2006 Schedule

Saturday, May 27
TimeSessionLocationSpeaker/Coordinator
12:00-5:00 PMRegistrationMorgan Hall
5:00 PMWelcoming Address and Program OverviewHagglund Room, Campus CenterKent dur Russell, Higgins Armory Museum
Robert van Langh, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam / Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN)
6:00 PMDinnerHagglund Room,Campus Center
Sunday, May 28
TimeSessionLocationSpeaker/Coordinator
8:30 AMDepart for Higgins Armory Museum
9:00 AMContinental breakfastOrientation Gallery, Higgins Armory Museum
9:30 AMIntroduction to and History of Metals Conservation
Presentation [PDF document]		Auditorium, Higgins Armory MuseumValentin Boissonnas, La Haute Ecole d'Arts appliqués Arc
11:00 AMBreak
11:15 AMThe Relationship between Curator and Conservator: Case Studies in Metals Conservation at the Wallace Collection
Presentation [PDF document]		Auditorium, Higgins Armory MuseumDavid Edge, The Wallace Collection
1:15 PMLunchClassroom, Higgins Armory Museum
2:30 PMTour of Higgins Armory Museum and Lab with Curator and Conservation TechnicianGreat Hall, Higgins Armory MuseumJeffrey Forgeng, WPI / Higgins Armory Museum
Bill MacMillan, Higgins Armory Museum
4:00 PMOrigin of Metals
Presentation [PDF document]		Auditorium, Higgins Armory MuseumRalph Napolitano, Iowa State University
5:15 PMDiscussion and cocktail hour
6:00 PMDinnerClassroom, Higgins Armory Museum
7:30 PMDepart for WPI Campus
7:45 PMArrive WPI Campus
Monday, May 29
TimeSessionLocationSpeaker/Coordinator
8:00 AMContinental breakfastHiggins Lab 218
8:30 AMPhysical Metallurgy: Phase Diagrams
Presentation [PDF document]		Higgins Lab 218Yancy Riddle, UCT Coatings Inc.
10:15 AMBreak
10:30 AMStructure of Cast Metals and Evolution of Casting Technology
Presentation [PDF document]		Higgins Lab 218Ralph Napolitano, Iowa State University
1:00 PMLunchHagglund Room, Campus Center
2:15 PMCompositional Analysis of Metal Objects: Comparison of Techniques
Presentation [PDF document]		Higgins Lab 218Yancy Riddle, UCT Coatings Inc.
Robert van Langh, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam / Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN)
3:45 PMBreak
4:00 PMPreparing and Mounting Samples for ExaminationWashburn 113Robert van Langh
5:30 PMDinnerThe Sole Proprietor, 118 Highland Street
Tuesday, May 30
TimeSessionLocationSpeaker/Coordinator
8:30 AMContinental breakfastHiggins Lab 218
9:00 AMMetallography and Microscopy in ConservationHiggins Lab 218Robert van Langh, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam / Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN)
9:30 AMMetallography and Microscopy I
Presentation [PDF document]		Higgins Lab 218George Vander Voort, Buehler
11:00 AMBreak
11:15 AMMetallography and Microscopy II
Presentation [PDF document]		Higgins Lab 218George Vander Voort
12:00 PMLunchFood Court, Campus Center
1:00 PMMetallography and Microscopy LabWashburn 113George Vander Voort and Robert van Langh
4:00 PMBreak
5:00 PMDinnerHagglund Room, Campus Center
Wednesday, May 31
TimeSessionLocationSpeaker/Coordinator
8:00 AMContinental breakfastHiggins Lab 218
8:30 AMPhysical Metallurgy of Steel
Presentation [PDF document]		Higgins Lab 218Rick Sisson, WPI
10:00 AMBreak
10:15 AMCorrosion
Presentation [PDF document]		Higgins Lab 218Rick Sisson, WPI
12:00 PMLunchFood Court, Campus Center
1:00 PMElectrochemistry / Electrolytic Cleaning
Presentation [PDF document]		Higgins Lab 218Virginia Costa, Laboratoire du Musée de la Musique
2:30 PMDepart for Worcester Art Museum
3:00 PMConservation Lab TourWorcester Art MuseumPaula Artal-Isbrand, Worcester Art Museum
Philip Klausmeyer, Worcester Art Museum
5:00 PMDepart for WPI
6:00 PMDinnerHagglund Room, Campus Center
Thursday, June 1
TimeSessionLocationSpeaker/Coordinator
8:30 AMContinental breakfastHiggins Lab 218
9:00 AMIntroduction to Cu Alloys and the Copper-Tin Phase DiagramHiggins Lab 218David Scott, UCLA / Getty Conservation
11:00 AMBreak
11:15 AMDiscussion
12:00 PMLunchFood Court, Campus Center
1:00 PMPractical Metallographical SessionWashburn Lab 113David Scott
5:00 PMBreak
5:30 PMDinnerHagglund Room, Campus Center
Friday, June 2
TimeSessionLocationSpeaker/Coordinator
8:30 AMContinental breakfastHiggins Lab 218
9:00 AMCorrosion and Structure of Ancient IronHiggins Lab 218David Scott, UCLA / Getty Conservation
10:30 AMBreak
10:45 AMConservation and Treatment of Iron ArtifactsHiggins Lab 218David Scott, UCLA / Getty Conservation
12:00 PMLunchFood Court, Campus Center
1:00 PMPrecious Metals Metallurgy
Presentation [PDF document]		Higgins Lab 218Aldo Reti, wTe Corporation
3:00 PMEarly Copper Production - Reconstructing the Pyrotechnological Process
Presentation [PDF document]		Higgins Lab 218Aaron Shugar, Buffalo State College
4:30 PMDiscussionHiggins House
5:00 PMTour of the Higgins HouseHiggins HouseKent dur Russell, Higgins Armory Museum
6:00 PMConservation of Arms and ArmorHiggins HouseEdward Hunter, Metropolitan Museum of Art
7:30 PMDinnerHiggins House
Saturday, June 3
TimeSessionLocationSpeaker/Coordinator
9:00 AMContinental breakfastHiggins Lab 218
9:30 AMPractical Issues in Metals Conservation: Lacquers, Coatings and Waxes
Presentation [PDF document]		Higgins Lab 218Martin Mach, Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege
11:30 AMBreak
11:45 AMOutstanding Bronzes
Presentation [PDF document]		Higgins Lab 218Robert van Langh, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam / Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN)
1:00 PMLunchFood Court, Campus Center
2:00 PMLecture: Use of Theoretical Mechanics in Explaining Properties of Materials Before the Industrial RevolutionHiggins Lab 218Malcolm Parkinson, WPI
3:15 PMFree time
4:00 PMDepart for off-site copper casting demonstration and dinner
4:30 PMReconstruction of a Bronze Age Copper FurnaceThe Cushing House, LunenburgAaron Shugar, Buffalo State College
9:00 PMDepart for WPI
Sunday, June 4
TimeSessionLocationSpeaker/Coordinator
Free morning - breakfast on your own
10:45 AMDepart for Saugus Iron Works
12:00 PMBag lunchSaugus Iron Works
1:00 PMTour of Saugus Iron WorksSaugus Iron WorksCurtis White, Saugus Iron Works
2:00 PMHands-on heat treating programSaugus Iron WorksCurtis White
Carl Close
4:00 PMDepart for WPI
5:15 PMDinner on your own
Monday, June 5
TimeSessionLocationSpeaker/Coordinator
8:30 AMContinental breakfastHiggins Lab 218
9:00 AMFabrication, Metallography and Conservation of Japanese Sword
Presentation [PDF document]		Higgins Lab 218Michael Notis, Lehigh University
10:45 AMBreak
11:00 AMPreventive Conservation
Presentation [PDF document]		Higgins Lab 218Bart Ankersmit, Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage
1:00 PMLunchFood Court, Campus Center
2:00 PMForensics Research with Metal Objects: World Trade Center Steel Case Study
Presentation [PDF document]		Higgins Lab 218Ronald Biederman, WPI
3:30 PMSilver History and Conservation
Presentation [PDF document]		Higgins Lab 218Robert van Langh, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam / Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN)
4:45 PMFree time
5:30 PMDinnerHagglund Room, Campus Center
Tuesday, June 6
TimeSessionLocationSpeaker/Coordinator
8:30 AMBreakfastFood Court, Campus Center
9:30 AMDepart for Fogg Art Museum
11:00 AMTour of Straus Center for Conservation laboratories and an examination of bronze fabrication techniquesFogg Art MuseumHenry Lie, Straus Center for Conservation, Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University
Francesca Bewer, Straus Center for Conservation, Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University
1:00 PMBag lunchFogg Art Museum
2:00 PMDepart for WPI
3:30 PMFree time
5:00 PMDepart for Higgins Armory Museum
6:00 PMMetals and the Martial ImaginationAuditorium, Higgins Armory MuseumJeffrey Forgeng, WPI / Higgins Armory Museum
7:30 PMDinnerGreat Hall, Higgins Armory Museum
9:30 PMDepart for WPI
Wednesday, June 7
TimeSessionLocationSpeaker/Coordinator
8:00 AMContinental breakfastHiggins Lab 218
8:30 AMOpen labWashburn 113Robert van Langh, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam / Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN)
10:00 AMStudent Presentations and DiscussionHiggins Lab 218
12:00 PMLunchFood Court, Campus Center
1:00 PMCertificate Presentation and Closing RemarksHiggins Lab 218
2:00 PMProgram Adjourns - check out of dorms
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Cristina Bauer, Program Coordinator
Higgins Armory Museum, 100 Barber Avenue, Worcester, MA 01606-2444 USA
508-853-6015 x23 - Fax: 508-852-7697 - cbauer@higgins.org