The article analyzes the books of 1923 on history and natural history of museum orientation, which are stored in the State Printing Archive of the Book Chamber of Ukraine. In total, 18 books have been identified, which are divided into the following types: scientific (2), popular science (4), popular (1), educational and educational-methodical (8), reference (3). According to the thematic orientation, there are 7 books on history, 5 — on natural science, 3 — on reference, 2 — on museum work, 1 — on book monumentology. The books of G. Levin-Dorsch and G. Kunov, M. Zieber, B. Vipper, M. Yavorsky, A. Winterhalter, M. Levin, B. Komarov, Iv. Trojanovski, O. Nikol'sky, P. Tutkovsky, V. Hnatyuk, F. Schmit are analyzed. The processed editions make it possible to introduce unknown and little-known publications on museum studies of 1923 into scientific circulation, to reveal the "white spots" in the activities of specialists in museum pedagogy.