The Material Culture of the Old Rus Population as a Subject of a Museum Exposition: Information and Attractive Properties

Abstract

The article considers the problem of determination of information and attractive properties of the Old Rus population’s material culture as a subject of a museum exposition. The author analyzes material culture artefacts and archaeological complexes in general. Exhibits are divided into three groups by information and attractive properties: subsidiary, basic, and unique. The first has the least attractive level, the second has the middle attractive level, and the third has the highest attractive level. One of the categories of archaeological findings cannot be a base of an “Old Rus period” museum exposition. The author came to conclusions that artefacts of every group should be represented in a museum exposition.

Keywords

• material culture
• the old rus
• the kaniv dnipro river region
• museum exposition
• exhibits
• information properties
• attractiveness