History of Creation and Activities of the Museum of Folk Architecture and Everyday Life of the Middle Dnieper Ukraine on the Pages of Visnyk Pereiaslavshchyny Newspaper

Abstract

The article analyzes publications in the columns “Love and Know Your Native Land” of the Pereiaslav-Khmelnytsky newspaper Komunistychna pratsia (Communist Labor; since 1991 – Visnyk Pereiaslavshchyny (Pereiaslav Bulletin)), devoted to the history of the Museum of Folk Architecture and Everyday Life of the Middle Dnieper Ukraine (Pereiaslav, Kyiv region).This column was started by M. Palahuta in 1975 and lasted until 2001. It included such subheadings as “Our Compatriots”, “People of Pereiaslav Land”, “Famous Names of Pereiaslav”, “Museum’s Everyday Life”, “Museums of Pereiaslav”, “History of Local Villages”, “Interesting Finds”, “New Exhibits”, “What the Exhibits Are Telling”, “Guests of the City”, “From the History of the City”, “Interesting Events”, “From the Chronicle of the National Feat”, “Local Studies Work”. The researchers from the Pereiaslav-Khmelnytsky State Historical and Cultural Reserve actively contributed to the column. Among Them Were M. Palahuta, M. Zham, H. Kozii (Sliusar), L. Hodlina, O. Kolomiiets, O. Yuzvikova, Ye. Nesterovska, L. Nabok, and others. The history of formation and development of the Museum of Folk Architecture and Everyday Life of the Middle Dnieper Ukraine became the subject of a careful study conducted by the authors of the column. Particular attention is paid to ethnographic expeditions, search and museumification of monuments, new museum expositions, interesting exhibits, formation of ethnographic collections, anniversaries, folklore and ethnographic mass events, and other achievements in the development of the Pereiaslav skansen.The analysis of publications showed that most of them were informative, revealed the content and nature of scholarly, expeditionary, and exhibition activities of the skansen. Comprehensive study and maintenance of the column publications can be a significant addition to the source base in the study of the formation and development of the Museum of Folk Architecture and Everyday Life of the Middle Dnieper Ukraine. In some cases, out-of-section publications are considered for a better understanding of links between certain topics.