NOTES

1. This article has been approved for publication by the Executive Committee of NCAC.

2. National Conservation Advisory Council, Conservation of Cultural Property in the United States, (Washington, D.C., 1976) p. 31.

3. National Endowment for the Arts, Museums USA, (Washington, D.C. 1974) pp. 25–31, 180.

4. American Association of Museums, America's Museums: The Belmont Report, ed. Michael W. Robbins (Washington, D.C., 1969) p. 57.

5. Conservation of Cultural Property in the United States, p. vii.

6. Ibid., pp. 11–12.

7. National Conservation Advisory Council, Discussion Paper on a National Institute for Conservation of Cultural Property, (Washington, D.C., 1978). This discussion paper is intended to stimulate further exploration of the nationally important question of creating a national institute for conservation of cultural property in the United States.

8. Conservation of Cultural Property in the United States, pp. 23–24.