The weekly newspaper Antiques Trade Gazette was founded in 1971 and is now firmly established as the essential business journal for the antiques and fine art dealer. More than 90 per cent of the circulation is by subscribtion. The majority of the subscribers are professionals in the art world, but also many are collectors. The Art Loss Register is the largest private database of stolen and missing works of art, antiques, and valuables in the world. There are offices in London, New York, Duesseldorf, and a representative office in Dublin. They also hold a register of art and other valuable items granted as collateral to banks and other financial institutions. They assist prospective purchasers and lenders in determining whether a particular work of art has been reported stolen or missing. The Frick Collection consists of over 1,100 works of art (paintings, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts) of international quality. Here you will discover not only one of the world's most perfect museums but its sister research institution of equal distinction, the Frick Art Reference Library. For the serious collector of art, antiques, and a wide array of other collectibles, La Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot is one of the most important publications in the world. The Gazette is an essential source of information pertaining to sales at l'Hotel Drouot, France's premier auction house. The collection of the "Germanisches Nationalmuseum" consists of over 1 million objects. Since the museum was founded in 1852 one of its foremost tasks has been the publication not only of its collections but also of related research results. This is a great site with plenty of helpful links. The J. Paul Getty Trust is an international cultural and philanthrophic institution devoted to the visual arts and the humanities that includes an art museum as well as programs for education, scholarships, and conservation. Built in Paris in the twelfth century, the Louvre was first a fortress, then a royal palace. Its collections were opened to the public during the French Revolution, and today it is the largest museum in the world. This is the web subscribtion of Maine Antique Digest, America's leading magazine about the art and antiques markets. Besides the latest news you will find a dealer directory, a prices database, databases of appraisers, over 1100 book reviews, an interactive forum, a list of stolen art...just everything about Americana. "Schlösser Baden- Württemberg" is published in cooperation with the Administration of State Palaces and Gardens.You'll find current information on exhibitions, reports on restorations, descriptions of new acquisitions and even a directory of rooms for rent in South German castles. The virtual Library museum pages "VLMP" are a comprehensive directory of on-line museums and museum-related resources. This page has been reviewed by POINTreview in its museum category as being in the "top5%" of most visited websites in this genre.