Useful Links

Material Science

• Furskin Identification
• Ivory: Identification and Regulation of a Precious Material, by S. Hornbeck, National Museum of African Art, US 
• Ivory Identification, US Fish and Wildlife Service
• Identification Guide for Ivory and Ivory Substitutes, by E. O. Espinoza and M. J. Mann
• Identification - the International Ivory Society
• Feather Atlas: Flight Feathers of North American birds, US Fish and Wildlife Service
• Feather Atlas for the Birds of the Western Palearctic
• Feathers, by Michel Klemann, the Netherlands
• Bird Wing Image Collection, by the Slater Museum of Natural History
• InsideWood (wood identification) Database
• Fiber Reference Image Library
• Atlas of plant material & fibres from New Zealand & the Pacific / He rārangi whakaaturanga o ngā taonga rākau
• Natural Fibres
• Identification of Plastics and Elastomers: Miniaturized Tests
• Pigments Through the Ages

Databases

• CAMEO: a searchable information center comprising a MATERIALS database that contains chemical, physical, visual, and analytical information on over 10,000 historic and contemporary materials; a DIRECTORY of conservation-related organizations; and a repository of information on FORBES' PIGMENTS.
• AATA Online: a database of over 100,000 abstracts of literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage.
• BCIN: the Bibliographic Database of the Conservation Information Network is the Web's most complete bibliographic resource for the conservation, preservation and restoration of cultural property. [French] 

Conservation Information Libraries

• CoOL: Conservation OnLine is a full text library of conservation information covering a wide spectrum of topics of interest to those involved with the conservation of library, archives and museum materials.
• Museum Pests: training materials and resources on the implementation of integrated pest management in museums and other collection-holding institutions.

 Training Programs specializing in the Conservation of Objects

• University College London, Institute of Archaeology, MA in Principles of Conservation and MSc in Conservation for Archaeology and Museums 
• University of Canberra Materials Conservation Program
• Queen's University Master of Art Conservation Program
• Art Conservation at the University of Delaware
• Buffalo State College Art Conservation Department

Related Associations

• ICME (International Committee for Museums of Ethnography)
• SPNHC (Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections)