Considerații privind constituirea, dezvoltarea și promovarea colecției de documente și cărți vechi a muzeului județean argeș
On the establishment, development and promotion of the collection of old documents and books of the Argeș County Museum

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the beginnings of museum work in Pitești, Argeș County (Romania). In 1928, a group of people of culture from Pitesti led by teacher Tatiana Bobancu founded the Gh. Ionescu Gion People’s Athenaeum, a cultural society coordinating various sociocultural activities, a museum and a public library This paper describes the activities of the staff of the Argeș County Museum in creating and developing a collection of old documents and books. The Museum has legal ownership of objects acquired through purchase, donation or exchange. The Museum’s book collection is quite valuable and diverse. Its development and promotion are carried out through exhibitions, symposiums, round tables and publications in the scientific yearbook “Argesis: Studies and Communications”. The purpose of this periodical of the Argeș County Museum is to promote the movable and immovable national cultural heritage, publish materials on museum studies and scientific research, as well as highlight restoration and conservation activities. The article focuses on objects from the collection of old documents and books, exhibited at two temporary exhibitions. Some of the exhibits did not require complex restoration processes.

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