This reference tool offers a comprehensive vocabulary of nearly 110,000 terms for the description and cataloguing of objects, textual materials, images, architecture, and material culture from antiquity to the present. Information is arranged both alphabetically and hierarchically by concept. The thirty-three hierarchies display terms in the context of related vocabulary, covering such major areas as architectural elements, building types, furnishings, and visual works.

AAT on the Web

The AAT is also available for licensing in two formats created especially for organizations developing their own data management systems.