FUNCTIONAL TYPOLOGY OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES’ MUSEUMS
A.E. MURZINTSEVA
Museum of the Buryat scientific center SB RAS, 8, Sakhyanovoy str., Ulan-Ude, 670047, Russian Federation
Keywords: Russian Academy of Science’ Museums, museum functions, museum network, scientific museum, depository, exposition, self-identity, adaptation, fund-raising, cultural environment
Abstract
The phenomenon of the academic museum is studied using the typologization approach. 8 types of academic museums were distinguished by their prevalent function: museum as a Universum model, museum as a form of research organization, museum as a scientific institute’s depository, museum as an exhibit (variants: exposition based on the collections of the institute’s other departments; museum as a visit-center), museum as a means to adapt scientists to new conditions, museum as a mean to form a cultural environment, museum as realization of a self-identity function, museum as a means of fund-raising. The listed variants appeared in different periods of the Academy of Sciences’ history, but remain relevant nowadays. The tendency of museum function harmonization was noted in the first decades of the XXI century, that was facilitated by their wide interaction with other museum institutions.
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