Third Annual Preservation Forum
Saturday April 28, 2012
Henry A. Wallace Center, FDR Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York
This Year’s Forum: The Evolution of Preservation
Speakers:
J. Winthrop Aldrich, Former Deputy Commissioner for NYS Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Hélene Gilette-Woodard,
Head Conservator of Objects, Williamstown Art Conservation Center
Decorative Arts Preservation: The Development of 20th Century Preservation Techniques
Connie Frisbee Houde
Research and Collections, World Trade Center Collections, New York State Museum
and Gwen Spicer, Spicer Art Conservation
Current Best Practices in the Preservation of Textiles and How We Got Here
Ned Kaufmah, PhD
Kaufman Heritage Conservation
Cultural Landscape Management: Balancing Public and Private in National Parks
Neil Larson
Larson Fisher Associates, Woodstock, NY
Historic Buildings: Evolving Perpspectives on Significance and Preservation Planning
The third in our series of annual forums exploring topics related to historic preservation, this year’s program will be held at the Wallace Center, adjacent to the FDR Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York. The day-long forum will bring together knowledgeable speakers from the field of preservation, with a focus on the evolution of our understanding of and approach to preservation in the last century. Earlier methods of “restoration” are now considered destructive to the historic fabric of objects, buildings and places, and undesirable both with respect to interpretation and actual preservation. Explore with us the implications of this change, and learn what challenges and opportunities lie ahead. Participants in the forum will also be able to visit the FDR Presidential Library and Museum at no additional cost.
Save The Date – 24th Annual Country Seats Tour
Saturday, October 13th, 2012 – “20th Century Country Seats”
Details are still in the works, but please save Saturday, October 13th for our Annual Country Seats Tour, showcasing significant country homes of the Twentieth Century. The tour will include both “modern” and “traditional” houses constructed in the mid-Hudson Valley during the last century. Make plans now to join us!
HRH Newsletter — Winter 2012
Click on the link below to access Hudson River Heritage’s (HRH) Winter 2012 newsletter. Discover what’s happening in the Hudson Valley with updates on local news and events hosted by HRH. Features include a letter from the president, photo memoirs, and a “Did You Know?” corner.
Country Seats Tour 2010 [Past]
Saturday, October 16, 2010, 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Tour 9 sites, including 5 private homes, an inn, a historic landscape and 2 churches.
Lunch on the grounds of historic Wilderstein.
The 2010 tour showcased exemplars of architectural styles within the Hudson River National Historic Landmark District. The self-driving tour wended its way through the towns and countryside of Rhinebeck and Red Hook, in Dutchess County, New York. Examples of the district’s distinctive architecture in this tour included early neo-classical Federal, early Greek Revival, Gothic Revival sites designed or influenced by the romantic architect Alexander Jackson Davis, Second Empire, Colonial Revival, and a modern Japanese-influenced design integrating the natural with the man-made in a striking natural setting.
