There are a lot of brilliant websites that may be relevant to your studies, but there are also many that are not, so it is essential to evaluate the material carefully to decide whether they are scholarly enough. Here are some recommended sites:

Archaeology Data Service - The digital repository for archaeology and heritage.

Archives and Records Association - professional body for the record-keeping sector.

Art UK - the online home for every public art collection in the UK.

Arts Council England - the national development agency for creativity and culture.

Association of Critical Heritage Studies - a network of scholars and researchers working in the broad and interdisciplinary field of critical heritage.

British Library - Includes items in the Endangered Archive Programme.

British Museum - explore cultures across the Globe, from the dawn of human history to the present.

Collections Trust - helps museums work with the information that connects audiences and collections. Their standards and advice are used around the world to make museum collections accessible.

The Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture - identifies, records and publishes in a consistent format, English sculpture dating from the 7th to the 11th centuries.

Curatorial Research Centre - The Curatorial Research Centre operated as an independent research and training agency from 2018 to 2023. It now operates as a blog.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport - supports culture, arts, media, sport, tourism and civil society.

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection – Stanford University’s historic map collection.

English Heritage - charity that cares for hundreds of historic sites in every corner of England.

Europeana - Europe's digital cultural heritage.

Frontiers in Digital Humanities - An interdisciplinary journal at the intersection of computer sciences and the humanities.

GEM - The Group for Education in Museums is for everyone interested in learning through museums, heritage and cultural settings.

Heritage Open Days - England's largest festival of history and culture.

Historic England - the public body that helps people care for, enjoy and celebrate England's spectacular historic environment.

ICOM - International Council of Museums.

ICOMOS - international organisation dedicated to the conservation of the world's monuments and sites.

The Index of Medieval Art at Princeton - The collections include images and descriptive data related to the iconography of works of art produced between late Antiquity and the sixteenth century.

Museums Association - inclusive, participatory and sustainable museums at the heart of their communities.

Museum Data Service - A free new service that aims to connect and share all the object records across all UK museums, large and small.

Museum Development South East - supports and develops a thriving and inclusive museums sector which reflects the distinctive cultural heritage of the South East.

National Archives - the official archive and publisher for the UK Government, and for England and Wales. The guardians of over 1,000 years of iconic national documents.

National Lottery Heritage Fund - Heritage projects funding.

National Trust - protecting coastline, woodlands, countryside and hundreds of historic buildings, gardens and precious collections.

Society for Medieval Archaeology - established to study evidence of the past, whether standing buildings, landscapes, buried remains or artefacts in museums.

UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

V&A - is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design.

Vision of Britain – A vision of Britain from 1801 to now. Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.

What is Intangible Heritage? - UNESCO site. Cultural heritage does not end at monuments and collections of objects. It also includes traditions or living expressions inherited from our ancestors and passed on to our descendants.

Library Guide - Heritage