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The American Association of Museums  has a wonderful program called International Partnerships Among Museums.  I was fortunate enough to participate in 1994, when the St. Louis Science Center partnered with Centro Cultural Alfa in Monterrey, Mexico.  Best experience of my professional career.  You might want to look at their model.
Beryl

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On Mar 21, 2011, at 6:34 PM, marilyn hoyt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> I just had the pleasure of joining the Birla Science Center and the National
> Council of Science Museums in a day long program celebrating National
> Science Day in India. One of the topics raised was an intense interest in
> professional exchange.  The program model suggested is that each museum
> cover the transportation for its own staff member in the other country.  The
> host museum would then cover the cost of housing and per diem.  (ie  A U.S.
> colleague would fly to India on their own budget to work on a mutually
> agreed upon project.  The Indian host museum would cover the costs of their
> housing and per diem.  Then an Indian colleague would cover their own flight
> costs to the U.S. and the U.S. museum to work on a mutually agreed upon
> project and the U.S. host museum would cover housing and per diem)  Indian
> colleague museums are willing to entertain project ideas and exchanges of up
> to a year, but shorter periods are also open for review.
> 
> Anyone want to be connected to our Indian colleagues to discuss this
> possibility further?
> 
> -- 
> Chicago:
> Marilyn Hoyt
> 511 Selborne Road
> Riverside, IL 60546
> 914-815-0671
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> New York:
> Marilyn Hoyt
> 110 Sixth Avenue
> Pelham, NY 10803
> 914-815-0671
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