Museums

A museum ( mew-ZEE-əm; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these items available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. The largest museums are located in major cities throughout the world, while thousands of local museums exist in smaller cities, towns, and rural areas. Museums have varying aims, ranging from serving researchers and specialists to serving the general public. The goal of serving researchers is increasingly shifting to serving the general public. …

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The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file containing documents concerning a visit to the United Kingdom by the governing mayor of Berlin, Richard von Weizsäcker, in April 1982. Subjects covered in the file include the …

"special treatment" at the Tower and various museums; and Carolyn paid for her lunch and tea. Again


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 Russian

A file containing documents relating to the Great Britain-U.S.S.R. Association. Subjects covered in the file include the city of Sheffield's relationship with the Soviet Union; the activities of the British-Soviet …

development of direct contacts and co-operation between museums, galleries and libraries of both countries and


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file containing documents relating to the Great Britain-U.S.S.R. Association. Subjects covered in the file include a desk study justifying the significance of the association; a proposal to increase the …

STUDENTS FROM LITERARY INSTITUTE, TOURS OF MUSEUMS, AND V I S I T S TO THEATRES. 2. WE HAVE ASKED not spent any time on purely pleasure visits to museums, ballet, opera and so on, but had gone ^ there


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file of correspondence and reports concerning the activities of the British-Yugoslav Society. The documents include a copy of the society's annual report for 1981–1982; a statement of finances; a …

year, when officers were given a bumpy centres, museums and similar organisations, ride, no queries were session ended lectures by visiting experts from museums in with a lecture on 30 June by Branch Secretary


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 French

A file containing documents relating to West German federal activities in West Berlin. Subjects covered in the file include the centenary of the discovery of the tuberculosis germ; an exhibition …


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

located in Presov; We were also taken around two museums in Kosice and my wife, I and Mr Preen visited carved altar pieces, seemed to serve more as museums. However, at Bardejov a neighbouring church showed end of world War II (no mention of that in the museums), the occasional coachload of Soviet tourists


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file of correspondence and reports concerning religion in Bulgaria. The documents cover a visit to Bulgaria and Romania by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie; details of Runcie's meetings …

mosques, although these are treated frequently as museums rather than active centres of worship. However


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

responsibilities for the management fl I of certain museums and similar I I institutions, and for functions


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

I refused, saying that I wanted to visit some museums and would not care to make appointments which atheism). I could not bring myself to visit any such "museums" nor (with the exception of the church in the which have been desecrated by turning them into museums such as the Kazan cathedral or the St. Isaac's anyone for the next two days, but doing a round of museums and just generally going around the city. Deliberately


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 German

A file of correspondence and reports concerning cultural relations between East Germany and the United Kingdom. The documents cover developments within the current Anglo-East German cultural exchange programme; discussions on …


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