Formation ceramology collections in the museums of Ukraine
The article describes the main methods of forming ceramological collections in Ukraine. Among the main methods are marked as follows: gifts, nationalization of private collections, archaeological and ethnographic expeditions, purchases at trade shows and in the private parties. Considered museums with the largest collection of ceramics. Factors stand out for their formation. Attention is focused on the creation of the first museum of ancient pottery in the Left-Bank Ukraine in pottery workshop in Oposhnia in 1904. The history of the formation of ceramological collections in the pre-war period describes briefly ? the National Museum of Ukrainian Decorative Folk Art (Kiev), Chernihiv Historical Museum of V. Tarnovskiy (Chernigov), Dnipropetrovsk National History Museum of D.Yavornytsky (Dnepropetrovsk), the Museum of Ethnography and Crafts (Lviv). Mention of the fate of the collections of ceramics during the Second World War. Described the emergence of new types of museums in the period after the war ? open-air museums. This influenced on the formation ceramological collections, as methods for their recruitment, as and their content. Described the typical foundation for new types of museums in Ukraine ? ceramological memorial museum type. It is noted that the turning point in the history of ceramological collections was the founding of the National Museum of Ukrainian pottery in Opishne. At the end of the main stages of the allocated ceramological collections in Ukraine.