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The author endeavours to point out to the tight in te rconnection existing between the state and level of practice and theory of conservation on the one hand and the forms and curricula for training of conservators on the other. According to him this interconnection is noticeable in the en tire course of history of monument conservation. It may be understood from the au th o r’s considerations th a t in periods in which the main aim of monument conservation was confined to renovation alone no clearly defined p rofession could be isolated and no specific training in the a rt of conservation conducted. In the course of the 18th and 19th centuries, although some attempts were made in this respect, the training of conservators could not keep up with the needs of theory and pra c tice. The basic form lin efforts to acquire the professional education was the widely spread self-instruction. Only the 19th century has seen the creation and speedy development of th e state-supported and planned system of training in the field of conservation.