Partners
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THE AMERICAN-SCOTTISH FOUNDATION (ASF)
'The American-Scottish Foundation (ASF) is a US Charity based in New York City, that is dedicated to strengthening ties between individuals, institutions and businesses of Scotland and the United States. The PCF is partnering with the ASF to raise awareness and funding in the United States for the PCF's cataloguing project in Scotland as part of the ASF's Heritage and Preservation initiatives.
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THE ART LOSS REGISTER (ALR)
The ALR is now the world’s largest private database of lost and stolen art, antiques and collectables. The PCF supplies copies of images of paintings in collections that they have catalogued, with the relevant data, to the ALR, to be held on their database. This will ensure that these paintings, if stolen in the future, will be more easily traceable.
Work tel: 020 7841 5780
Email: info@artloss.com
Link to website
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THE BBC
The BBC creates partnerships with the arts sector that go beyond broadcast, from sharing expertise to widening public engagement in UK arts. The BBC brings its online expertise and web publishing experience to the partnership with the PCF, in order to reveal the oil paintings owned by the public to a wider audience.
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CITIZEN SCIENCE ALLIANCE (based at The Department of Astrophysics, The University of Oxford)
The CSA is a collaboration of scientists, software developers and educators who collectively develop, manage and utilise internet-based citizen science projects in order to further science itself, and the public understanding of both science and of the scientific process. These projects use the time, abilities and energies of a distributed community of citizen scientists who are our collaborators.
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COLLECTIONS TRUST
The Collections Trust, a registered charity, is an independent UK-based organisation working with museums, libraries, galleries and archives worldwide to improve the management of their Collections. Its mission is to help museums, galleries, libraries and archives unlock the potential in their collections.
Work tel: 0207 942 6080
Email: office@collectionstrust.org.uk
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HISTORY OF ART STAFF AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
History of Art staff at the University of Glasgow are providing academic input into Your Paintings and Your Paintings Tagger. The University is also home to the National Inventory Research Project, which is carrying out and publishing research into pre-1900 Continental European paintings in UK public collections and working closely with the PCF.
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THE NATIONAL INVENTORY RESEARCH PROJECT (NIRP)
NIRP was initiated in 2001 by The National Gallery, London, in liaison with colleagues in other national and regional collections to address the decline in collection research in UK museums, and the lack of publicly accessible information about collections especially in regional museums.