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<P CLASS="61e58539-f548-489e-81ce-ed6d14f19f5a"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material invites registrations to attend a 4-day workshop on the conservation of fluid-preserved biological specimens to be run at Melbourne Museum in late February and early March 2014.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The course will be led by Simon Moore, a conservator of natural science collections, who has conducted the course in the United Kingdom and Europe since 2004 and who has specialised in fluid preservation technology since 1970. The four-day course will cover all aspects of fluid preservation and conservation of fluid-preserved specimens, including glass technology (cutting, drilling, grinding), jar sealing and fluid preparation, specimen mounting and repair, re-hydration and dealing with problems such as yellowing fluids and pH. The course comprises some PowerPoint presentations with a large practical component. For an example of workshop content, please refer to Simon Moore’s previous course structure at <a href="http://www.natural-history-conservation.com/nextcourse.htm">http://www.natural-history-conservation.com/nextcourse.htm</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>This workshop is designed primarily for conservators, collection managers and other professionals responsible for the care and preservation of natural history collections.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Fees for the workshop are AUD $1400 (incl. GST) which will cover all materials, notes and catering.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Please contact Karina Palmer on +61 3 8341 7183 or <a href="mailto:kpalmer@museum.vic.gov.au">kpalmer@museum.vic.gov.au</a> for a registration form.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Karina Palmer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Senior Conservator, Collection Preservation</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Museum Victoria<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>GPO Box 666<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Melbourne VIC 3001<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Telephone +61 3 8341 7183<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Facsimile +61 3 8341 7154<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Email <a href="mailto:kpalmer@museum.vic.gov.au"><span style='color:blue'>kpalmer@museum.vic.gov.au</span></a></span><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></P>
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