The National Church Historical and Archaeological Museum in the Socio-Cultural Space Cover Image

Националният църковен историко-археологически музей в социокултурното пространство
The National Church Historical and Archaeological Museum in the Socio-Cultural Space

Author(s): Anka Ignatova
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Archaeology, Museology & Heritage Studies, Library and Information Science, Local History / Microhistory, Theology and Religion, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: The National Church Historical and Archaeological Museum in the Socio-Cultural Space

Summary/Abstract: The National Church Historical and Archaeological Museum is one of the biggest and oldest museums in Bulgaria and is in possession of a unique fund of movable cultural valuables belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. The aim of the present paper is to present the role of the museum in the socio-cultural space accentuating on the different forms of communication within the territory of the museum as well as outside it. The analysis of the museum’s activities shows that the National Church Historical and Archaeological Museum still remains a classical type of museum failing to be in line with the notion of a modern museum institution. In this connection, concrete suggestions are offered with a view to its wider opening to the audience.

  • Issue Year: 5/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 111-120
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English, Bulgarian