MILITARY-HISTORICAL THEMES IN THE PROJECTS OF MUSEUM COMPLEX NAMED AFTER IVAN YAKOVLEVICH SLOVTSOV
Authors:   Tyumen Museum-Education Organization, Ankusheva Kseniya A. , Kutepov Viktor A. ,   Omsk State Technical University
Published: December 2024

In the article, the authors analyze the presentation of military-historical themes in the projects of Museum Complex named after Ivan Yakovlevich Slovtsov. The introductory part evaluates the role of museums in the representation of military history, patriotic education, and the formation of historical memory. The relevance, novelty and theoretical basis of the research are substantiated, namely, the concept of “places of memory” by P. Nora, the characteristics of the sources are given, a brief historiographical overview is given. The main part of the article explores the plots of military history covered in the framework of the exposition and exhibition and cultural and educational activities of the museum, analyzes the forms of presentation of thematic information. In the work, the authors consider various objects of museum display of the Museum complex; identify their specifics in a given context, focus on interaction with the audience, including online. It is noted that the museum funds include rich materials about the military past, primarily domestic. Thematic collections – material, pictorial and other sources of the type – were often formed “hot on the trail”, they are replenished today. An important topic of military history, which is covered at various objects of the Museum Complex, their official sites on the Internet, is the Great Patriotic War. Next, you can specify many other events in the military history of the Fatherland, echoing stories from the military past of foreign countries. In conclusion, it is indicated that within the framework of the activities of the ICIMS, military-historical topics are presented in a wide chronological range, in events of different formats. Many of them are based on expositions and exhibitions. The heroics and tragedies of the front and rear, the daily life of wartime are demonstrated, with an emphasis on the participation of residents of the Tyumen region in the events. Traditionally, thematic projects are implemented by significant dates, mainly the national military history. When implementing military-historical projects, classical forms prevail – exhibitions and excursions, as well as reconstructions, lectures, master classes, etc. At the same time, their characteristics such as immersiveness and participativeness are developing. To immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the past, various methods are used, for example, museumshaped. A number of projects are implemented in partnership, including within the framework of a culture of co-participation. New trends include the presentation of militaryhistorical themes through images of modern art, the active use of modern information technologies, participation in various kinds of actions. The presentation of military history in museum projects contributes to the study of relevant topics, their popularization, education of patriotism and preservation of national memory. Additional motives for working in this direction are countering falsification in the field of historical memory, as well as the formation of a positive image of the region and the country, both for domestic consumers and for the development of tourism.