The Southwest Virginia Museum presents a historic cemetery preservation workshop focusing on intermediate conservation skills. On Saturday, September 20th from 1-4 pm, join Historic Preservation Specialist Burke Greear along with staff and volunteers from the Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park as they share a range of proper conservation methods associated with historic cemetery preservation. The goal of the workshop will be to demonstrate and perform intermediate conservation treatments for all of the most common gravestone and monument preservation dilemmas, including dirt/biological growth, resetting tilted/fallen stones and rejoining/repairing fractured stones, all of which are so common throughout many cemeteries in the area.

Participants should wear sturdy-toed shoes and dress properly for an outdoor hands-on work activity. The fee for the workshop is $25 per participant. Registration is required and is limited to the first 15 respondents. Deadline to register is Friday, September 19, 2025. Please contact the museum at 276-523-1322 for more information.