The idea of the museum and its implementation: On the example of the history of the Tula State Museum of Weapons
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu27.2023.101Abstract
The purpose of the article is to test the theoretical provisions of the idealistic approach to history developed by the author, as well as idealistic views on the museum. The author examines the history of the Tula State Museum of Weapons. The article substantiates the decisive importance of ideas in the evolution of the museum of weapons, the formation of its collection. The pre-revolutionary museum collection was formed on the basis of ideas: the preservation of weapons; savings necessary in the technological process of “exemplary” products; preservation of original designs that may be useful for the production of weapons in the future; storage of various “curious” weapons. The exposition of the Tula Museum of Weapons of that time clearly carried out the monarchist idea. In 1917, the museum, given its monarchical orientation, was liquidated. In 1920, it was recreated on a new ideological basis, which was determined by the installation of the Soviet government. In the post-war period, the main idea was the participation of museums in the education of workers on revolutionary and labor traditions. The museum funds were formed, the exposition was organized, all forms of work were filled with content. The collapse of the communist worldview devalued the ideological foundations of the exposition created in 1989 on the basis of communist ideas. The purpose of the modern exposition is to generate interest in the development of weapons as an important component of the general historical process of Russian civilization. The ideas embodied in the exposition are also transmitted by all other forms of museum activity. The author believes that the history of the Tula State Museum of Weapons confirms the position of an idealistic approach to history that every museum is based on ideas that determine its goals, objectives, content of the collection, exposition and forms of work.
Keywords:
idea of a museum, idealistic approach to history, history of the Tula Museum of Weapons, evolution of the museum collection
Downloads
References
Литература
Бестужев-Рюмин В., Чебышев В. (ред.). 1873. Исторический обзор Тульского оружейного завода. Оружейный сборник (4): 1–31.
Будаева Л.П. 2004. Царские ружья из собрания Тульского государственного музея оружия: (к визитам членов царской семьи на Тульский оружейный завод). Тульский краеведческий альманах 17 (2): 29–34.
Герасимов Г.И. 2020. Музей как идеальное явление. Вопросы музеологии 11 (1): 119–132. https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu27.2020.112
Герасимов Г.И. 2021. Идеальная сущность музейного предмета. Вопросы музеологии 12 (1): 116–130. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu27.2021.112
Герасимов Г. 2022. Идеалистический подход к истории: теория, методология, концепции. Екатеринбург: Издательские решения.
Каспаринская С.А. (ред.). 1991. Музей и власть: государственная политика в области музейного дела (XVIII–XX вв.). М.: НИИК.
Лебедянская А.П. 2008. Артиллерийский исторический музей: исторический очерк (1703– 1917 гг.). СПб.: ВИМАИВиВС.
Юренева Т.Ю. 2004. Музееведение. М.: Академический Проект.
References
Bestuzhev-Ryumin V., Chebyshev V. (eds). 1873. Historical review of the Tula arms factory. Oruzheinyi sbornik (4): 1–31. (In Russian)
Budaeva L.P. 2004. Royal guns from the collection of the Tula State Museum of Weapons: (on the visits of members of the royal family to the Tula Arms Plant). Tul’skii krayevedcheskii al’manakh 17 (2): 29–34. (In Russian)
Gerasimov G.I. 2020. Museum as an ideal phenomenon. The Issues of Museology 11 (1): 119–132. https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu27.2020.112 (In Russian)
Gerasimov G.I. 2021. The ideal essence of a museum object. The Issues of Museology 12 (1): 116–130. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu27.2021.112 (In Russian)
Gerasimov G. 2022. Idealistic approach to history: theory, methodology, concepts. Yekaterinburg: Izdatel’skie resheniia Publ. (In Russian)
Kasparinskaya S.A. (ed.). 1991. Museum and power: state policy in the field of museum business (18th–20th centuries). Moscow: NIIK Publ. (In Russian)
Lebedyanskaya A.P. 2008. Artillery Historical Museum: Historical sketch (1703–1917). St. Petersburg: VIMAIViVS Publ. (In Russian)
Yureneva T.Yu. 2004. Museology. Moscow: Akademicheskii proekt Publ. (In Russian)
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Articles of "The Issues of Museology" are open access distributed under the terms of the License Agreement with Saint Petersburg State University, which permits to the authors unrestricted distribution and self-archiving free of charge.
