The American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works (AIC)

http://aic.stanford.edu/

The Association for Preservation Technology International (APT)

http://www.apti.org/

The American Association for Museums (AAM)

http://www.aam-us.org/

The History Channel

http://www.history.com/

NACE International

http://web.nace.org/Default.aspx

International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)

http://www.international.icomos.org/home.htm

US National Committee of the International Council on Monuments & Sites (US/ICOMOS)

http://www.icomos.org/usicomos/

Glossary

The terms Preservation, Rehabilitation, Restoration, Reconstruction are used here as defined in the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.

http://www.cr.nps.gov/local-law/arch_stnds_0.htm

The terms Conservation, Conservator, Documentation, Stabilization are used here as defined in the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) Definitions of Conservation Terminology

http://aic.stanford.edu/geninfo/defin.html

Other historic preservation terms are used here as defined in the ICOMOS Heritage Conservation Terminology and Definition of Terms

http://www.icomos.org/~fleblanc/publications/pub_terminology_e.html

Architectural descriptions are used here as defined in the Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus On Line

http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/aat/

Material names are used here as defined in the Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online (CAMEO)

http://www.mfa.org/_cameo/frontend/home.asp