The preprints of a conference organized by the Archaeology Section of the United Kingdom Institute for Conservation (UKIC) and held in Bristol 15-16 December 1988. Articles include: conservation methods used in the Ashmolean and Petrie Museums, painting techniques on stone and wood, the conservation of two predynastic mummies at the British Museum, collection storage at the Manchester Museum, and the use of methyl-and hydroxypropyl celluloses in the reattachment of paint to polychromed wood.