Conservation and Conservators - Associations

• American Institute of Conservation (AIC)  AIC conservation professionals combine unique skills in the arts and sciences gained through study and training in art history, chemistry, studio art, and related disciplines. They are experts in the conservation of paintings, paper, books, photographs , textiles, decorative arts, sculpture, and wooden artifacts as well as architectural, archaeological, natural science, and ethnographic materials.  AIC members are practicing conservators, conservation scientists, educators, administrators, collections care professionals, technicians, and students; archivists, curators, and other museum and library professionals; and architects and art historians. AIC also welcomes members from other disciplines who are interested in conservation. See: Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Practice, Definitions of Conservation Terminology
  
  
  • Organizations involved with-allied to conservation
  • Museum, Library and Archives Conservation-Preservation Departments
  • commercial firms, vendors, etc.
    
    
• Association for Preservation Technology International (APTI) Members of APT include architects, conservators, consultants, contractors, craftspersons, curators, developers, educators, engineers, historians, landscape architects, managers, planners, preservationists, technicians, tradespeople, and others involved in the systematic application of the knowledge of methods and materials to the conservation of buildings, districts and artifacts. Today, APT International has members in 28 different countries. APT membership provides you with access to an international network, up-to-date historic preservation technology, technical publications, an annual conference with opportunities for specialized training and education, member discounts, listing in the Directory of Members, and advertising possibilities. See: Web Resources
  
  
• National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Efforts to establish a national preservation center within the National Park Service have been evolving for nearly two decades. In response to the clearly stated need for a National preservation initiative, Congress passed the Historic Preservation Act Amendments of 1992, creating NCPTT, NCPTT’s advisory board and NCPTT’s grants program. NCPTT ... develop and distribute skills and technologies that enhance the preservation, conservation, and interpretation of prehistoric and historic resources throughout the United States.  See: Research
  
  
• International Council on Monuments and Sites is an international non-governmental organization of professionals, dedicated to the conservation of the world's historic monuments and sites. ICOMOS provides a forum for professional dialogue and a vehicle for the collection, evaluation, and dissemination of information on conservation principles, techniques, and policies.  See: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Greece, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, National Committees, Scientific Committees
  
  
• Regional Alliance for Preservation RAP now totals 14 organizations located throughout the United States. RAP serves as an allied force to assist a wide variety of cultural institutions with collections care activities. The mission of the Regional Alliance for Preservation (RAP) is to provide comprehensive preservation information to cultural institutions and the public throughout the United States. See: Conservation Services
  
  
  • Object/ Sculpture Conservation:
    
    
    • Straus Center for Conservation
    • Upper Midwest Conservation Association - Links
    • Intermuseum Conservation Association
    • National Park Service - Harpers Ferry Center
    • Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center
    • NYS - Peebles Island Resource Center
    • Williamstown Art Conservation Center
      
      
• Washington Conservation Guild is a nonprofit organization of conservation professionals, based in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. While serving primarily as a forum for exchange of information among its members, the Guild also seeks to help non-conservators learn more about caring for their own art and artifacts.  See: What is conservation?, Finding and choosing Conservators  Contact: washingtonconservationguild@hotmail.com
  
  
• Western Association for Art Conservation (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. 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.
  
  
• Marble Institute of America (MIA)
  
  
• Building Stone Institute (BSI)
  
  
• American Concrete Institute (ACI)
  
  
• International Council of Museums
  
  
• Virtual Library museums pages (VLmp) - Museums in the USA - Art Museums