Actualization of the history of navigation in the image policy of the state (Estonian Maritime Museum in Tallinn)

The article is published based on the materials of the report of the same name, delivered at the second scientific and practical conference «Popularization of technical heritage in the museum» (Saint-Petersburg, GET, October 11, 2022). The author examines the transport thesaurus of maritime museums through the prism of state image policy. The Maritime Museum forms value categories related to the dignity of the state, its history, and the national narrative. The article examines the features of the exposition of the Estonian Maritime Museum in Tallinn, analyzes the place of finds in the phenomenological and semiotic field of the museum space. Special attention is paid to the Hanseatic kogg, discovered and exhibited in the museum in 2015. The medieval ship is presented as a trigger of attractive activity in the museum, as well as a figurative and symbolic element in the general narrative of the Baltic region.