Practical sheets, books and magazines
You will find in this section magazines, books, practical factsheets and bibliographies accessible entirely online on topics related to the conservation and restoration of cultural property and which will allow you to follow the latest news in this field.
1. Bibliographies
Here you will find a list of sites offering a large and regularly updated number of thematic bibliographies.
- COol - ConservationOnLine
- GCI - Getty conservation institute
- ICOM - International Council of Museums
- ICOMOS - International Council of Monuments and Sites
- INP - National Heritage Institute: Digital Media Library
- DISO - Museum Cooperation and Information Office
Bibliography "Conservation - Restoration" of the INP (PDF) Bibliographic guidelines prepared by the Information Resource Centre with the collaboration of coordinators and stakeholders of the "conservation-restoration" module, Institut national du Patrimoine, 2022.
2. Online Journals
The Association of Conservators of Art and Archaeology of University Training (ARAAFU) makes available to the public free of charge the articles of its publications, in particular itsevue Conservation and restoration of cultural property.
CeROArt is an interactive journal and platform dedicated to a multidisciplinary approach to the issues of Conservation, Exhibition and Restoration of Works of Art. It is a space for reflection and interaction between historians and art historians, philosophers and museologists, scientists interested in heritage, curators, curators, as well as representatives of the museum world or students of one of these disciplines.
Corpus Vitrearum International : International Stained Glass Research, is an international organization of historians of stained glass. Founded in 1952, it works on the census and study of pre-xix stained glass windows.e century in Western countries.
E-conservation Journal is a journal distributed exclusively electronically and in open access. It aims to serve the cultural heritage community by publishing research by researchers and for researchers and professionals. The journal is interested in articles from a wide range of fields: chemistry, physics, biology, art history, archaeology, museum studies and conservation-restoration. All published articles are peer-reviewed.
E-preservation science is a newspaper that supports free access to knowledge worldwide by making articles published in e-PS available online, free of charge.
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) presents available resources online here.
In Situ. Heritage Review offers heritage professionals and researchers the opportunity to disseminate and enhance the results of their work on the knowledge, conservation and transmission of works and objects under their responsibility or that they study.
The Journal of Film Preservation (also known as JFP) is published by the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) twice a year. It provides a forum for general and specialized discussions on all theoretical, technical and historical aspects of moving image archiving activities. Articles are written in English, French or Spanish, with abstracts in the other two languages.
News in Conservation is published in six issues per year. Each issue dating back to August 1, 2007 is available for free download on the IIC website only. This publication is free for non-members and members alike, ensuring the widest possible audience for the latest news, developments, opinions, events and anniversaries of international heritage conservation.
The magazine Studies in conservation, of the International Institute for the Conservation of Historical and Artistic Property, is the first international peer-reviewed journal for the conservation of historical and artistic works. The target audience includes conservation professionals in the broadest sense of the term: practicing curators of all types of objects, conservation, heritage and museum scientists, collections or conservation managers, conservation teachers and students, and academic researchers in the fields of arts, archaeology, built heritage, materials history, technological research of art, and material culture.
Ge-conservacion, is a periodical Spanish journal of the GE-IIC (Spanish Conservation Group of the International Institute for the Conservation of Historical and Artistic Property), whose objective is to contribute to the scientific development, the dissemination and exchange of knowledge on the conservation and restoration of cultural heritage.
Vidimus is an online magazine dedicated to medieval stained glass.
3. Books Online
Centre de conservation du Québec : publications
Conservation of movable objects in churches: a self-assessment tool, by Geneviève Rager
Project management guides - Historical monuments
Getty conservation Institute : publications and resources
Practical guide for marking the identification of cultural property - C2RMF
Image permanence Institute : publications and resources
Small Guide for people wishing to maintain a burial
Rescuing the Hidden European Wooden Churches Heritage: an international methodology for implementing a database for restoration projects by Gennaro Tampone and Michela Semplici, Scientific Editors
Guide to preventive conservation - C2RMF
Security of cultural property, from the prevention of theft to the return of the stolen object - Ministry of Culture
4. Practice Cards
From C2RMF - Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France
From CICRP - Interregional Centre for Heritage Conservation and Restoration
Can O Gram National Park Service
The ICC Notes Canadian Conservation Institute
Museum Insects OICM – Museum Cooperation and Information Office
The Preservation leaflets NEDCC – Northeast document center