The Crosson Cemetery Restoration Clinic

This advanced clinic in cemetery restoration will teach in-depth techniques of gravestone repair as well as the fundamentals of cemetery preservation. The clinic will empower participants providing them with the tools they will need to document, preserve and restore gravestones. The clinic will demonstrate in a step-by-step fashion how to preserve and restore a graveyard. Restoration is described with recommendations as to what lay people should and should not undertake.

In the workshop you will learn basic and advanced techniques of gravestone repair and preservation, proper cleaning of gravemarkers, leveling stones, building new bases and repairing cracked and broken stones. Under the supervision of experienced professionals, participants will learn techniques and regulations of probing for finding hidden stones and will have the opportunity to work on actual gravestones. The clinic will include detailed handouts and carefully describe the correct and incorrect ways to approach preservation and conservation.

The clinic will be conducted by professional restorers educated in the principles of gravemarker restoration and graveyard conservation as established by and studied at the Association for Graveyard Studies of Greenfield, Massachusetts.