КАТАЛОГИ МУЗЕЙНИХ ЗІБРАНЬ ГАРМАТ XІV–XVIІІ СТОЛІТЬ: СУЧАСНИЙ СТАН В УКРАЇНІ, ПРОБЛЕМИ ПОБУДОВИ

Abstract

The article analyzes a number of problematic issues that arise when cataloging gun collections, offers possible solutions. The current state of cataloging of weapons in the museums of Ukraine on the example of artillery collections is considered. Possible options for creating and forming catalogs for the integration of artillery history into the modern world scientific information space are proposed.Weapons collections are always especially valuable in the funds, are of great interest to visitors and professional researchers. That is why the problem of professional attribution and interesting presentation of information about the meeting is acute. Over the last decade, modern Ukrainian and European weapons studies have developed a sufficient scientific base, which creates a qualitatively new basis for the information content of weapons catalogs. The article develops recommendations for the structure, content, and information content of the catalog of gun collections. Possible options for presenting information to visitors in electronic form on the museum's website using the latest technologies used by European museums are proposed.Due to the significant growth in the popularization of weapons studies and military history studies both in Ukraine and abroad, modern Ukrainian museums face new challenges related to the introduction of weapons into the professional scientific space.During the Soviet period in the history of Ukraine, under the influence or even pressure of political factors, weapons science as a science did not develop. A small number of works by Ukrainian scientists of that period were published solely due to the enthusiasm and efforts of their authors. The ideological load of Soviet works on the subject created a distorted historical picture of the development of artillery in Ukraine. This state of affairs was reflected in museum expositions, cataloging of collections, which, in their content, should be based on professional research.We believe that modern Ukrainian armaments has accumulated enough historiographical work to fill a striking gap in Ukraine against the general background of world trends.