
Our team of a dozen restorers and conservators plays a vital role at the National Gallery of Canada.
Every year in the Restoration and Conservation Laboratory, they take in nearly 2,000 works of various media ranging from paintings and sculptures to frames, decorative art and much more. These works are preserved for the benefit of present and future generations, and, wherever possible, restored to their original state.
Learn more about the team's exciting craft on this page, and follow the rhythm of the artworks that pass through the doors of their lab.
Watch this video to see how our Conservation team prepared Joseph Chinard’s marble bust of The Empress Josephine for its big moment at The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
Sunrise on the Saguenay, Cape Trinity, by Lucius O'Brien, is the first painting that entered the collection of the National Gallery of Canada in 1880. See how our team restored it.
From acquisition to exhibition, learn more about the journey of the Woolsey Family's Caudle Cup, now on display in the new Canadian and Indigenous Galleries.