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To login as a business included in the Conservation Register and retrieve statistics on the use of your business, please enter your members login.

If your business is included in the Conservation Register and you have not yet applied for a login, please do so by using the create a login form. A username will be sent to you by email.

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Last year...
Clients carried out over 22,00 searches;
Icon distributed over 20,000 fliers to owners and collectors;
The Conservation Register was promoted at art and antiques fairs, museum conferences, to Diocesan Advisory Councils, and to historic houses;
The Register was widely referenced by magazines as a source of advice including, the National Trust members' magazine, Good Housekeeping, the Sunday Times Homes Supplement, Ecclesiastical & Heritage magazine, and Museums & Heritage magazine;
Collections Link (the new national advisory services for collections management) and Icon integrated the Conservation Register into their websites.

Businesses included in the Conservation Register benefit from:
Referrals from organisations including the National Trust, the V&A museum, the Council for the Care of Churches;
An individual entry providing full contact details and including automatic links to a website and email address;
Inclusion in all UK and Ireland searches for your discipline;
An opportunity to showcase examples of work to potential clients;
Provision of information on the accreditation and skills of you and your staff;
Login access for feedback on how often your own entry is viewed.

Businesses in which the lead member is accredited through the PACR (Professional Accreditation of Conservator-Restorers) scheme are eligible for a 15% discount with Heath Lambert insurance brokers.

To apply to join the Conservation Register please print off and complete the application form below and return it by post to the Institute of Conservation with the supporting information requested.

• Conservation Register application form (pdf)
• Conservation Register application form (Word)
• Criteria for inclusion in the Conservation Register
  

Address:      Conservation Register
                   c/o Institute of Conservation
                   3rd Floor, Downstream Building
                   1 London Bridge
                   London SE1 9BG

Please note that it is a requirement that the lead member of a business seeking to join the Conservation Register be an accredited member of one of the professional bodies recognised by the Conservation Register Advisory Board (see Criteria).

There is an annual fee for inclusion in the Conservation Register which applies in three bands. For practices of 1-2 conservators the subscription is £85, for 3-6 conservators it is £170 and for more than 6 conservators it is £340, VAT is applied to these rates.

Businesses are invoiced pro rata for the remainder of the subscription year, which runs from 1st June to 31st May, once the application has been accepted for inclusion in the Conservation Register.