ITINERARY       :       MUSEUM MANAGEMENT COURSE

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT COURSE (2 weeks).
Frances Durocher, a Museum Contractor who has
worked for the Bureau of Land Management, will be
the instructor.  Classes will be held at the Museo
Regional de Ica, one of the finest small regional
museums in Peru.  It has an outstanding collection
of ancient Peruvian  textiles, beautiful ceramics
and other interesting objects.  American and
Peruvian students will have hands-on experience
working with collections from the museum while
learning the basic  conservation, documentation,
and storage of  museum collections.  Grace
Katterman will teach the textile component of the
program  This course is a terrific opportunity for
museum volunteers, workers, museum studies
students, or anyone who is interested in the
behind the scenes collection management in a small
museum.  Course dates are May 29 - June 13. Cost:
SINGLE-$1770,  DOUBLE -$1575  plus air fair.

Sat, May 29             Departure from U. S.  Arrive in Lima,
Peru; overnight in Lima.
Sun, May 30             Bus to Ica.  Settle in the hotel in
Ica.
Welcome dinner and orientation

Week 1:  May 31 - June 4,     Museum Management
Course
Participants will begin working with the
collections from Museo Regional. Classes include:
Introduction
Agents of Destruction
Material types and their specific curatorial needs
Thursday evening is Culture Night at the Museum.

Weekend, June 5 - 6:  Climb the dune, visit Huaca
China, trip to Paracas.

Week 2;  June 7 - 11, Museum Management Course
Emphasis will be on documentation and conservation
of materials and continued work with the
collections.  There will be an added focus on
textiles.
        Writing condition reports
Caring for textiles
Cleaning and photography of textiles
        Preserving your keepsakes
        Issues facing museums today
        Thursday evening is Culture Night at the Museum

June 11:    Closing Dinner and Ceremonies
June 12:    Return to Lima.  Explore some of the
wonderful museums in Lima
                Possible overnight in Lima, depending on
flight schedule.
June 13:     Departure date.


The above schedule may change to accommodate our
own pace or Peruvian time schedules.





                                CONDITIONS OF TRAVEL


The California Institute for Peruvian Studies and
Museo Regional de Ica are offering three courses
of study at their field school in Ica, Peru during
May, June and July of 1999.  An add-on trip to the
highlands is offered at the end of each course.
CIPS is a non-profit scientific and educational
organization and part or all of a participants
costs may be tax-deductible.  College credit can
be arranged before departure at your expense
through a professor at your institution. No
previous experience is required, only the desire
to participate in a scientific research project in
conjunction with other U. S. and Peruvian team
members.  Full  itineraries, course descriptions,
prices and registration information are included
in the packet.

To be included in the trip, you must have a
current passport and health insurance covering
foreign travel (proof required).   After reading
the  Conditions of Travel,  fill out the
Application Form and the Liability Release and
return them with your deposit to the address
below.   These documents are also available on
CIPS web site.

You must be in good health and able to walk about
a mile a day.

Price of the trip includes:  2-3 nights in a Lima
hotel, meals in Lima, museum tour in Lima, bus
transportation to Ica and return to Lima (or to
Nazca for the highland tour), meals and hotel in
Ica during the course, course tuition, course
syllabus, and basic course supplies.

Not included:  airline ticket to and from Peru,
airport taxes, baggage insurance, personal
excursions not listed in the itinerary, personal
items such as phone calls, laundry, bottled water,
room service or alcoholic beverages.

CIPS agent will be happy to make the flight
arrangements for you, or you can make your own
arrangements and meet the group at the hotel in
Lima for the museum tour and bus trip to Ica for
the course.  Participants arriving at the air port
on flights arranged by CIPS, or near the time of
arrival of the recommended flight, will be met at
the airport by CIPS agent.

Upon registration for a field course, you will be
sent a list of suggested clothing and other item
to take with you on the trip.  You will also be
sent a reading list of books or articles
recommended as background for the course, and
pertinent information about traveling in Peru.


The California Institute  for  Peruvian Studies
P. O. Box 2722
California City, CA  93504-0722
CIPS web site is:   http://www.buffalorun.com/cips