Some aspects of museums influence on the formation of historical memory

• Main Authors: Gleb I. Dyndar, Elena A. Popova
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2020-12-01
• Series: RUDN Journal of World History
• Subjects: historical memory; museum; museums and memory
• Online Access: http://journals.rudn.ru/world-history/article/viewFile/23952/18313

Museums are one of the most complex institutions of our time, which concentrate the implementation of many functions. One of them could be described as the formation of historical memory. The implementation of this function is associated with many aspects of a heterogeneous nature. The purpose of this article is to reveal these aspects. What was written in this article should be primarily attributed to historical museums, since they are precisely those institutions that are most closely interconnected with the concept of historical memory and historical knowledge. The aspects of historical memory formation discussed in this article will be described in the memory studies paradigm.