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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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“You’ll often read articles about conservation or about art that has been conserved and the name of the conservator is never mentioned.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Once the sari and the matching blue blouse reached the museum, textiles conservator Beth Knight watched YouTube videos to learn how to drape it on the mannequin.

From BBC Jun. 5, 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

A friend or family member might serve more compassionately as conservator.

From MarketWatch Mar. 3, 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

Last September, conservators completed a tricky operation to move the tapestry from its museum in northwestern Normandy, to a secret storage location.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

"I saw the experts working together, the conservators, the people who really know about the risks of moving the object," said Ricketts, who now sits in the UK's unelected upper chamber the House of Lords.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

Appropriately, “Unrolling Eternity” celebrates the ancient artists who created these magnificent “Books of the Dead” alongside the present-day conservators who have resurrected them.

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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