Potenciál muzejní instituce v oblasti vědy a výzkumu na příkladu Národního muzea

Pages	18-25
DOI	10.37520/mmvp-2018-0019
Citation	MILOTOVÁ, Nina a FRANK, Jiří. Potenciál muzejní instituce v oblasti vědy a výzkumu na příkladu Národního muzea. Museum: Museum and Regional Studies. Prague: National Museum, 2018, 56(2), 18-25. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/mmvp-2018-0019. ISSN 1803-0386. Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/mmars/56-2/potencial-muzejni-instituce-v-oblasti-vedy-a-vyzkumu-na-prikladu-narodniho-muzea

Museum: Museum and Regional Studies | 2018/56/2

There is no doubt that science and research represent an elementary part of work of museum institutions. This fact was already stated by founder of the National museum, Count Kaspar Maria Stenberk (1761-1838), who said that only the scientific elaboration of museum collections increases their value for the society. Science and research are integral part of the complex of museum activities, but even though there is quite low awareness about the aspects, parameters, conditions and potential of museums research, especially in the Czech Republic. This fact is particularly visible in context of museum institutions ranking amongst other scientific organisations, where the purely scientific organisations have a prejudice against the museum research institutions even when the rating numbers talk differently. Museums in this context are mostly visible as content providers and rarely as a tools but almost never as legitimate scientific bodies, even when they have official status of research institutions. Other view is that of general public which mostly see the museums as source and tool for entertainment or education. The aim of this article is to demonstrate great potential of the museum institutions on the field of science and research and also open a discussion from the critical point of view from the side of the museum institutions themselves.

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