Open AccessACTUALIZATION OF THE MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE OPEN PUBLIC SPACE (On The Example of Melitopol City Local History Museum)
Author(s) -
Nataliya Ivanova
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
mìsto: ìstorìâ, kulʹtura, suspìlʹstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2616-4280
DOI - 10.15407/mics2019.03.123
Subject(s) - museum informatics , dynamism , cultural heritage , citizen journalism , sociology , promotion (chess) , exhibition , museology , museum education , public relations , openness to experience , space (punctuation) , cultural center , public space , cultural institution , visual arts , media studies , political science , art , pedagogy , engineering , law , psychology , architectural engineering , social psychology , physics , linguistics , philosophy , quantum mechanics , politics
The article reveals the ways of the museum transforming from a permanentplace of preservation of artifacts of cultural heritage into open and dynamicsocial space of social interaction on the example of the Melitopol City LocalHistory Museum over the past 5 years.The Melitopol City Local History Museum is a cultural and educationalinstitution with a 95-year old history and interesting experience. Nowadaysthe museum sees its future activity as a balance between the traditional functionsof a museum institution and advanced art technologies. The strategictasks of the museum’s staff are the promotion of such values as openness,dynamism, and modernity through the perception of the museum space as aterritory where history comes to life.In the article, author describes the separate directions and examples ofmuseum work in the field of design and research activities, the organization of educationalprograms, the introduction of the latest and updating of the content oftraditional forms of work, cooperation with public organizations at differentlevels are discussed.Among the main factors of successful museum’s being up to date authormentions several ones on:– election of the right strategic direction of development;– participation in educational activities to improve the professionalismof museum workers;– cooperation and exchange of experience with leading museums ofUkraine and the world;– activation of participation in the project activity;– introduction of innovative forms and participatory practices into theirwork;– strengthening cooperation with NGO and individual cultural and educationalinitiatives.The prospects for the further development of the museum are to preservethe contribution of previous generations to the cultural heritage of Ukraineand to seek new ways of using, popularizing and enriching it through the widestpossible involvement of the public.