Museums of Archeology and Ethnography at Lesia Ukrainka Volyn National University: History, Formation of Collections and Exhibition Activities

Abstract

Purpose of the study. The publication considers the activities of two university museums – the Museum of Archeology and the Museum of Ethnography of Volyn and Polissya which operating at the Faculty of History, Political Science and National Security at the Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University. The preconditions of their creation are analyzed and the main stages of development are singled out. Attention is focused on the initiators of the research museums. The contribution of the heads in development of the Museum of Archeology and the main directions of their work are highlighted.

The research methodology is based on a comparative study of the main directions of the research were the peculiarities of the fund and exposition-exhibition work of the Museum of Archeology and the Museum of Ethnography of Volyn and Polissya at the Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University.

The scientific novelty. Scientific novelty lies in the fact that the first named to the reasons for three changes in the location of the Museum of Archeology. The preconditions that prompted re-expositions in these museums are highlighted. The ways of replenishment of the fund collections of the Museum of Archeology and the Museum of Ethnography of Volyn and Polissya at the Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University are singled out.

Findings. The characteristic features of the construction of the expositions of these museums, which are due to the specifics of the use of their premises as the auditorium fund of the university were highlighted. The classification of monuments, which can be conditionally combined into groups, is given. The fund groups of both museums are characterized. Prospects for further development of the studied university museums are outlined.