Colecția pedologică din patrimoniul Muzeului Național de Etnografie și Istorie Naturală
The Pedological Collection of the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History
Author(s): Stela Curcubăt, Irina Badiuc, Sergiu PanaSubject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies, Archiving, Cataloguing, Classification, Preservation
Published by: Muzeul Național de Etnografie și Istorie Naturală
Keywords: soil; pedological collection; monoliths; museum;
Summary/Abstract: For the first time in the Republic of Moldova, the soil monoliths were demonstrated in the Zemstva Museum in Bessarabia, in 1911. Currently, the soil, as a natural and multifunctional object, the basis of the terrestrial ecosystems, the most valuable natural resource of the country, is exhibited in two rooms of the Permanent exhibition of the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History, being represented by vertical blocks or monolithic soil of the most characteristic genetic and taxonomic units of virgin soil and soil profiles modified by anthropic activity (degraded and technologically transformed). In total, the Pedological Collection of the museum includes 70 soil samples (monoliths and mother rock), of which 43 in the permanent exhibition and 27 monoliths kept in the museum’s deposits
Journal: Buletin Științific. Revistă de Etnografie, Științele Naturii și Muzeologie
- Issue Year: 30/2019
- Issue No: 30
- Page Range: 80-98
- Page Count: 19
- Language: Romanian
