The deadline for the Collections Care and Maintenance Training Program sponsored by the Heritage League of Greater Kansas City has been EXTENDED to 06 November 1995. This program is designed to provide a broad range of technical information focusing on the care and maintenance of museum collections. Through lectures, demonstrations, hands-on workshops, and behind-the-scenes tours of area historic sites and museums, participants will learn about agents of deterioration, the interaction of materials with the environment, standard methods and procedures in collections management, and basic care and handling techniques for a wide range of mateirals normally found in historical collections. Participants will be trained to recognize conservation issues and deal effectively with them in their own institutions. The program will establish a lending library of basic reference works and specialized equipment used to monitor environmental factors. Participants will be trained to use the equipment and will have access to the library during and after completion of the course. Each participant will be required to complete a practicum project at their institution during the intersession to improve the care of their collections, and to report on their project in a presentation during the second three-week session of the program. The program is offered in two three-week sessions, Monday - Friday, with a four-month intersession. The first three-week session will be offered Feb. 5-23, 1996, followed by the second sesssion July 7-26 1996. The program will be based in the University of Missouri-Kansas City's conference facilities within the College of Arts and Sciences Continuing Education Division. This program has been developed to assist currently employed museum professionals who are directly responsible for a broad range of collections care activities, but have little technical training to guide them in these areas. The program will emphasize practical approaches to long-term preservation of museum collections. The program is limited to 15 participants. Six partial scholarships are available and wil be awarded on a competitive basis. For additional information, please contact (as soon as possible!!) Jean Svadlenak, Program Director Collections Care and Maintenance Training Program Heritage League of Greater Kansas City 202 Cockefair Hall University of Missouri-Kansas City 5100 Rockhill Road Kansas City, MO 64110-2499 Telephone 816-235-1333 FAX 816-235-1308