Join us April 24th for a Day of Demonstrations and Presentations

Notre-Dame de Paris Truss Project: Exhibition Event at Millennium Gate Museum in Atlanta, GA

The full-scale Notre-Dame de Paris truss raising demonstration we did on August 5, 2022 on the National Mall.

Come join us for

A Day of Demonstrations and Presentations

Come see hands-on demonstrations and visual presentations of Notre-Dame de Paris's wooden roof structure, its history, and how it was made.

April 24th from 3-6pm

At Millennium Gate Museum in Atlanta, GA

  • 3pm-6pm Open Demonstrations by traditional makers, scholars, architects. 

    Traditional carpenters will demonstrate tools and processes used for turning logs into timbers with nothing more than “two axes and a string.” Learn about the tools, methods, and materials that would have been used to build this medieval architectural icon

  • 5pm Presentation: The Notre-Dame de Paris Truss Project 

    Discover how Handshouse Studio is bringing its educational mission to the task of recovering the heritage lost in the 2019 fire.

Register Here for this Free In-Person Event

Expert guests include:

  • Rick and Laura Brown, Co-founders, Handshouse Studio

  • Lindsay S. Cook, PhD, Assistant Professor, Art History, Ball State University, Muncie, IN

  • Tonya Ohnstad, Assistant Professor, Architecture, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

  • Lorenzo De Almeida, Faculty, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

  • Grigg Mullen Jr. Civil Engineer, Professor Emeritus, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA

  • Mez Welch and Ross Beebe, Traditional Carpenters, Rockbridge Timber frames, Lexington, VA

  • Marie Brown, Executive Director, Handshouse Studio