Species structure of the military-historical expositions in museums of Belarus (1949-2014)

Abstract

Modem Museum and exhibition design for the past half-century have undergone strong changes in the species composition. In the article author discusses the evolution of military-historical museums in Belarus against the background of the Museum’s practice development of our nearest neighboring countries such as Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Russia. In addition, he shows the influence of new political views on military history in the post-war modernization and renovation of museums throughout the world. First authors of publications and studies on the subject were specialists not having significant personal experience to create experiential museums. These unilateral views on the specific structure of the military-historical Museum resulted misunderstanding its specificity. Jubilee celebrations devoted to 70th anniversary of Victory mark a certain phase in life of the young independent State. Events dedicated to the anniversary and the opening of a new modern museum building on Winners Avenue are a logical result of the evolution of military-historical museums in Belarus during the first decade of the XXI century.