Academy manuals

The eight collections cover: art market law, procedure and arbitration, provenance and due diligence, identification of property, border controls, conservation, collection management and professional ethics. Each collection has an editorial manager.

Pocket guides of twenty pages summarise the essentials for emergency situations.

Each manual follows the same structure: learning objectives, expositions, examples, practical boxes, exercises with answers, glossary and bibliography. Detachable sheets to print make field use easier.

Exercises allow self-assessment; their answers are reserved for enrolled trainees in order to preserve the value of the exams.

A review committee updates the manuals every two years, or sooner in the event of significant legal developments. Earlier versions remain available with a note of partial obsolescence. Major changes are summarised at the start of the work.

Manuals are translated by specialist translators, then proofread by trainers in the language concerned.

Manuals are available as PDF, EPUB and in a text version for screen readers. Illustrations are described. A light version without images allows fast downloading on limited connections.

Printed copies are supplied free of charge to the libraries of Member State administrations that request them.

Professionals may propose cases, examples or corrections. Contributions adopted are mentioned in the acknowledgements. Each year the Academy issues a call for authors for new titles.

Copyright is shared between the author and the Academy, which retains the right to distribute the work under an open licence.

The Academy's reception service answers practical questions Monday to Friday, in French, English and Spanish, and can direct each visitor to the programme, scholarship or free resource that fits their situation. A guidance counsellor also offers a thirty-minute individual meeting, by appointment, to build a realistic training pathway.

Trainees' feedback is valuable: each session gives rise to a questionnaire, and the most useful suggestions are examined each quarter by the teaching committee. Do not hesitate to write to report a difficulty, propose a subject or tell us what the training has changed in your practice.