Artificial intelligence-assisted visual inspection for cultural heritage: State-of-the-art review

•The state-of-the-art research on artificial intelligence assisted visual inspection systems for CH has been reviewed.•Several case studies on AI-applications to assists manual visual inspections of CH are highlighted.•This review is intended to broaden future studies and developments in this field.•A great potential exists in this field of AI-assisted visual inspections combining drones and IoT technologies.