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CAMEO: Conservation & Art Material Encyclopedia Online
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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.

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CAMEO also contains databases for:
1) a DIRECTORY of conservation-related organizations
2) a repository of information on FORBES' PIGMENTS.

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