[MassHistPres] FREE Preservation Lecture Series

[Mount Auburn Cemetery]

Please join us Thursday Feb. 4th at Mount Auburn Cemetery for the second
lecture of a five-part, brown bag lunch series,* Preservation of a Changing
Landscape. ***

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*Ornamenting the Landscape --* Meg Winslow, Curator of Historical
Collections,

will discuss the first monuments erected within the Cemetery and review the
new taste for memorials introduced within the "sculptured garden."

*Thursday  February 4, 2010*

*12:15-1:15pm*

*Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA*

*http://www.mountauburn.org/*

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Our first lecture,* **An Overview of a Changing Landscape*, presented by
Bill Barry, Vice President of Preservation & Facilities, was held on
Thursday January 14, and was a great kickoff to the series.* *Join us in *Story
Chapel* to learn more about how Mount Auburn is preserving and documenting
its historic and ever-changing landscape. These hour-long talks will begin
at *12:15 PM*. *Please bring your lunch. Coffee, tea, and water will be
provided. *FREE, preregistration not required. Additional information on the
series may be found here:
http://www.gifttool.com/registrar/ShowEvents?ID=1217&LNG=EN&VER=1&CID=242



*Thursday, Feb. 4th:** *

*Ornamenting the Landscape --* Meg Winslow, Curator of Historical
Collections, will discuss the first monuments erected within the Cemetery
and review the new taste for memorials introduced within the "sculptured
garden."



*Thursday, Feb. 18th: *

*Monument Preservation & Repairs* – David Gallagher, Chief of Conservation,
will talk about recent repair work and demonstrate “tell-tale” clues about
preservation so that the casual observer will notice these details on the
site.

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*Thursday, March 4th:*

*From Clutter to Simplicity* – Natalie Wampler, Preservation & Facilities
Planner, will discuss Mount Auburn’s boulder monuments, just one example of
how the Cemetery and families have shaped the landscape and updated
aesthetics.



*Thursday, March 18th:*

*Landscape Character Zones* – Dennis Collins, Horticultural Curator, will
explain the patchwork of smaller landscapes that make up the larger Cemetery
landscape.



*Natalie Wampler*

Preservation & Facilities Planner



Mount Auburn Cemetery / *A National Historic Landmark.*

580 Mount Auburn Street / Cambridge, MA 02138-5517
Tel 617-607-1931 / Fax 617-864-6909

nwampler at mountauburn.org
www.mountauburn.org
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