Чи потрібен Україні Зведений каталог Музейного фонду України?

Abstract

Досліджено історичні аспекти створення зведеного каталогу сукупного музейного фонду держави. Вивчено досвід його формування в Республіці Білорусь та Російській Федерації. Обґрунтовано необхідність створення Зведеного каталогу Музейного фонду України як електронної бази даних, що містить дані про кожний музейний предмет, що включений до його складу.

The aim of this paper is to find out the history of the formation of the consolidated catalog of the State Museum Fund, to study the experience of its use in the Republic of Belarus and in the Russian Federation and also to justify the formation of such catalog in Ukraine. Total State Museum Fund constitutes a totality of all museum objects in the state. Legislating of the concept of the Total State Museum Fund was made first time in the USSR in the mid-1960s. That was associated with the adoption of Regulation on the Museum fund of the USSR. This document also indicated the beginning of preparations for the establishment of consolidated catalog of the museum fund. The last one was implied as a systematized list of data on the composition and content of museum objects. Such catalog should play an important role in preservation and proper use of the cultural heritage. That time it was very difficult to create the consolidated catalog because of lack of principles for its formation and principles of museum standards for describing museum objects, inadequate legislation, and poor study of museum collections. In the Soviet Union the work to overcome these problems was carried out until 1991. Started work wasn’t complete because of collapse of the USSR. The idea of creation of a consolidated catalog of the Total State Museum Fund was supported by the authority and was implemented in the life in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus. In Ukraine state officials completely renounced the idea of creation of such catalog. It was considered to create only the list of unique museum objects. Thus, Ukraine has not formed a single consolidated list of its own museum heritage. As a result, after the occupation of the Crimea and eastern parts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions, our State even does not know the exact number and composition of museum objects that are lost. Losses of the Museum Fund of Ukraine are quite large. According to the author calculations which are based on the reports of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, they are 1,800,752 items. The author substantiates a necessity of creation the Consolidated Catalog of the Museum Fund of Ukraine. It should operate as an electronic database, which contains information on each museum object included in Museum Fund of Ukraine. Its creation will contribute to significant positive changes both in the museum field and in cultural policy.