International Museum day

Description

Every year on May 18 anyone who has to do with the museums have the opportunity to celebrate their professional day. This is a very young holiday-it was officially recognized only in 1977 year.

International Museum day celebrated World since the XI Conference of the International Council of museums, held in Leningrad and Moscow, on the proposal of the Russian delegation decided to institute an annual professional Museum day. Note that this offer is owned by I.a. Antonova, the Director of the Museum. A.s. Pushkin.

On this day the doors of museums are opened to all comers, absolutely free by showing new exhibits and facilities. Tell employees and enlighten the spirit slogan: "museums is an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment and development of cooperation, understanding and peace among peoples." For the holiday are timed opening festivals, diverse exhibitions, thematic lectures, scientific readings, tours, classes with children.

18 may especially emphasizes that it is crucial that the museums were not closed custodians exhibits. They walked towards society. Love to museum culture should be inculcated from childhood, so that everyone can contribute to the repository of the historical heritage of mankind.

From 1977 onwards, each Day has its own theme, museums and Museums Committee gives an overview of the activities related to this theme, making them publicly available.

Customers have become accustomed, that this day is a holiday and is planning an extensive programme of cultural and leisure activities. And in museums is going to a lot of the public, even if it falls on a working day.

Preserving and collecting monuments of spiritual and material culture, museums spend most educative, scientific and educational work.

To this celebration coincides with the night of museums has become an international event. It is held on the night of 17 to 18 May and is an initiative of the colleagues from France.

Night of museums in our country carried out repeatedly. Campaign in Russia is pleased to have joined private galleries and museums. Experts believe that the Night soon acquires not less popularity than the international day of museums.