Graduates of the Higher Women’s (Bestuzhev) Courses in the Service in The State Hermitage (late 1910-1970-ies)
Graduates of the Higher Women’s (Bestuzhev) Courses in the Service in The State Hermitage (late 1910-1970-ies)
Author(s): Oksana Borisovna VakhromeevaSubject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies, Gender history, Recent History (1900 till today), History of Education
Published by: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Filozofická fakulta
Keywords: Bestuzhev Courses; E. Yu. Mel’nikova; Hermitage; museum department; artifact; collection; exposition; Zh. A. Matsulevich;
Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the professional activities of graduates of the Higher Women’s (Bestuzhev) Courses in the State Hermitage Museum. They made a great contribution to the Soviet museum building, they were engaged in the restructuring of the Imperial Hermitage, scientific and exhibition work, and mastered educational field. The article is based on materials from the personal archive of N. V. Blagovo (materials Mel’nikova) and the graduates’ memories. In addition, biographies of 23 employees of the Hermitage, graduates of Courses who worked there from 1914 to 1975, are given for the first time.
Journal: Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo
- Issue Year: 7/2019
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 95-107
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English