Tate Papers: The Materials Used by British Oil Painters in the Nineteenth Century External link

Molecular studies of fresh and aged triterpenoid varnishes, Gisela A. van der Doelen External link:

MOLART was a 5-year co-operative project between art historians, restorers, analytical chemists and technical physicists funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The project was launched on 1 February 1995. The objective of MOLART was the development of a scientific framework for the conservation of painted art on the molecular level. The focus [...]

The online archive edition of JAIC, the Journal of the American Institute for Conservation. External link:

AATA Online is a comprehensive database of over 100,000 abstracts of literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage. External link:

CAMEO is a searchable information center developed by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The MATERIALS database contains chemical, physical, visual, and analytical information on over 10,000 historic and contemporary materials used in the production and conservation of artistic, architectural, archaeological, and anthropological materials. External link:

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An Evaluation of the Preparation of Canvas Paintings Using Stress Measurements, 1988 A must-read document for artists preparing their own cloth painting supports. Explains many of the benefits and problems associated with historical and modern cloth sizes. Download: