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Antique Collectors Club
Antique Collectors' Club Home Page

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 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.

English Heritage
English Heritage home page

LAPADA Home page
The Association of Art and Antique Dealers

Listed Property Owners Club
Provide practical information on property maintenance, guidance on grants, loans, VAT, insurance, mortgages, buying and selling etc. Also act as a pressure group to change views and laws that effect ownership.

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.

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.

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

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