Case report

Documentation of the Ethnographic museum Zagreb

Jasna Mokos ; Etnografski muzej Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Museum documentation is cultural heritage covering all areas of museum activity. It
is the source and support for every professional, scientific and cultural activity and
it is intended not only for a narrow professional circle, but for all interested researchers.
Besides being a source of knowledge, museum documentation material is also
the custodian of original document, and is thus kept permanently.
Ethnographic Museum in Zagreb is one of the rare museum institutions that soon
after it was established in 1919, founded the first documentation holdings and collections.
Vladimir Tkalčić, the first museum curator paved the way to a contemporary
ethnographic documentation by bringing together museological, historical and ethnographic
approach to material. Aware of the importance to collect all kinds of data
on ethnographic heritage, he founded and shaped the first documentation holdings
and linked the primary and secondary documentation, as they are called today. Thus
he raised the quality and quantity of data on museum material and resources on a
higher level.

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Hrčak ID:

77039

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/77039

Publication date:

28.12.2011.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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