FROM THE HISTORY OF BUKHARA MUSEUM: TOWARDS ITS CENTENARY
This article will highlight interesting facts related to the Bukhara State Museum-Reserve. The information in the article prepared for the 100th anniversary has its own character; many of the facts are published for the first time. The data published in the article are prepared on the basis of archival materials of the museum-reserve and materials of journals, conferences collected as a result of scientific research. The creation of the museum was chosen as the object of several studies, but the article does not contain information about its creation, but is directly related to several interesting facts that occurred in the period from the creation of the museum to the 1980s. The activity of the museum in the 1930s was studied by comparing the example of archival documents and several articles. The activity of museum workers of the 50s is particularly noteworthy. The article reflects issues such as the filming of the film “The Collapse of the Emirate”, the activities of the art historian Goncharova, international relations of the museum, research of museum objects by famous scientists. The article also discusses the issues of enriching the museum’s funds, organized and conducted exhibitions, scientific expeditions of museum workers. Flows of the museum exhibits, especially the transfer of the book collection to other organizations, are covered on the basis of archival data.