Courses on conservation and archaeology

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    announcement. For detailed information about these IAP courses,
    see the News page in Conservation OnLine
        <URL:http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/news>

Anoxic Enclosures and Microenvironments in Museum Storage: Creating
Practical Solutions for Environmental Problems
Aberdeen University
27-31 July 1998
John Burke, Sally Shelton

Archaeological Excavation Techniques
Sussex
29 June-3 July 1998
David Rudling, Mark Gardiner

Archaeology - An Introduction
London, 22-26 June 1998
C. Meads, K. Meheux

Care and Conservation of Scientific Instruments
London
6-9 July 199
Christopher Wheatley

Colour Mixing and Matching
Available on demand

Conservation of Decorated Interiors
Edinburgh, 15-18 September 1998

Conservation and Care of Musical Instruments
Horniman Museum, London
29 June - 3 July 1998
Andy Lamb, Louise Bacon, Frances Palmer, Mini Waitzman

Conservation and Preservation of Photographs
London, 27-29 October 1998
Susie Clark

Conservation of Geological Sites
Vernal, Utah, 13-16 April 1998
H. Gregory MacDonald, Sally Shelton

Conservation of Gilded Surfaces
London, 20-24 July 1998
Sophie Budden

Conservation of Wallpaintings
Moldavia, Romania
14-21 June 1998

Drawing Archaeological Finds
Salisbury 6-10
July 1998
Nick Griffiths

Examination of Cross-Sections of Paint Layers
London, 21-24
July 1998
Nicholas Eastaugh

Identification of Plant Fibres
Durham
27-29 July 1998
Dorothy Catling

Identification of Wood
Durham
20-24 July 1998
Dorothy Catling, Rowena Gale

Making High Quality Replicas of Museum Objects
Worcester Art Museum, USA
26-30 May 1998
Benner Larsen

Metallography of Ancient Metals
London
22-26 June 1998

Course Tutor: David Scott(J. Paul Getty  Museum, Malibu U.S.A.)
Number of Participants: 10

New Methods of Cleaning Painted Surfaces
London
13-17 July 1998
Richard Wolbers

Photographic Workshop
London
22-26 June 1998
Stuart Laidlaw

Photographic Extension Week
London
29 June-3 July 1998

Pigments and the Polarising Microscope
Hare, Somerset
29 June-3 July 1998
Peter Mactaggart

Preservation of Mediaeval Books
Montefiascone, Italy
26 July-21 August 1998

    27-31 July - Pigments and the techniques of their application to
    mediaeval manuscripts (workshop), Cheryl Porter

    3-7 August - Parchment: Manufacture, history, methods of
    repair, Tony Cains

    10-14 August - The Archaeology of the mediaeval Book. Nicholas
    Hadgraft

    17-21 August - The Byzantine Book, John Sharpe

Structural Stabilisation of Easel Paintings
London
7-10 July 1998
Wieslaw and Alexander Mitka

Surveying Archaeological Sites
(Weekend Course)
Bignor, Sussex
4, 5 July 1998
Greg Priestley-Bell

For more information or to receive a brochure of the courses
containing an application form, please contact :

    James Black,
    IAP,
    31-34 Gordon Square,
    London WC1H 0PY  UK
    +44-171-387 9651
    Fax: +44 171 388 0283
    james.black [at] ucl__ac__uk
    <URL:http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~tcfa313/>

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