Historic Headstone Repair Workshop
Schedule
Sat Mar 01 2025 at 09:00 am to 04:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Pioneers Rest Cemetary | Fort Worth, TX
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Do YOU Really want to Know how to properly take care of Historic Headstones and Cemeteries? Even just your own Family Headstones and Plots? This Hands-On event is for you !!!Mike Rowlands of Michelangelo Cemetery Preservation and Education will lead a workshop training participants in best practices and safe methods for Cleaning and Repairing of historic headstones. Instruction will include best practices and safe techniques for re-setting stones which have leaned or fallen and professional repair techniques and tips for the individual or group that wants a repair that endures the test of time.
*Pioneer's Rest Cemetery in Fort Worth Texas is registered on the National Register of Historic Places and is 1 of only 11 cemetery groups listed on the National Register of Historic Places out of over 14,000 cemeteries in the entire state of Texas!
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***The repair methods and materials will be based on the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) and the U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s Standards, including the standards of the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) of the National Park Service (NPS), along with the standards of the Texas Historical Commission and the Association of Gravestone Studies.
*** ALTERNATE DATE IN CASE OF BAD WEATHER IS SATURDAY MARH 8 ***
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Where is it happening?
Pioneers Rest Cemetary, 620 Samuels Ave,Fort Worth, Texas, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
