Organizations involved with / Allied to Conservation This page provides links to Not-For-Profit organizations who are involved with or allied to the field of conservation. Some provide for-fee services, in addition to free services/information. See also Museum, Library and Archives Conservation/Preservation Departments For information about Commercial entities providing conservation-related supplies and services, see our Commercial Service page NB See also Organizations with their Home pages (or mirrors) in CoOL Information about various preservation-related organizations is also available. Conservation/Preservation Organizations Funding organizations Standards Organizations Library, Archives, and Museum organizations International, National and Regional Cultural Institutions Special Topics

Conservation / Preservation Organizations

• American Film Institute (AFI)

  
  American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)
  

  
  

• AMIGOS Preservation Service

  
  Association for Heritage Preservation of the Americas
  Asociación para Preservación del Patrimonio de las Américas
  Associação para Preservação do Patrimônio das Américas
  
  

• Associação Brasileira de Encadernação e Restauro (ABER) (Brazilian Bookbinding, Conservation and Book Preservation Society)
• The Association of British Picture Restorers (ABPR). See The British Association of Paintings Conservator-Restorers (BAPCR) below
• The Association for Preservation Technology
• Association of Regional Conservation Centers
• Atelier de Restauration et de Conservation des Photographies de la Ville de Paris
• Atelier Régional de Conservation Nucléart: ARC-Nucléarts, the Nucléart Regional Conservation Workshop
• Atlanta Art Conservation Center (AACC)
• Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM)
• Balboa Art Conservation Center (BACC)
  See also entry in RAP
• The British Association of Paintings Conservator-Restorers (BAPCR)
• California Library Preservation Networks
• California Library Program
  (Supersedes the California Preservation Clearinghouse (CPC), formerly hosted at cpc.stanford.edu)

  Canadian Association for Conservation of Cultural Property (CAC)
  

  Canadian Association of Professional Conservators (CAPC)
  (In English and French)
  

• Canadian Association of Professional Heritage Consultants (CAPHC)
• Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI)
• Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) which incorportates the Conservation Information Network
• Carriage Association of America (CAA), the oldest and largest international organization devoted to the preservation and restoration of horse-drawn carriages and sleighs
• Colorado Preservation Alliance
• Comité Nacional de Conservación Textil, Chile
• Conservation Analytical Lab (CAL)--See Smithsonian Center for Materials Research & Education (SCMRE)
• Conservation Centre, National Museums Liverpool
• Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA)
• Conservering in nederlands en elders

  Council on Library and Information Resources
  Formerly Commission on Preservation and Access (CPA) and
  Council on Library Resources (CLR)
  

  
  

• Cultural Heritage National Training Organisation (CHNTO)
• Digital Preservation Coalition
• Digital Restoration of old Motion Picture Films, a collaboration of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the University of Basel
• European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA)
• European Network for Conservation-Restoration Education (ENCoRE) (ceased operations July 2008, but resources available online)
• Electronic Resource Preservation and Access Network (ERPANET)
• English Heritage
• European Federation of Conservator-Restorers' Organizations (ECCO)
• International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF)
• Friends of the World Treasures

  
  

  
  

• Guild of Fine Craftsmen and Artisans
• Hrvatski Restauratorski Zavod (Croatian Conservation Institute)
• Heritage Conservation Network
• Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador

  
  Formerly National Institute for Conservation (NIC). "Heritage Preservation works to ensure the preservation of America's collective heritage. Our programs and publications provide advice and guidance on the proper care and maintenance of historic documents, books and archives, works of art, photographs, architecture, monuments, anthropological artifacts, historic objects and family heirlooms, natural science specimens. We work with our members—the nation's leading museums, libraries and archives, historic preservation organizations, and historical societiesi to inform the public of the need to preserve our collective heritage."

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• Image Permanence Institute (IPI)
• Independent Media Arts Preservation (IMAP)

  
  

• Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions

  "Clues for new medicines are hidden in old books reporting centuries of therapeutic experiences and practice. We trace these documents worldwide, decipher and interpret their texts, and repurpose their information for new scientific research.
  "The Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions is a research centre at the interface of science, medicine, and the humanities, which bridges past and present, and inspires fresh investigations and innovative research strategies for tomorrow's health care."

• Institute for the Protection of Cultural-Historical and Natural Heritage of Canton Sarajevo
• Institute of Conservation science
• Instituto Português de Conservação e Restauro (IPCR)
• ICN Instituut Collectie Nederland: om de kwaliteit van het cultureel erfgoed
  
• Japanese Association for Conservation of Architectural Monuments Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage: for the quality of the cultural heritage

• Institut royal du Patrimoine Artistique de Belgique (KIK-IRPA)
  Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium
  Royal Institute for the study and Conservation of Belgium's Artistic Heritage
  

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  International Academic Projects Ltd (IAP)
  Promotes education, training and research into conservation, archaeology, anthropology and other related fields.
  

  Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Archiv-, Bibliotheks- und Graphikrestauratoren
  International Association of Conservators of Archival Material, Books and Graphic Art on Paper
  

• Inland Empire Libraries Disaster Response Network (IELDRN)
• Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works in Ireland (ICHAWI)
• Institute of Paper Conservation (IPC) (This organization no longer exist; it was merged into Institute of Conservation (Icon))
• Intermuseum Conservation Association

  The Intermuseum Conservation Association was the first non-profit regional conservation center in the United States. Currently located in Cleveland, Ohio, the ICA provides services including fine arts conservation, architectural restoration, custom building and display work, fine art storage, and cost-effective educational and field services.

• ICCROM the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and the Restoration of Cultural Property
• International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) including National Committees

  
  

  International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art (INCCA)
  

  
  

  International Institute for Conservation
  of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC)

  • Section française de l'IIC
    

  
  

• Iowa Conservation and Preservation Consortium (ICPC)
• Istituto Centrale per il Restauro, Rome
• Kansas Disaster Recovery Assistance Network (KDRAN)
• Low Countries Sculpture Society

  
  Michigan Alliance for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage
  

• National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT)
• National Park Services, Harpers Ferry Center
• National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Microclimate Research Unit
  Unità Operativa di Climatologia e Microclimatologia (CNR ICTIMA)
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
  National Trust for Historic Preservation Library, University of Maryland, College Park
• Nebraska Historical Society, Gerald. R. Ford Conservation Center
• New York Regional Association for Conservation (NYRAC)
• New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation, Peebles Island Resource Center
  See also entry in RAP
• Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC)
• Northeast Historic Film
• Preservation Resource Group
• Preserve, Inc., a national center for archival documentation and preservation of the performing arts
• Regional Alliance for Preservation (RAP)
• Research, Libraries, and Archives Collections Conservation Task Force (RELACT)
• Restaurateurs sans Frontieres (RSF) Restorers Without Borders

  Founded twenty years ago in France, Restaurateurs Sans Frontières (RSF) is an international organization of art restoration experts committed to the preservation of world cultural heritage. With its headquarters in Avignon, France and centers in Istanbul, Bangkok and Thessaloniki, RSF has provided manpower, technical and scientific support for the restoration of fine artwork in the Eastern Mediterranean, Central Europe, East Africa, Southeast Asia and Central America.

  With restoration and restoration training as its central effort, RSF activities have taken on new dimensions to maximize social impact. RSF now launches public awareness campaigns to surround its restoration work sensitizing the general public on conservation and its importance. In this way, RSF not only physically protects objects by restoration, they also promote the culture and traditions attached to those objects.

• Saving Antiquities For Everyone (SAFE)
• Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!)
• Scottish Society for Conservation and Restoration (SSCR) (This organization no longer exist; it was merged into Institute of Conservation (Icon))

  Smithsonian Center for Materials Research & Education (SCMRE)
  (Formerly CAL, the Conservation Analytical Laboratory of the Smithsonian Institution (CAL)

  Stichting Ebenist (English) ((Nederlands)

  "The Stichting Ebenist is a non-profit organisation with the aim to provide a symposium about wood- and furniture conservation and restoration on a yearly basis. Each year alternating, the symposium is either national (in Dutch) or international (in English). After every symposium the lectures are gathered and published."

  "The aim of Stichting Ebenist is to learn and broaden our knowledge within the professional field. We want to be a platform where restorers and colleagues from neighbouring fields can meet to share information, experience and research. With these objectives we intend to promote discussion and new channels of communication. This will improve the standards of conservation and restoration, and thereby help us maintain our cultural heritage in the best possible way."

• The Textile Conservation Centre
  TCC, formerly at www.wsa.soton.ac.uk/ttccontent.htm, is no longer in operation

  The Society for the Preservation
  of Natural History Collections (SPNHC)
  

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• Studio of the Western Sweden Conservators Trust (SVK)
  Stiftelsen Västsvensk Konservatorsateljé
  
• Tokyo National Research Institute of Cultural Properties
• Midwest Conservation Association (UMCA)
  (Formerly Upper Midwest Conservation Association (UMCA)
• The Straus Center for Conservation, Harvard University
  See also entry in RAP
• The Textile Conservation Workshop, South Salem NY
• Verband der Restauratoren (VDR)

  "WAAC, the Western Association for Art Conservation, 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. Although WAAC is specifically a regional organization for the western states including Alaska and Hawaii, any individual or institution may become a member regardless of location or national boundary
  

  
  

• Western Australian Museum Museum Assistance Program (MAP)
• The Williamstown Art Conservation Center (WACC)

• The World Monuments Fund (WMF)

  The World Monuments Fund (WMF) is a private, nonprofit organization founded in 1965 by individuals concerned about the accelerating destruction of important artistic and architectural treasures throughout the world. Acting as a catalyst, WMF brings together public and private support to safeguard monuments and works of art whose loss or destruction would impoverish mankind."

  
  

Funding organizations

• American Academy in Rome (Rome Prize, Residencies, etc.)
• Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
  (Formerly Institute of Museum Services (IMS))
• National Endowment for the Humanities.
• National Park Service (NPS) Grants and Tax Credits for Historic Preservation

  Historic Preservation Fund (matching grants to States, Territories, and the Freely Associated States (Micronesia) to support historic preservation activities)

  Tribal Preservation Program

  Federal Historic Preservatino Tax Incentives

  
  

• New Jersey Historic Trust
• See also NCPTT and NHPRC

Standards Organizations

• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
• CIMI (the Consortium for the Computer Interchange of Museum Information)
• ISO (International Organization for Standardization) National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
• NISTNational Institute of Standards and Technology
• Standards Council of Canada

Library, Archives, and Museum organizations

• Alabama Library Association (ALLA) Paraprofessional Round Table (PART)
• Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC)
• American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)
• American Association of Museums
• American Library Association
• The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS)
• ALA/ALCTS PARS (Preservation and Reformatting Section
• Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
• Association for Moving Image Archivists (AMIA)
• (ARL) Association of Research Libraries has an area devoted to Preservation information
• Association of Records Managers and Administrators International (ARMA)
• Australian Library and Information Association
  Special Interest Group for the Preservation of Library Materials (ALIA SIG POLM)
• Society of California Archivists
• Canadian Library Association
• Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL)
• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). See especially the IFLA Core Programme for Preservation and Conservation (PAC)
• Japan Library Association (Committee on Preservation and Conservation is found only in Japanese area)
• Library Association
• Museum Computer Network (MCN)
• The National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (NAGARA)
• International Council on Archives (ICA)
• Records Management Association of Australia (RMAA)
• Research Libraries Group (RLG). See especially PRESERV
• Society of American Archivists (SAA)
• Special Libraries Association (SLA)

International, National and Regional Cultural Institutions

• Archives of Australia
• Asian Academy for Heritage Management
• California Preservation Foundation
• European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST)

  "Networking of communities of researchers, infrastructure owners and users is one of the important instruments the European Commission is offering in order to establish co- operation and co-ordination between existing facilities, researchers, end-users, industrialists, manufacturers and suppliers.

  "COST, which stands for European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research, is one of the longest- running instruments supporting co-operations among scientist and researchers across Europe. Within the COST domain Chemistry and Molecular Sciences and Technologies, Cost Action D42 is effective since October 2006. Till 2010, representatives from 22 COST countries will discuss the Chemical Interactions between the Indoor Environment and Cultural Artefacts in Cost Action D42 for safeguarding our movable cultural heritage."

• Coördinatiepunt Nationaal Conserveringsbeleid (CNC)--Dutch National Preservation Office
• Fundación del Patrimonio Histórico de Castilla y León
  The Historic Heritage Foundation of Castilla y León (Spain)
  (English) (French)
• State Library of Victoria's Heritage Conservation & Historic Preservation
• Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
• Library of Congress (LC)
  See especially the Preservation Directorate
  the National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) and the Bach to Baseball Cards a web publication that celebrates 200 years of preservation at the Library of Congress
• Central Conservation Section of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government
• National Diet Library Preservation and Conservation of Materials (in Japanese)
• National Film Preservation Foundation
• National Archives, United Kingdom (formerly Public Record Office and the Historical Manuscripts Commission)
• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) (especially NARA Archives and Preservation Resources)
• National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers
• National Council for Conservation-Restoration (NCCR). (This organization no longer exist; it was merged into Institute of Conservation (Icon))
• National Historical Publications and and Records Commission (NHPRC)
• National Park Service (NPS) Historic Preservation Services (See also Funding Sources, NCPTT, and National Register above)

  This site includes search facilities for locating U.S. State Historic Preservation Officers, Tribal Historic Preservation Offices

• National Library of Australia

  See especially Preserving Access to Digital Information (PADI), Preserving and Accessing Networked DOcumentary Resources of Australia (PANDORA)

• The National Preservation Office (NPO, British Library) (renamed Preservation Adivisory Center"):
• National Register of Historic Places
• Preservation Adivisory Center, British Library. Formerly the The National Preservation Office (NPO)
• Public Records Office of Hong Kong (PRO)
• Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS)
• ScreenSound Australia (formerly National Film & Sound Archive)
• UNESCO Cultural Heritage page
• United States Information Agency (USIA) USIA is responsible for implementing the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act
• Virginia Department of Historic Resources, (State Historic Preservation Office)

Special Topics

Analytic techniques

Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS)

The international Infrared and Raman Users' Group (IRUG)

Art and art history

ArtWatch International

Visual Resources Association

Association pour le Respect de l'Intégrité du Patrimoine Artistique

Artist's Rights

Artists Rights Society (ARS)

Bibliography

Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, publishers of Studies in Bibliography

Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing

Book Arts

The Center for Book Arts

Copyright

Copyright Clearance Center Online

Chemistry

American Chemical Society

American Leather Chemists Association

Documentation

Museum Documentation Association (MDA)

Fans

International Fan Collector's Guild

Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC)

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

Historic Preservation

(HABS/HAER), the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)

Horology

American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute (AWI)

Imaging

Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO)

Paper

Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI)

Paper Research Organizations (Pulp and Paper Jump List)

American Museum of Papermaking

Friends of Dard Hunter

Hand Papermaking, Inc.

Hand Papermaking, Inc., is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing traditional and contemporary ideas in the art of hand papermaking through publications and other educational formats. Founded in 1986 with the publication of the first issue of Hand Papermaking magazine, the primary goal of the organization has been to provide information to a diverse international audience of paper artists, mills, dealers, historians, conservators, and other aficionados of handmade paper

Meteorology

World Meteorological Organization (WMO), A United Nations Specialized Agency

Materials Science

Materials Research Society (MRS)

Photographic Materials and Moving Images

The Daguerreian Society

Digital Daguerreian Archive Project

Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE)

Julia Margaret Cameron Trust

See also Image Permanence Institute (IPI), above

Reformatting

Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductionsi (CIHM)

Other topics

The Association of Restorers

American Rock Art Research Association

Ancient Monuments Laboratory

Association for Information and Image Management International

California Mission Studies Association

Fellowship of Makers & Researchers of Historical Instruments

Guild of American Luthiers

International Commission on Illumination (CIE)

Masonry Conservation Research Group

National Media Lab (NML)

Society of American Silversmiths

Society of Gilders

Association of Specialists in Cleaning and Restoration (AASCR) (trade association, evolved from National Institute of Rug Cleaners)