Conservation in Nigeria was initiated some 35 years ago by the late Mr. K. C. Murray with the creation of a workroom and darkroom obtained by partitioning a small residential room at Bukuru. Later as museum collections increased, Dr. E. Eyo was encouraged to study conservation at the Institute of Archaeology of the University of London. This was followed up by the late Mr. A.Y.O. Dawodu who spent about eleven years in Brussels and in European institutions studying conservation. At present there is only one trained conservator in the Nigerian museums, while two others could be found in two universities. The paper explains the problems of conservation in Nigeria regarding personnel, finance, storage, human problems, religion, climate and puts forward possible solutions opening new prospects for the future. It concludes by pointing out that the Nigerian conservator is encouraged to carry out research on traditional methods of conservation.