalk@gmail.com or by calling (540) 654-1315. It’s a wonderful way to have some […]
Richmond, VA – Saturday, October 18th, from 10 AM to 2 PMThe Center for Historic Preservation is sponsoring a field trip to Hollywood Cemetery, an outstanding example of a “rural cemetery” of the picturesque style that dates to 1849. Led by Prof. Doug Sanford, the field trip will allow students and faculty to experience a premier […]
At the end of Spring Break I was able to attend the Virginia Association of Museums Conference in Hot Springs, Virginia, at the Homestead Resort. The resort, founded in 1766 was beautiful and was a beautiful setting for this conference. This annual conference brought together many of Virginia’s museums for a collaboration and exploration of […]
This November, I had the chance to attend the Southeast Museum Conference annual meeting. The meeting was held in Williamsburg, Virginia at the Williamsburg Lodge. The meeting lasted three days and over 500 museum professionals attended. Throughout the course of the conference I attended seven sessions covering: collections and digital questions, design ideas every museum […]
This past year was a busy one for the Center for Historic Preservation at the University of Mary Washington. Hosting numerous speakers in addition to sponsoring the annual Historic Preservation Book Prize, the 2011-2012 year was one filled with much success.The year began with a visit from public historian Dr. Heather Huyck on October 5, […]