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Issue 3 (48)

M. E. FOSS AND STATE HISTORICAL MUSEUM: THE SCHOLAR'S MUSEUM WORK (BASED ON MATERIALS FROM PERSONAL ARCHIVE)
Year	2015	Number	3(48)
Pages	37-43	Type	scientific article
UDC	929:902	BBK	63.401
Authors	Kashina Ekaterina A. Yakushkina Marina M.	Topic	GERMAN NAMES IN THE RUSSIAN SCIENCE: ARCHEOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAHY
Summary	The paper offers a review of the formerly unpublished materials from a personal archive of Maria Foss (1899–1955), an archaeologist and the State Historical Museum (Moscow) research staff member, one of the fi rst outstanding women-archaeologists of the Soviet period. Major milestones of her life and career are listed chronologically, including various aspects of her museum work: building of a permanent SHM display, organization of various archaeological exhibitions, reading lectures, work on "Primitive Society" album publication project, visits to various museums of the USSR. Particular attention was paid to 1954 materials refl ecting the diverse aspects of the scholar's work during the last year of life. The authors emphasized a tremendous contribution made by M. E. Foss to archeology, museum work, and the development of museum networks
Keywords	State Historical Museum, museum, exhibitions, archaeology of the Stone and Bronze Ages, the museums of the USSR
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