Conservators restore and conserve paintings, photographs, sculptures, furniture, pottery, and other works of art / antiquity. They provide consultation to museums, art galleries, and individuals, and supervise conservation technicians / other museum technicians. They may specialize in a particular conservation field.

You usually need a university degree. To be a conservator, you need a master's degree in art conservation or a college diploma in conservation technology and several years' experience in conservation work. Many recent entrants have an undergraduate university degree, and almost 2 in 5 have a graduate degree.