For museums and institutions

You acquire on behalf of an institution. How verifiable is the source?

Source specimens with documented provenance.

Discover verified producers, dealers and research partners — with provenance and organisational verification attached to every conversation.

  • Source authenticated material with verified provenance.
  • Discover research and loan partners across the trade.
  • Connect only with verified businesses.
  • List acquisition interests to a professional audience.
The problem

You acquire on behalf of an institution. How verifiable is the source?

How Lithos helps

A daily digest of acquisitions and research opportunities that fit your institution's stated interests — from verified producers, dealers and peer institutions.

Why join

Built around how the industry actually trades.

Source authenticated material with verified provenance.

Verified businesses · Documented provenance

Discover research and loan partners across the trade.

Verified businesses · Documented provenance

Connect only with verified businesses.

Verified businesses · Documented provenance

List acquisition interests to a professional audience.

Verified businesses · Documented provenance

"Being able to see who we're talking to — verified as an organisation, not just an email address — is a step change for our acquisition process."

Institutional curator Founding institution cohort

Illustrative composite drawn from participating organisations

What happens next

A four-step path — not just a signup form.

  1. Step 1

    Join Lithos

    Apply for access. We verify every organisation before it enters the network.

  2. Step 2

    Become verified

    We confirm the named person, the organisation and the trade roles it evidences. What we have verified is visible to counterparties.

  3. Step 3

    Connect with trusted businesses

    See who's active in your part of the trade and open commercial conversations with confidence.

  4. Step 4

    Build your network

    Introductions and deal rooms keep a record of what was agreed, available to both organisations. Lithos does not publish scores or ratings.

Relevant tools

What you'll use day-to-day.

Progression

Grow through the industry.

A daily digest of acquisitions and research opportunities that fit your institution's stated interests — from verified producers, dealers and peer institutions.

Source specimens with documented provenance.