The Fourth Museum Assembly in Crimea. The review

Abstract

The Fourth Museum Assembly held within the framework of the Fourth World Professional Forum “The Book. Culture. Education. Innovations” (June 18–22, 2018, Sudak, Republic of Crimea) is reviewed. The 2018 topic was “Regional museums: To preserve traditions, to implement innovations”. The Assembly was organized through the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Crimea. The reviewers discuss the topics and problems revealed in the plenary presentations and papers delivered at the section “Museums in the modern information and cultural space”. The thematic sessions were supplemented with master classes “Research with the museum collections” and “Exhibitional work”. When concluding the Fourth Museum Assembly, the participant suggested that in future, more attention should be given to museum libraries. The officers of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Crimea admitted that the Assembly should be held regularly as it served the site to share experiences and improve professional competences of museum specialists of Crimea and Russia, on the whole.