“Folk History” of the Battle of Stalingrad (Based on the Materials of the Research Project “Stalingraders in the Battle of Stalingrad”) by Aleksandr A. Ogarkov, Elena V. Ogarkova, Igor O. Tyumentsev

“…The database of sources that have never been published consists of materials of 80 museums and archives of Volgograd and 30 municipal subjects of the Volgograd region. …”
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Seismic and Fire Assessment and Upgrading Process for Historical Buildings: The Case Study of Palazzo Colonna in Caggiano by Andrea Miano, Donatella de Silva, Giovanni Chiumiento, Mario Luca Capasso

“…In fact, in many cases, the buildings such as the case study structure are intended for public activities such as museums, so specific fire requirements, like fire resistance, are necessary. …”
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Social Media and Its Role in Knowledge Exchange between Digital Preservation Experts based on Honeycomb Model by Mitra samiei

“…Methodology: This was an analytical qualitative study that was conducted using the Delphi method through 15 open questions among 20 experts who were members of a professional digital preservation group with different cultural backgrounds including libraries, museums, and archives. Findings: The findings indicated that 25% of the experts used Facebook; 22% used LinkedIn; 20% used Foursquare ; 15% used WIKIs; 10% used YouTube; and 8% used Twitter, while no one (0%) was familiar with Research Gate, which is a social network dedicated to professionals. …”
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A User-centric Approach to Optimize Visitor’s Experience in Exhibition Spaces Using Parametric Spatial Analysis by Nourhan Bassam El-Halawany, Hazem Talaat El-Daly, Sherif Abdelmohsen

“…Being the main user of any architectural product, the user's role in the designing process should be significant, especially in complex spatial spaces such as hospitals, museums, offices, and public-use buildings. This gives the users meta- roles such as communicators, performers, and interpreters. …”
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FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES IN UKRAINE: OPPORTUNITIES AND PROSPECTS by Y. Dashchuk, L. Matviichuk, М. Lepky, S. Sidoruk

“…The analysis of state strategic documents, in particular the S­­tate Strategy for Regional Development 2020, showed that the areas of probable common interests of tourism, culture and creative industries are quite clearly defined and relate to historical and cultural heritage, museums, historical and monumental arts, architecture, archeology; original folk culture, customs, traditions, rituals, including national minorities. …”
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Color's psychological impact and expressive connotations in human civilizations (a practical experience in artistic design) by hala mahdy

“…AS color plays an important role in different civilizations like Egyptian civilization and Islamic civilizations which occupied art museums and historical buildings with its unique art contain exhilarating colors expressing the artist idea and vision where colors can be represented as people, rivers and trees it is complete life artist could see-through color and lines forming lusty live images.Research Problem:Our life became less colored on the contrary previous civilizations put color in high stature consequently color became an important part of the design but currently, color is neglected.Streets, squares, and buildings have no color spirits like before that affect the people life, color is an important element in the composition, it’s a proof of spiritual values in nature so that we are in an urgent need to have art studies express the color role and help in enriching the society with art samples showing the role of color in design through consecutive civilizations and the impact of developing modern art design.…”
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Hybrid nanogels and their roles in eliminating soot stains from historical paper manuscripts by Mostafa Abdel-Hamied, Haidi Mahmoud Hassan, Yassmine Adel Mohamed, Mai Emad Moustafa Ismail, Yara Farid, Hager Mohamed, Sameh H. Ismail, Mohamed Z. M. Salem, Rushdya Rabee Ali Hassan

“…Abstract Soot stain from diverse sources is the most common stain that stains historical paper documents found in libraries, museums, and storage facilities. It is believed to be one of the types of deterioration that arises from the contact between stains and paper sheets. …”
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Use of Different Digitization Methods for the Analysis of Cut Marks on the Oldest Bone Found in Brittany (France) by Jean-Baptiste Barreau, Adeline Gagnier, Ronan Gaugne, Grégor Marchand, Jorge Calvo Gómez, Valérie Gouranton, Rozenn Colleter

“…Copies are also available for the regional museums.…”
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Geographical and altitudinal distribution of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest by Marcos R. Bornschein, Carina R. Firkowski, Ricardo Belmonte-Lopes, Leandro Corrêa, Luiz F. Ribeiro, Sérgio A.A. Morato, Reuber L. Antoniazzi-Jr., Bianca L. Reinert, Andreas L.S. Meyer, Felipe A. Cini, Marcio R. Pie

“…In this study, we review the available data on the geographical and altitudinal distribution of Brachycephalus based on occurrence records compiled from literature and museums, both for the genus as a whole and separately for the three recently proposed groups of species (ephippium, didactylus, and pernix). …”
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Investigating the Bajau and Batiq indigenous culture in an attempt to produce new series of art works / Sima Nader Tehrani by Tehrani, Sima Nader

“…To facilitate the manifestation of the idea in creating my artwork, visiting museums and art galleries was a starting point. In my process of creating my artwork, I was influenced by Picasso and how he was inspired by the African Mask. …”
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A study of the Islamic influence on traditional Malay Batik Sarongs of Kelantan and Terengganu / Rafeah Legino by Legino, Rafeah

“…Chapter one begins with the introduction, which provides the significance of the study, statement of the problem, delimitation, limitations, research methodology, interview and observation studies of the traditional batik sarong of Kelantan and Terengganu, found in museums as well as in batik-makers' personal collections. …”
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Metod Pendidikan Muzium (Melihat, Pandang dan Sentuh) memberi kesan yang memberangsangkan kepada pelajar dalam proses pembelajaran sama ada pendidikan formal dan bukan formal by Zuraidah Hassan, Aimi Khairunnisa Abdul Karim

“…Selaras dengan makna yang telah diberikan oleh International Council of Museums (ICOM) mengenai muzium. Kaedah kajian yang digunakan adalah pemerhatian iaitu di Muzium Kuala Lumpur dan analisis kandungan. …”
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Art of learning and discovering science through science theater by Muniandy, Sithi Vinayakam, Khir, Roselina Johari Md

“…Theater is widely used for communicating scientific concepts or impacts in didactic sense, gaining popularity for promoting public understanding of science among younger learners, non/semiscience literate audience at venues such as schools, public libraries, science centers, museums and advanced research facilities. Theater can also draw contents from the scientific universe to create drama, while maintaining its own features as an artistic expression and aesthetic characteristics. …”
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Born from rock: eight new species of Itauara Müller, 1888 (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae) from southeastern Brazil, including phylogenetic and distributional comments on the genus by André Almeida Alves, Leandro Lourenço Dumas, Jorge Luiz Nessimian, Allan Paulo Moreira Santos

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Cultural and Archaeological Heritage, Landscapes and Root Tourism Building the Enhancement of Territories by Stefania Mancuso

“…By analysing the current system of valorisation of Calabria composed by museums, archaeological zones and parks, of state or local jurisdiction, taking into account the entries of state structures in the area along  the limited evidence available, we will attempt to define what of type interest can activate the tourism of the roots on the archaeological heritage or how much the latter can contribute to consolidate the sense of belonging to the territory,  evident in the tourism of the roots. …”
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The early Miocene balaenid Morenocetus parvus from Patagonia (Argentina) and the evolution of right whales by Mónica R. Buono, Marta S. Fernández, Mario A. Cozzuol, José I. Cuitiño, Erich M.G. Fitzgerald

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George Hunt: en kwakwaka’wakw livshistorie by Tove Tybjerg

“…I choose to concentrate on the ritual aspects of George Hunt’s life story and touch on Hunt’s performance at the Chicago World’s Fair 1893, his participation in the production of Edward Curtis’ feature-length, narrative, ethnographic film In the Land of the Head Hunters(1914), and Hunt’s work as collector for museums and text-editions in collaboration with Franz Boas. …”
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Eight new species of Costanana DeLong & Freytag (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini): taxonomic changes, key to males, and description of Metacostana gen. nov. by Alexandre C. Domahovski, Rodney R. Cavichioli

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Luigi Crocetti's Libraries by Tommaso Giordano

“…His writings touch on all aspects of the profession, from book preservation and restoration to public libraries, from cataloguing and indexing to library cooperation and networking, from national libraries, archives and museums, to user services. It is quite evident that Crocetti is aiming to an audience far beyond librarians, to include policy makers, managers, intellectuals and all those who have contact with libraries; in a final analysis he addresses to all citizens, being convinced that "culture is for everyone" and that “libraries must by their nature be deeply immersed in the overall cultural flow”. …”
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Description of five new and four known species of Dorylaimellus Cobb, 1913 with perioral disc (Nematoda: Belondiroidea) from the Western Ghats of India by Sumit Kumar, Wasim AHMAD

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