Variációk múzeumi autentikusságra három székelyföldi kiállítás kapcsán
Variatons on the Authenticity of the Museum à propos Three Exhibitions in Szeklerland

Summary/Abstract: Most objects exhibited in a museum have not been made originally for the purpose to be exhibited there. These objects are primarily endowed with meaning by the researcher or museologist in the course of collection or selection of the material. Their interpretation is also determined by the concept of the exhibition defined by the curator, and not least by the visitors’ responses to them. We are slowly getting used to the idea that museums have changed or are still in a process of transformation, and the discourse about them has changed accordingly. Until recently, the concept and context of the museum has implied constancy, stability, fixed values and fixed times, but today it has relativised. This relativity brings up several questions in museology, curatorial practice and visitors alike. In this article, I shall focus on the most fundamental concept of museology, namely the problem of authenticity, shedding light on the external and internal factors that continuously define and shape our thinking about authenticity.

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