Collections Research
ONLINE RESOURCES
AIC Research and Technical Studies Specialty Group
Select "Specialty Groups" at:
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
Collections Research at the Getty Conservation Institute
Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online (CAMEO)
ICOM-CC Scientific Research Working Group
ICON Heritage Science Group
Select “Heritage Science” at:
The Institute of Conservation
UK Science and Heritage Programme
BOOKS, JOURNALS & CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Artists' Pigments: A Handbook of Their History and Characteristics, volumes 1–4. Washington DC: National Gallery of Art.
British Museum Technical Research Bulletin.
Conservation Science 2007: Papers from the Conference Held in Milan, Italy, 10–11 May 2007, edited by Joyce H. Townsend, Lucia Toniolo, and Francesca Cappitelli, with editorial assistance from Graham Martin, Gianluca Valentini, and James Tate (2008), London: Archetype Publications.
National Gallery Technical Bulletin, published by the National Gallery, London.
Painting Materials: A Short Encyclopedia by Rutherford J. Gettens and George L. Stout.
Physical Techniques in the Study of Art, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, edited by David A. Bradley and D. C. Creagh (2006), Amsterdam and Oxford: Elsevier.
Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments by Nicholas Eastaugh, Valentine Walsh, Tracey Chaplin, and Ruth Siddall (2004), Amsterdam: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann.
Raman Spectroscopy in Archaeology and Art History, edited by H. G. M. Edwards and J. M. Chalmers (2005), RSC Analytical Chemistry Spectroscopy Monographs, Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry.
Scientific Examination for the Investigation of Paintings: A Handbook for Conservator-restorers, edited by Daniela Pinna, Monica Galeotti, and Rocco Mazzeo (2009), Florence: Centro Di.
Scientific Research on Historic Asian Ceramics: Proceedings of the Fourth Forbes Symposium at the Freer Gallery of Art, edited by Blythe McCarthy et al. (2009), London: Archetype Publications in association with the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Studies in Conservation/Reviews in Conservation
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