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Conservation organisations

Institute of Conservation: the leadership body of the UK conservation community. Created from the merging of the following organisations: Care of Collections Forum; Institute of Paper Conservation; Photographic Materials Conservation Group; Scottish Society for Conservation and Restoration; United Kingdom Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. United Kingdom Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works: now absorbed into Institute of Conservation BAFRA: The British Antique Furniture Restorers' Association: a national organisation of craftsmen engaged in furniture conservation and restoration. The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works 6 Buckingham Street, London WC2N 6BA, UK. Promotes the knowledge, methods and working standards needed to protect and preserve historic and artistic works. ICCROM [International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property] Via di San Michele 13, I-00153 Rome, Italy. An intergovernmental organization (IGO) dedicated to the conservation of cultural heritage. American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works exists to support the conservation professionals who preserve [the USA's] cultural heritage. http://aic.stanford.edu/

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Conservation resources

Conservation OnLine: Resources for conservation professionals Conservation science in cultural heritage: historical-technical journal: http://conservation-science.cib.unibo.it/index Inside Wood: The wood anatomy web site has over 35,000 images showing anatomical details. Intute: Visual Arts: Conservation and Restoration resources A service created by a network of UK universities to evaluate and list the best Web resources for education and research Journal of Conservation & Museum Studies: http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/jcms/ Museums, Libraries and Archives Council The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council produces a number of relevant publications many of which are in pdf format and are available via their publications page.

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Ethics

Ethics: ethical issues in conservation; codes of ethics, articles, charters, etc. http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/ethics/

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Discussion list for conservators

Conservation Research: a discussion list for people concerned with conservation http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/conservation-research.html

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Libraries

National Art Library, V&A Museum, London. http://www.nal.vam.ac.uk/

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Museums

Museums Net UK: the original online museum resource for the UK http://www.museums.co.uk/ National Portrait gallery: British picture framemakers, 1750-1950: a selective directory.

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Library Services

Restoration and Conservation Library Guide

Catalogue

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