Slavic and Eastern European Studies

Museums

Literature pertaining to museums may have some relevance for work in history, literature, art, etc. For this reason some rudimentary works are listed below:

Organization of museums:

Ravikovich, D. "Muzeinaia set' RSFSR (Sovremennoe sostoianie)" in Ministerstvo Kul'tury RSFSR. Nauchno-issledovatel'skii institut kul'tury. TRUDY. Vol. 36. MUZEI I SOVREMENNOST'. Vyp. 2. Moscow, 1976, pp. 33-49.

See also directories below.

Bibliography:

Current:

Ministerstvo Kul'tury RSFSR, Nauchno-issledovatel'skii Institut Kul'tury, in its MUZEINOE DELO V SSSR irregularly since 1971.

Beginning with 1974 the Ministry publishes bibliography of works dealing with theory, methodology and history of museums:

NOVOSTI NAUCHNOI LITERATURY. MUZEEVEDENIE I OKHRANA PAMIATNIKOV. BIBLIOGRAFICHESKAIA INFORMATSIIA, 1974- monthly.
Latest: MUZEINOE DELO I OKHRNA PAMIATNIKOV. REFEREATIVNO-BIBLIOGRAFICHESKAIA INFORMATASIIA. Moscow, Rossiiskaia Gosudarstvennaia Biblioteka. Informkul'tura, 1997? -, 6 times a year.

It also published:
Collections of papers: NAUCHNYE REFERATIVNYE SBORNIKI;
Abstracts: OBZORNAIA INFORMATSIIA; and
Research reports: EKSPRESS-INFORMATSIIA.
In the three latter series is:
MUZEEVEDENIE I OKHRANA PAMIATNIKOV;

The TRUDY (since 1957) of the Institute contained a history of museums.

Retrospective:

Galin, G.A. "Bibliografiia po muzeevedeniiu. 1945-1979 gg.," VOPROSY SOVERSHENSTVOVANIIA MUZEINYKH EKSPOZITSII (OTDEL ISTORII SSSR DOOKTIABR'SKOGO PERIODA). Moscow, 1981, pp. 157-63. (TRUDY, 103).

Galin, G.A. "Literaturnye muzei SSSR. Bibliografiia. 1974-1980 gg.," SOVREMENNYE LITERATURNYE MUZEI: NEKOTORYE VOPROSY TEORII I PRAKTIKI. Moscow, 1982. (SBORNIK NAUCHNYKH TRUDOV, 111).

Specialized bibliography:

Novikova, N.G. IZDANIIA TSENTRAL'NOGO MUZEIA REVOLIUTSII SSSR: BIBLIOGRAFICHESKII UKAZATEL', 1926-1978. Moscow, Tsentral'nyi Muzei Revoliutsii SSSR, 1981.

Directories

Grossman, IU.M., Kutik, V.N. SPRAVOCHNIK NAUCHNOGO RABOTNIKA. ARKHIVY, DOKUMENTY, ISSLEDOVATEL'. 2nd rev. edn. L'vov, Universitet, 1983. (1st edn., 1979).

MUZEI ROSSII. SPRAVOCHNIK. Moscow, Ministerstvo Kul'tury Rossii, 1993. 4 vols.

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