FORMATION OF THE VOLYN MUSEUM ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTION IN THE 1930S. (ACCORDING TO THE PERIODICAL LITERATURE MATERIALS)

Abstract

Museums were an important component of the cultural life of interwar Poland. This is confirmed by numerous mentions of their activities not only in scientific journals, but also in the periodicals. The authors of the publications reviewed the news of museum institutions, described their expositions and exhibitions. The information often concerned the peculiarities of gathering the museum collections. The discovery and analysis of information from the Polish periodical press allowed to trace in detail the process of formation of the archaeological collection of the Volyn Museum, the history of which is insufficiently studied. The introduction of new evidence into scientific circulation allowed to obtain a more complete picture of the features and ways of formation of the collection and highlight its current state. The research is actualized by the loss of a part of the accounting documentation of the Volyn Museum and the material fund of the archeological collection during the Second World War. The purpose of the article is to analyze the materials of the periodical press of the 1930s and to trace the processes of completing the archeological collection of the Volyn Museum with artifacts. In the course of the research it was determined that the main periodicals that covered the processes of formation of the archeological collection of the Volyn Museum in the 1930s were "Wolyn", "Illustrowany Kurier Codzienny" and "Kurier literackonaukowy". In general, the analysis of the publications of the mentioned periodicals allows one to state that the process of acquisition of the archeological collections of the Volyn Museum was dynamic, aroused the interest of the public, which actively participated in the preservation of the cultural heritage of the region. The museum workers themselves, especially the director of the institution J. Fitzke, skillfully used the press to promote the archaeological heritage and draw attention to the needs of the museum. J. Fitzke in a popular form provided information about important archaeological discoveries, valuable artifacts and their historical significance, which had a positive impact on the development of the museum.