Art Conservation Resources

(AIC) The American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works :  The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) is the national membership organization of conservation professionals dedicated to preserving the art and historic artifacts of our cultural heritage for future generations.

American Society for Testing and Materials: ASTM International is one of the largest voluntary standards development organizations in the world-a trusted source for technical standards for materials, products, systems, and services.

Archival Products: Archival Products is devoted to quality service, excellent products and development of solutions for needs in the preservation community.

Art and Archeological Technical Abstracts (ATA): A search engine for information on materials and techniques.

The Artists’ Materials Center: An applied research organization at Carnegie Mellon University dedicated to helping museums, libraries and archives improve the ways of caring for their collections.

Art-Support.com Art Conservation Resources: Care and Handling of Photography: Articles on the Care and Protection of Photograph as well as other photography and conservation related links.

Bibliographic Database of the Conservation Information Network (BCIN): A bibliographic search engine for information on materials and techniques.

CAMEO: CAMEO is a searchable encyclopedia developed at the Conservation and Collections Management Department at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. CAMEO contains chemical, physical, visual, and analytical information on over 10,000 historic and contemporary materials used in the conservation, preservation, and production of artistic, architectural, and archaeological materials.

Conserv O Grams: (http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/publications/conserveogram/cons_toc.html) Short, focused leaflets about caring for museum objects, published by the National Park Service.

CoOL: CoOL or “Conservation OnLine” is a project of the Stanford University Libraries directed toward the conservation of library media, archives and museum materials.

The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI): GCI works internationally to advance the field of conservation through scientific research, field projects, education and training, and the dissemination of information in various media.

Graphics Atlas: Created by the Image Permanence Institute at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Graphics Atlas is an online resource that brings sophisticated print identification and characteristic exploration tools to archivists, curators, historians, collectors, conservators, educators, and the general public.

The Hornemann Institute: The non-profit Hornemann Institute offers information and services in the field of conservation and restoration.

International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM): ICCROM is an intergovernmental organization dedicated to the conservation of cultural heritage.

International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC): The IIC is an independent international organization supported by individual and institutional members. It serves as a forum for communication among professionals with responsibility for the preservation of cultural heritage. It advances knowledge, practice and standards for the conservation of historic and artistic works through its publications and conferences.

The Library of Congress: Library of Congress is a tremendous resource for all manner of information, including cultural preservation.

Western Association for Art Conservation (WAAC): WAAC is a nonprofit membership organization for professional conservators. WAAC was founded in 1975 to bring together conservators practicing in the western United States to exchange ideas, information and news.