Dear colleagues,
 
ICOM International Training Centre (ICOM-ITC) is announcing the organisation of a special training workshop that will be held from 31 August to 9 September, 2015 in Arusha, Tanzania, in partnership with the National Museum of Tanzania. ICOM, ICOM China and the Palace Museum are pleased to award travel grants to international participants attending the training workshop.
 
Please refer to ICOM website for the types of grant available and the applicable criteria: http://icom.museum/activities/icom-international-training-centre-for-museum-studies/applicable-criteria-for-the-awarding-of-icom-itc-travel-grants/
 
Full applications with the application form as well as other documents are expected by Tuesday 30 June, 2015. Contact: Mr. Raphaël Roig (raphaël.roig@icom.museum) at ICOM Secretariat.
 
The theme of this special training workshop will be: Museums Today: From Collecting to Marketing. A number of outstanding international experts will give lectures and conduct discussions and group work on museum topics such as acquisitions, collection care and management, exhibition development, marketing, outreach programme, community engagement and cultural action. The programme will also include lectures by Tanzanian experts from the host institutions: the Natural History Museum and the Arusha Declaration Museum. A “Reading Artifacts” session, developed by the Canadian Science and Technology Museum, will also be part of the programme, with access to objects from the collections of the host institutions. In addition, hands-on sessions will be organised on-site; and a two-day excursion will take the participants to the most important cultural and natural heritage sites of the region.
 
Officially launched on 1 July 2013, ICOM-ITC relies on the ICOM professional network to offer quality training programmes in museum studies to regional and international museum professionals, especially to ICOM members from emerging countries. This special training workshop in Tanzania will be primarily intended for museum professionals from the African continent.
More info on ICOM-ITC: http://icom.museum/activities/icom-international-training-centre-for-museum-studies/
 
Sincerely,
ICOM Secretariat