FYODOR SHMIT’S “SOCIAL MUSEUM”: ON THE THEORIZATION OF THE FORM AND PURPOSES OF MUSEUMS IN EARLY SOVIET RUSSIA

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the project known as «the Social museum» developed by the prominent Russian academician F. I. Shmit. Through examination of an unpublished manuscript of this project from the archive fund of F. I. Shmit we can give a specific example of new ideas regarding the forms and purposes of museums. These ideas developed in a new culture, and connected the museum to other institutions of memory such as archives and libraries.

Keywords

• MUSEUM
• MUSEOLOGY
• MUSEUM STUDIES
• SOVIET HISTORY
• FYODOR SHMIT