# List of meeting locations of the Midwest Regional Conservation Guild

This is a list of Annual Meeting locations for the Midwest Regional Conservation Guild (MRCG), which has been in existence since 1980 but had its first meeting in 1981.
List of Annual Meeting locations for the MRCG :
| Year | Season | City | Location |
| 1980 | Fall | Indianapolis | Indianapolis Museum of Art |
| 1981 | Spring | Cleveland | Cleveland Museum of Art |
| 1981 | Fall | Detroit | Detroit Institute of Arts |
| 1982 | Spring | Cincinnati | Cincinnati Art Museum |
| 1982 | Fall | Nashville | Tennessee State Museum |
| 1983 | Spring | Chicago | Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1983 | Fall | Bloomington | Indiana University |
| 1984 | Spring | Ann Arbor | University of Michigan |
| 1984 | Fall | Oberlin | Intermuseum Conservation Association |
| 1985 | Spring | Cincinnati | Cincinnati Art Museum |
| 1985 | Fall | Indianapolis | Indianapolis Museum of Art |
| 1986 | Spring | Nashville | Tennessee State Museum |
| 1986 | Fall | Cleveland | Cleveland Museum of Art |
| 1987 | Spring | Toledo | Toledo Museum of Art |
| 1987 | Fall | St. Louis | Saint Louis Art Museum |
| 1988 | Spring | Buffalo | Buffalo State College |
| 1988 | Fall | Chicago | Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1989 | Spring | Pittsburgh | Carnegie Museum of Art |
| 1989 | Fall | Kansas City | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art |
| 1990 | Spring | Detroit | Detroit Institute of Arts |
| 1990 | Fall | Cleveland | Cleveland Museum of Art |
| 1991 | Spring | Lexington | Kentucky Horse Park |
| 1991 | Fall | Indianapolis | Indianapolis Museum of Art |
| 1992 | Spring | Nashville | The Hermitage |
| 1992 | Fall | Minneapolis | Minneapolis Institute of Art |
| 1993 | Spring | New Harmony | New Harmony |
| 1993 | Fall | Cincinnati | Cincinnati Art Museum |
| 1994 | Spring | Saint Louis | Missouri Historical Society |
| 1994 | Fall | Pittsburgh | Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh |
| 1995 | Spring | Dearborn | The Henry Ford |
| 1995 | Fall | Cleveland | Cleveland Museum of Art |
| 1996 | Spring | Harrodsburg | Pleasant Hill Shaker Village |
| 1996 | Fall | Indianapolis | Indianapolis Museum of Art |
| 1997 | Spring | Kansas City | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art |
| 1997 | Fall | Chicago | Chicago Historical Museum |
| 1998 | Spring | Bloomington | Indiana University |
| 1998 | Fall | New Harmony | New Harmony |
| 1999 | Spring | Columbus | Columbus Museum of Art |
| 1999 | Fall | Des Moines | State of Iowa Historical Building |
| 2000 | Spring | – | – |
| 2000 | Fall | Memphis | Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel With pre-conference workshop sponsored by the MRCG: Digital Technology for Conservation, led by Tim Vitale. |
| 2001 | Fall | – | – |
| 2002 | Fall | Nashville | Frist Center for the Visual Arts Symposium co-sponsored by the MRCG and the Southeast Regional Conservation Association (SERCA) entitled "The Care of Contemporary Art: Who Decides?" |
| 2003 | Fall | Detroit | Detroit Institute of Arts With pre-conference workshop co sponsored by the MRCG, Chicago Area Conservation Guild, American Institute for Conservation, and the Detroit Institute of Arts entitled "Art in Transit." |
| 2004 | Fall | Cleveland | Cleveland Museum of Art With pre-conference symposium sponsored by the MRCG entitled "The Latest Trends in Museum Storage." |
| 2005 | Fall | Indianapolis | Indianapolis Museum of Art |
| 2006 | Fall | Cincinnati | Cincinnati Art Museum |
| 2007 | Fall | Chicago | Chicago Historical Museum Followed by a workshop co-sponsored by the MRCG, American Institute for Conservation entitle "Mastering Fills." |
| 2008 | Fall | Kansas City | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art |
| 2010 | Spring | Detroit | Detroit Institute of Arts This meeting was the postponed 2009 meeting. |
| 2010 | Fall | Louisville | Filson Historical Society |
| 2011 | Fall | Toledo | Toledo Museum of Art |
| 2012 | Fall | Bloomington | Indiana University Art Museum |
| 2013 | Fall | Cleveland | Cleveland Museum of Art |
| 2014 | Fall | Minneapolis | Midwest Art Conservation Center |
| 2015 | Fall | Ann Arbor | Kelsey Museum of Archaeology |
| 2016 | Fall | Cooperstown, NY | Golden Artist Colors, The Otesaga Resort Hotel |
| 2017 | Fall | Cincinnati | Cincinnati Museum of Art |
| 2018 | Fall | Saint Louis | Saint Louis Art Museum |
| 2019 | Fall | New Harmony, IN | New Harmony Inn Resort and Conference Center |
| 2020 | Fall-Winter | Virtual | co-hosted with the Chicago Area Conservation Group |
| 2021 | Fall | Indianapolis | Indiana State Library Pre-conference sessions: Portfolio Day coordinated by ECPN, and a Bruker XRF workshop taught by Nigel Kelly |
| 2022 | Fall | Detroit | Detroit Institute of Art: Detroit Film Theater Pre-conference session: Gels Workshop taught by Sophie Barbisan |
| 2023 | Fall | Kansas City, MO | National WWI Museum and Memorial Pre-conference session: Bruker (handheld Raman and FTIR), hosted at the University of Kansas Library conservation lab |
| 2024 | Fall | Columbus, IN | Helen Haddad Hall In partnership with Exhibit Columbus Pre-conference session: Hydrogels in Conservation Workshop taught by Matt Cushman, hosted at the Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University |