Helping to restore Ontario's cemeteries
Landscapes of Memories – A Guide for Conserving Historic Cemeteries: Repairing Tombstones, written by specialists in masonry conservation, will help cemetery trustees, monument builders, conservators and volunteers who struggle to maintain their historic tombstones.
Designed for easy use in the office or in the field, it provides technical information on topics such as how to correctly identify materials, how to get started on a cemetery restoration project, and the 10 most common tombstone repairs.
Get or order a hard copy:
- on-line from Publications Ontario
- Telephone 1-800-668-9938
- At a ServiceOntario Centre
Toronto
ServiceOntario Centre
College Park Building
777 Bay Street, Market Level, M5G 2C8
Ottawa
ServiceOntario Centre
Ottawa City Hall
110 Laurier Avenue West, K1P 1J1
This fully illustrated guide offers step-by-step instruction on the cleaning and minor repair of historic monuments.
Cover:
Prudence Heward
(1896 - 1947)
Blue Church, 1933
Oil on panel, 35.2 cm x 30.4 cm
Gift of Dr. Naomi Jackson Groves
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, Ontario
An Agency of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sporty.
Blue Church is in the permanent collection of McMichael Canadian Art Collection and is on display.
For more information on Prudence Heward, visit the J. M. Barnicke Art Gallery, Hart House, University of Toronto, Canada
