International Academic Projects, London, will be offering the course, "Identification Of Museum Materials: What is it made of?." The course is taught by Robert Child, Head of Conservation, National Museum of Wales, and Valentine Walsh, Paintings Conservator in Private Practice. The course will provide information and practice on identifying a range of materials using simple visual and physical methods. The course will be taught at two venues, Austin, Texas, April 16-19 and Tampa, Florida, April 23-26, 1996. For more information on the Texas course contact: Course Coordinator Materials Conservation Laboratory Texas Memorial Museum University of Texas at Austin PRC #122, 10100 Burnet Road Austin, TX 78758 tel.(512)471-6090, fax (512)471-6092 Or use this simple email address:[log in to unmask] For the Florida course contact: Course Coordinator South Florida Conservation Center 3400 Spring St. Pompano Beach, FL 33062 tel (954)785-7512, fax (954)941-6690 [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jessica S. Johnson, Assistant Conservator Materials Conservation Lab, Texas Memorial Museum University of Texas at Austin PRC #122, 10100 Burnet Road Austin,TX 78758 tel (512)471-6090; fax (512)471-6092 [log in to unmask]