Muuseumikogud – kas vaikiv varakamber või elav kultuuripärand?
The article does not aspire to be an academic overview of museological issues but is rather a contemplation based on previous experiences. In museum work, the popular truth that everything complicated will be eventually sorted out does not seem to apply. The more you are involved in the work, the cl...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Estonian |
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Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum
2008-08-01
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| Series: | Mäetagused |
| Online Access: | http://www.folklore.ee/tagused/nr39/ounapuu.pdf |
| Summary: | The article does not aspire to be an academic overview of museological issues but is rather a contemplation based on previous experiences. In museum work, the popular truth that everything complicated will be eventually sorted out does not seem to apply. The more you are involved in the work, the clearer it becomes that there are no simple truths. In reality, the main activities tend to stand in conflict and thus emerges the question of the essential nature of museum, which may at first seem existentialistic – is it a silent treasure chamber or living cultural heritage? The treasure chamber justifies itself if, and only if, it also functions as the living cultural heritage. An archival item has significance only within the general cultural context. The prerequisite of a cultural heritage is a message. Is a reproduction a cultural heritage? No, it is rather a tool for passing on the message, while the message itself is authentic. The solution should be the increasingly careful selection of items in museum collections, and their message must be as dignified both now and a hundred years later. At the same time, larger and more versatile auxiliary collections which are used in reconstructing the cultural heritage have to be formed, brought to life and thus made understandable by all. The activity of museum workers is decisive in what people of the future will know about the past. The decision is made on two planes: by compiling the collections and displaying these. |
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| ISSN: | 1406-992X 1406-9938 |