A digital atelier connecting master conservators with the institutions, collectors, and trade suppliers who depend on their craft. Free for practitioners. Built for permanence.
Conservation is a discipline of patience, scholarship, and the steady hand. The directory that represents it should honour those values.
Silver Gild is a professional registry built on a single conviction: the most skilled practitioners should never pay to be found. We remove every financial barrier for conservators so the directory can remain comprehensive — a true representation of the field rather than a list of those who could afford visibility.
The platform sustains itself through those who benefit most from access: institutions, collectors, and trade suppliers seeking the highest caliber of talent.
Build a richly detailed practice profile with restoration project archives, technique disclosure, and credentials. No fees. No tiers. Always.
Museums, galleries, and private collectors gain searchable access to specialists by medium, era, region, and technique through a premium subscription.
Specialised conservation suppliers reach an audience of active, vetted professionals — the most relevant readership their products will ever meet.
A dedicated, ad-free space to document your work, publish project case studies, and connect with peers across disciplines. The registry exists to elevate you.
Search, filter, and engage the most comprehensive registry of conservation talent. Or place your trade products directly before active practitioners who use them.
Document credentials, training, mediums of practice, and conservation philosophy. Free, in perpetuity, for every conservator.
Publish before-and-after documentation, treatment reports, and process notes. Each entry contributes to the body of your verifiable practice.
Subscribed institutions and collectors search by specialism, medium, geography, and methodology — and approach you directly.
Discover materials, tools, and supplier offerings curated for working conservators — not the general market.
Join the founding generation of conservators on Silver Gild. Practitioners enter without cost. Institutions and suppliers may request access today.