| Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Museum of History of Science and Technology of JINR |
General Information
Our museum was established in 1993 to preserve the history of the Institute in museum exhibits. The Museum is the member of the Association of scientific and technical museums of the Russian Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM). Museum currently occupies three rooms:
The museum exposition in more than 30 models and devices, as well as portraits of the founders of the Institute and illustrative material. In funds of the museum there is more than a thousand items of photo, audio and video materials, a large archive of manuscripts. The museum library contains books about scientists, history of science, history and culture of Russia, history of the JINR; periodical magazines "Issues of the History of Science and Technology", "Museum World", "Nature", "Science and Life", "Chemistry and Life" and etc. In the exhibition hall the museum holds exhibitions on the history of science and local history, timed to significant dates, exhibition of paintings, graphics and applied works of JINR staff members and their families, children's creative teams, as well as exhibitions of nonresident artists, whose life and work are connected with the history of Institute. An important element in the daily work of the museum are popular science lectures and lectures on the history of JINR for pupils and students, as well as for visitors and foreigners who come to work at JINR and their families. The museum is open as an educational platform for JINR University Center and Dubna International University for Nature, Society and Man. The museum holds a regular historical and scientific seminar within which a series of lectures "The History of Discoveries - the Authors speak" and "Personalities of scientific Dubna" are organized. These series of lectures are designed to personalize the history and comprehend the contribution of the JINR in the development of world science. The museum is not confined to a limited exposition premises, and goes to schools. Museum practices active assistance to municipal schools in conducting scientific conferences in physics and history of science. For example, the museum has presented to the school materials related to the anniversary of D. Mendeleev and D. Blokhintsev and helped with the organization of scientific conferences devoted to these outstanding scientists. The museum considerably influences the expansion of a cultural landscape of the city, carrying out active cooperation with the Museum of Natural History at the International University "Dubna", Dubna's museum of archeology and local history, Dubna public fund of historical and natural history research and humanitarian initiatives, "Heritage ", etc. The three areas of the museum activity:
The first, preservation, is realized, first of all, in the work of the museum fund - acquisition, recording and storage of museum collections , organizing and cataloging of archival and library materials. The second area, the study, is realized in the scientific activity of the museum, in researches on the history of science and technology. The third area, the popularization, is implemented in the exposition and exhibition activity of the museum: the establishment and activity of the permanent exhibition and thematic exhibitions, guided tours, lectures and seminars, participation in educational activities of JINR University Center, schools and Dubna University. In addition, in the third area of the museum activity there is a set of tasks for the development of its permanent exhibition. Educational programs of the museum, education of the general public in the field of nuclear physics and elementary particle physics and the development of public interest in the activities of the Institute and basic research in nuclear physics in general are carried out on the basis of the constant exposition. One of the key goals of the museum in this direction is to attract the attention of young people, the formation of broad interest among young people in the activities of the Institute and scientific researches on physics as a whole. Work towards this goal requires solutions to pressing problems of staffing JINR with young professionals and domestic fundamental science in general. Therefore, working with young people is a priority for the museum. |
The Museum of History of Science and Technology of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research is the center, which aims to educate the general public in the field of nuclear physics, elementary particle physics and the development of public interest in the activities of JINR and basic research in nuclear physics in general.