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conservator

[kuhn-sur-vuh-ter, kon-ser-vey-] / kənˈsɜr və tər, ˈkɒn sərˌveɪ- /
NOUN
caretaker of collection
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A trained art conservator, she is the unofficial archivist for our grade-school class.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Traces of Guler's lifelong devotion to cinema can even be found in his teenage diaries from the late 1940s and 1950s, according to Temel Yilmaz, conservator and archive researcher.

From Barron's May 10, 2026

"Their contribution was critical to identifying individual animals," says Goldy Chhabra, deputy conservator of forests with the Spiti Wildlife Division.

From BBC Feb. 5, 2026

A conservator uncovers the shard, which bears an intense blue figure of a skylark — evidence, at least to the reader, that Alouette’s recipe endured, and a symbol of how both she and Sasha escaped.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2026

Eventually, the student sorters were joined by six local glass menders, a professional glass conservator, and two illustrators.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

Happily for the conservators, their work also showed that the painting doesn’t require any kind of additional treatment.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Once in London, the tapestry will be displayed flat, for the first time, in a specially made glass case in a "choreography with I think 80 different conservators -- intensely careful, difficult work".

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

For instance, if you do a new museum, the conservators say art can be exposed to less daylight.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2026

Following an extensive, three-year restoration of “Ankhmerwer”—led by Ahmed Tarek with Brooklyn Museum conservators Lisa Bruno, Sara Bone and Josephine Jenks—“Unrolling Eternity” reintroduces this masterpiece to the public.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 30, 2026

Sir John Huddleston was appointed one of the conservators of the peace on the borders in 1480, high sheriff of Yorkshire, steward of Neurith, and warden of the West Marches.

From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr




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