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Links to other sites of interest
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| ABPR Home page | The official web site of the Association of British Picture Restorers |
| Antique Collectors' Club | Antique Collectors' Club Home Page |
| Antiques AtoZ | An interactive marketplace of services and resources for dealers, collectors, and connoiseurs of fine antiques of all styles and periods, including book titles about antiques. |
| Antique Furniture UK | Antique Furniture UK based in Worcester, England is one of the advertisers in the BAFRA Journal. |
| Antique Hot Spots | A Listing of Internet Antique and Collectible Sites |
| BADA Home page | The official web site of the British Antique Dealers' Association |
| British Museum | The British Museum, founded in 1753, contains world-famous collections of antiquities from Egypt, Western Asia, Greece and Rome, as well as Prehistoric and Romano-British, Medieval, Renaissance, Modern and Oriental collections; Prints and Drawings; Coins, Medals and Banknotes. It houses a superb collection of clocks. |
| Conservation OnLine | A project of the Preservation Department of Stanford University Libraries. 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. |
| Conservation Register | For the use of all those seeking professional conservation-restoration expertise and advice. The website can be searched free of charge by specialist skill and geographical location to provide detailed information on those conservation-restoration practices meeting the Register’s criteria for inclusion. In addition, a range of factsheets on ‘Caring for..’ different possessions and guidelines on choosing and working with a conservator are available. |
| Edward James Foundation / West Dean College | West Dean College is part of the Edward James Foundation, an educational trust that aims to promote training in the arts and crafts. |
| English Heritage | English Heritage home page |
| FM4 Furniture Meubles Mobili Muebles | The Internet holds a wealth of resources about furniture. Follow these links to information on the furniture industry, furniture history and furniture design. |
| The Geffrye Museum | The Geffrye is the only museum in the United Kingdom to show a specialist collection of English furniture and decorative arts in a chronological series of period rooms. |
| LAPADA Home page | The Association of Art and Antique Dealers |
| Museums in the UK | This website is an information resource for people with an interest in museums. Whether you're an academic conducting research, a school contemplating an educational visit, or just looking for a good day out, this site is here to help. |
| NCCR Home Page | National Council for Conservation - Restoration |
| The National Trust | The National Trust was founded in 1895 by three Victorian philanthropists - Miss Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley. Concerned about the impact of uncontrolled development and industrialisation, they set up the Trust to act as a guardian for the nation in the acquisition and protection of threatened countryside and buildings. |
| Re:source The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries | re:source, The Council for Museums, Archives
and Libraries is a new UK strategic organisation. re:source will work with and for museums, archives and libraries, tapping the potential for collaboration between the sectors. Currently in a transitional period during which they will consider the responses made to the MLAC consultation exercise, develop a manifesto and undertake a series of projects and reviews based around a new agenda. |
| The Sir John Soane's Museum | Soane was born in 1753, the son of a bricklayer, and died after a long and distinguished career as an architect, in 1837. Soane designed this house to live in, but also as a setting for his antiquities and his works of art. After the death of his wife (1815), he lived here alone, constantly adding to and rearranging his collections. Having been deeply disappointed by the conduct of his two sons, one of whom survived him, he determined to establish the house as a museum to which 'amateurs and students' should have access. |
| TimberWeb | A Focus on the Timber & Forest Product Industry in the UK |
| United Kingdom Institute for Conservation | UKIC is the representative body for professional conservators and restorers in private and institutional practice in the UK. UKIC members are conservators, restorers and conservation scientists working in disciplines including applied art, archaeology, archives, botany, industrial archaeology, paintings, paper, sculpture and zoology. They also include many who have a professional, business or personal interest in conservation. |
| Victoria and Albert Museum | The Victoria and Albert Museum is the largest museum of the decorative arts in the world. It was founded in 1852 as the South Kensington Museum, and in 1899 it was renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum in honour of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Today the beautiful Victorian and Edwardian buildings house 145 galleries containing some of the world's greatest collections of sculpture, furniture, fashion and textiles, paintings, silver, glass, ceramics, jewellery, books, prints and photographs. |
| The Wallace Collection | The Wallace Collection was bequeathed to the British Nation in February 1897 by Lady Wallace. She was the widow of Sir Richard Wallace, a notable collector of works of art and, as the illegitimate son of the 4th Marquess of Hertford, the inheritor of one of the greatest of all private collections. Notable for its collection of French furniture |
| Woodworking at Woodweb | For over three years, WOODWEB has served as the central on-line resource for the woodworking industry. |
| Woodworking on the Web with Coeur du Bois | Good UK based page for woodworkers |
| The Woodworking Catalogue on the Web | A collection of information useful to woodworkers. |
| Woodworking on the World Wide Web | A comprehensive resource for woodworkers |
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