Conservation and restoration department is engaged in conservation and restoration of museum items; specifying conditions for storing museum items; specifying conditions for storing museum items in depots, at exibitions and during transport; organizing a constant monitoring of storage conditions of and level of risk of museum items; setting priorities of conservation treatment related to protection of the collection as a whole and of individual items; exploring the possibilities for introduction of new methods of conservation and restoration; studing the causes that lead to the item damage; creating professional and technical documentation; organizing work and work on conservation and restoration in the field…