About the establishment of the museum of inventions and improvements in 1909

Annotation

The scientific article discusses the creation of the Museum of Inventions and improvements in 1909. The opening of the museum became the realization of the scientific and educational activities of the public organization. The scientific article analyzes the implementation of the task of the museum exposition to promote technical achievements and the progress of scientific thought among the Russian population. Using the statutory documents, instructions and rare pre-revolutionary periodicals, it is proved that the board of the public organization has done a lot of work in the formation of a new museum exhibition. All the basic principles of the daily activities of the Museum of Inventions and Improvements were reflected in its statutory provisions and documents. The rules of admission of exhibits to the museum exposition, established by the Board of the Society of Military, Marine and agricultural machinery, are described. Attention is paid to the internal work schedule of the museum and the procedure for displaying exhibits to visitors. An assessment of the hierarchy of museum employees, including the director and other officials, is given. The author concludes that the opening of the museum of inventions and improvements was widely discussed in the metropolitan press. It was revealed that in order to improve the current exposition, letters and requests from visitors were received. All the above-mentioned actions of the board of the public organization allowed the museum exposition to become famous among the metropolitan public.

Keywords

• Society of Military, Marine and Agricultural Machinery
• international exhibition of the latest inventions
• Museum of inventions and improvements
• inventors
• industrialists
• museum plan
• exposition
• technical innovations
• metropolitan press
• statutory documents
• exhibit
• Russian Empire
• Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich
• technical progress
• improvement of the national economy
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References

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