On a chilly Friday morning in February, over twenty BAACG members gathered outside in Levi Strauss Plaza ready to take a private tour of the Levi Strauss & Co. Archive and Vault Museum. Once we arrived inside, we were welcomed by archivist Laura O’Hara and then split into two groups so our large group could take turns exploring both spaces in an intimate setting. Upon entering the archive, Laura talked about the history of Levi’s and how rooted its history is in San Francisco

Back in mid-December, BAACG members got together at the San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) to celebrate 2025, catch up, and participate in a few fun hands-on activities utilizing the amazing space and equipment SFCB has available to its students.  The evening began with a quick bit of Christmas shopping in the Biblioshop, which is full of books and resources on letterpress printing and bookbinding. As well as handmade creations by local artists, including artist books,

On a drizzly Saturday morning in October, BAACG members, family, and friends embarked on a self-guided walking tour of the Andy Goldsworthy installations at the Presidio. Created between 2008 and 2014, these four Land art sculptures ( Earth Wall, Tree Fall, Wood Line , and Spire ), were constructed from branches, logs, and clay sourced from the very same eucalyptus and cypress groves that they now soar above and sprawl through. Thankfully, the rain mostly stopped by the time

On Saturday, August 23rd, the Bay Area Conservation Guild’s 2025 Annual Business meeting was graciously hosted by the Conservation...

On a hot and sunny May Friday, twenty BAACG members were treated to a rare visit to Skywalker Ranch in Nicasio, California. We were first...

Part two of our Self-Preservation Series was a wonderful in-person Yoga session led by the speaker from our last event, Physical...

by Katherine Langdon 3/23/32025 On March 8, BAACG welcomed a virtual guest speaker to help us address a pernicious aspect of our work—art...

From September 16-18, 2024, the Bay Area Art Conservation Guild and History San Jose proudly cohosted a 3-day Plastics Identification...

We were exceedingly lucky to be able to hold our 2024 Annual Business Meeting surrounded by the trees, moss, leaves, mountains, and mists...

What a nice Friday night get-together we had in May at the Oakland Museum of California! It was a beautiful evening, with OMCA offering...

In early February, BAACG member Svetlana Shuster hosted a tour of her stunning folk art collection, comprised of 19th and 20th century...

Members of the Guild, along with friends and family gathered together on Saturday, November 4th for a fascinating look at the history of...

The Guild gathered for its 2023 annual meeting on an unseasonably warm July morning at the Presidio. The meeting, graciously hosted by...

In May 2023, a collegial group of BAACG members old and new met at the state of the art new facility of Gawain Weaver Art Conservation....

Michelle C. Smith, SFPL Conservation Technician presented fascinating challenges and successes that public library collections face while...

In late January, 2023, our members were treated to a guided tour of the galleries at the Charles Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa. With over...

In this two-part series, our guild members were introduced to the complex and challenging world of Mountmaking. First, in April 2022, our...

The BAACG's Annual Business Meeting was held July 16 at the Museum at the Cliff. It was a fantastic evening of catching up on BAACG...

Gawain Weaver was not only our President for over a decade but a photograph conservator in private practice, co-author of the AIC Guide...

On a surprisingly not-freezing summer day in August, BAACG members and board gathered for a long-overdue (spaced and masked except for...