Course on ship models

International Academic Projects is pleased to announce a 3 day
course 'Ship Models: Care, Conservation and Display' which will be
held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich and the Historic
Dockyard, Chatham, 11-13 October 2011. This is a new addition to the
2011 course calendar of International Academic Projects.

The course, aimed at collections managers, curators and
conservators, will be conducted by the curatorial and conservation
specialists of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich and will
cover: the history of the making of ship models; the materials from
which models are made and issues concerning their handling and
movement; display methods; storage and display conditions; making
the materials required for restoration; and the use of plans,
paintings and photographs in the conservation process.

Course details and the proposed timetable are available at

    <URL:http://www.academicprojects.co.uk/
        course-details.php?courseID=765>

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Places are also still available on several other courses offered by
International Academic Projects - including:

    Conservation of Glass Objects
    (London) 12 - 16 September, 2011

    Making Replicas of Museum Objects
    (Denmark) 6 - 10 June, 2011

    Making Electroform Replicas of Museum Objects
    (Denmark) 20 - 24 June, 2011

    Digital Photography of Museum Objects
    (London) 21 - 22 June, 2011

    The Identification of Paper
    (London) 4-5 July, 2011

    Chemistry for Conservators correspondence course
    (September - December 2011)

Please check <URL:http://www.academicprojects.co.uk> for full
information or get in touch by email or telephone if you have any
questions.

Hannah Turk
Administrative Assistant
International Academic Projects
6 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 5HJ
+44 207 380 0800
Fax: +44 207 380 0500


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