The Museums Association in the UK offers professional qualifications, through its own examinations, to Conservators and Natural History Technicians. The Association does not do any training directly; training is done by apprenticeships, the students working under qualified conservators, and by Institutes of Higher Education. This paper describes the role of the Museums Association, the Certificates, and specialist disciplines in which they are offered, the syllabi and examination system, the problems that exist at present, and looks also at the changes that might take place in the future. -- AATA