Realization of the еxhibition projects of the Аrchives of the Academy of Sciences in the 20th–21st centuries

Abstract

The exhibition activity of the academic Archives began in 1911, when its papers were used at the Jubilee exhibition “Lomonosov and the Elizabethan Time”. In 1925–1939 the Archives prepared the exhibitions dedicated to the 200-anniversary of the Academy of Sciences and its Archives. In 1940 in the framework of the commemorative activities devoted to the 175-anniversary of the death of M. Lomonosov, the Archives wasassigned the responsibility of ensuring the historical part of the commemoration. After the Great Patriotic War, the Archives continued its exhibition activity, popularizing domestic science by submitting its documents to the expositions. The Archives prepared a series of exhibitions connected with the activities of the scientists – G. Langsdorf, K. Tsiolkovsky, V. Shukhov, etc. We should also mention the large-scale exhibition organized in collaboration with the Pasteur Institute (France) “Russian Biologists at the Pasteur Institute”, held in the Archives of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Jointly with the Archives of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the academic Аrchives prepared three exhibitions in Moscow and Warsaw in Science Days of the two countries. It became possible to hold such exhibitions largely due to the active research work and the use of modern information technologies. 100 exhibitions have been prepared for the period of 2003–2011.