The professional actors
You can read here the sites of the French and international professional associations as well as the associations of students and alumni of the training places.
Professionals in the conservation and restoration of cultural heritage are diverse in their training, their diplomas and their levels of qualification as well as in their skills and responsibilities.
Professional associations may be related to trades or training. Other inter-disciplines develop common themes in several fields of activity: sharing knowledge and experiences, safeguarding in case of disasters...
Finally, some associations disseminate the directory of their members, allowing to identify a professional: architect, curator, stage manager, restaurateur and qualified companies, conservation scientist.
- AAF Association of French Archivists
- PAA Association of Heritage Architects
- ABF Association of Librarians of France
- ACAOAF Association of Conservators of Antiquities and Art of France
- AFROA French Association of Art Managers of France
- AGCCPF General Association of Curators of Public Collections of France
- ANABF Association nationale des architectes des bâtiments de France
- ANACT National Association for Territorial Collectivity Archaeology
- APreseVU Association of University Occupational Health and Conservation Technicians - Heritage Conservation
- ARAAFU Association of University-Trained Restorers of Art and Archaeology
- ARSAG Association for Scientific Research on Graphic Arts
- Company-ACMH Company of Chief Architects of Historic Monuments
- CFBB French Blue Shield Committee
- FFCR French Federation of Conservatives-Restraurateurs
- GMH Group of companies catering for historic monuments
- GPFO Professional association of organ builders (French furniture)
- IABD Interassociation Archives Bibliothèques Documentation which brings together 17 professional associations
- ICOM France French Committee of the International Council of Museums
- ICOMOS France French Committee of the International Council of Monuments and Sites
- CIIMS French section of the International Conservation Institute (IIC)
- ECCO : European Confederation of Conservator-Restorer’s Organisations
- ICBS International Blue Shield Committee
- ICCROM International Centre for the Study of the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
- ICOM International Council of Museums
- ICOM-CC International Council of Museums - Committee for Conservation
- ICOMOS International Council on Monuments and Sites
- IIC International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
- INCCA International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art
- FHP Heritage without frontiers
- AEAE Association of Students and Alumni of the National Heritage Institute, Department of Restorers
- Alumni INP Preservatives National Heritage Institute Alumni Association, Conservative Department
- ARSET Association of Sculpture Restorers of the School of Tours
- Wire - Association of conservation and restoration students of the École Supérieure d'Art d'Avignon
- Icosaedre Association of students and alumni of the Master of Conservation-Restoration of the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
- NPI Directory of former students Curators