History
The idea of creating Kharkiv University History Museum arose in the postwar years, in particular, it was expressed by the rector ofMuseum collection
Since the museum's existence, its staff has established communication with family members of distinguished scientists, collected memories, books, manuscripts, and personal belongings of members of the university community – all of which have become museum exhibits. Much work has been done to collect materials in central and regional archives, in the manuscript collections of libraries. Many interesting exhibits came to the museum on the eve and during the anniversary celebrations from the staff and students of Kharkiv University. Currently, the museum has about 20 thousand units of storage, 10 thousand negatives and 16 thousand electronic photos. Among the exhibits – a collection of graduation photo albums of the late 19th century to the early 21st century; badges and medals; recordings of interviews with university graduates and staff; individual material exhibits that characterize university life; 233 personal funds of scientists and students of the university including D. I. Bagaliy, N. P. Barabashov, O. V. Vetukhiv and others. Museum funds are used by students, graduate students and researchers of many scientific centers of Ukraine.Permanent exhibition
The exhibition is built on a thematic and chronological principle and consists of four large sections that cover the history of the university in different periods: * Imperial Kharkiv University (1804–1917); * Kharkiv University in the period of reorganizations (1917–1933); * restoration of the university and its history in the 1930s, duringAreas of work
Excursion activities
Every year the museum is visited by about four thousand guests. The main share of visitors is students, those attending the Center for International Education, participants of scientific conferences, guests of the university. The museum conducts excursions within such university-wide actions as Science Night, Alumni Day, and the Discover Karazin University project.Organization of temporary exhibitions
Every year the museum organizes 6–8 temporary exhibitions related to various aspects of university history. The recent ones are "Graduation Albums of Kharkiv University", "Student Life in Caricature", " N. I. Kostomarov: life, creativity, memory (to the 200th birth anniversary)", "Professor's family of the XIX – early XX centuries", "University students in "troubled times" (1920s – 1930s)" etc. In 2016, the museum launched a new tradition of exhibitions of private collections of professors and students of Karazin University.Conducting university history promotion campaigns
The museum invites the university community to take part in special events based on the active cooperation of the museum staff and visitors. The first such event was called "Front Album", in which the museum invited everyone – students, staff, and professors – to bring to the museum photos of their relatives fromPromotion of university history in the media and the Internet
The museum has its own pages on Facebook andUniversity History Club
It has been operating since 2005 on the basis of the museum. Its active participants are primarily students and professors of the School of History, but it is open to all participants. Club meetings are held once a month. Reports on the history of education at, first of all, Kharkiv University are discussed there, also books on relevant topics are presented, meetings with professors, staff and students of the university are held, tours of the university and university places of memory are organized.Educational work with students
Using the museum as a basis, student projects are developed within the special courses of the School of History and the School of International Economic Relations and Tourism Business. For three years in a row, first-year students of the School of History had one of their end-of-the-course tests on "Introduction to the specialty" (professor– S. I. Posokhov) in the form of a quest by the university and surrounding university places. On the basis of the museum, some students of the School of History participate in museum practice, learning the basics of fund, excursion and exhibition work.Scientific and fund work
The museum staff is working to expand the funds and create an electronic catalog. The results of scientific research of the museum staff are published in professional periodicals, presented at national and international conferences. Over the past few years, the museum staff has created databases: biographies of scientists, prominent students of the university, honorary doctors, merited professors and researchers of Kharkiv University, a chronicle of university life, university symbols, university "places of memory". At this stage, they allow providing additional consultations during excursions, and in the future can be included to the permanent exhibition in the form of multimedia panels. A number of materials dedicated to the history of Kharkiv University were published with the participation of the museum staff. In particular, in 2016, with the support of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, the 3rd volume of memoirs about Kharkiv University, dedicated to the 1920s and 1930s, was published. Together with the School of History, the museum is a co-organizer of the traditional museum study conference "Lunyov Readings".Research topics of the museum
At the moment, several scientific projects are being implemented on the basis of the museum: together with the School of History – an oral history project "Images of Science: Kharkiv University in the 1940s–1980s". So far, more than 350 interviews with students, professors and staff of the university have been collected, which formed the basis of a separate fund of the Kharkiv University History Museum; also the project "University "places of memory", the object of study of which is the named lecture rooms of the university, memorial plaques dedicated to professors and prominent people related to the activities of the university etc.Gallery
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* Іващенко В. Ю. Музейний комплекс Харківського національного університету імені В. Н. Каразіна: історія, сучасний стан, перспективи // Проблеми збереження і використання культурної спадщини в Україні: Матеріали ІІ Всеукр. наук.-практич. конф., присвяченої 10-й річниці надання Свято-Успенському монастиреві статусу Лаври (2004), 170-річчю відновлення Святогірського Успенського монастиря (1844), 80-річчю створення краєзнавчого музею М. В. Сибільовим у Святогорську (м. Святогірськ, 25–26 вересня 2014 р.). — Донецьк, 2014. — С. 159–164. * Музей історії Харківського університету. Museum of History of Kharkiv University: уклет/ Укладачі: В. Ю. Іващенко, І. В. Калініченко, Є. С. Марченко, Є. П. Пугач. — Х.: НМЦ «СД», 2007. — 14 с. * Пугач Є. П. Один з перших в Україні (Музей історії Харківського національного університету ім. В. Н. Каразіна) // Невичерпне джерело духовності: (Нариси про діяльність музеїв історії вузів м. Харкова) / за заг. ред.: В. І. Астахової. Київ: Народна укр. акад., 2003. С.5–13. * Калиниченко И. В. Музей как хранитель духовных реликвий Харьковского национального университета им. В. Н. Каразина // Символика и традиции в деятельности вузовских музеев: (очерки о деятельности музеев истории высших учебных заведений г. Харькова) / Гл. упр. образования и науки Харьк. обл. гос. админ., Ассоц. вуз. музеев Харькова, Харьк. гуманит. ун-т «Нар. укр. акад.»; под общ. ред. В. И. Астаховой. Х. : Изд-во НУА, 2008. С. 5–7. * Калиниченко И. В. Об усовершенствовании организационных и правовых основ деятельности музеев при высших учебных заведения г. Харькова // Університетські музеї: європейський досвід та українська практика: міжнар. наук.-практ. конф. (2011; Київ). Збірник праць, 6–7 жовтня 2011 р.; упоряд.: Л. В. Казанцева ; Київський нац. ун-т ім. Т. Шевченка, а ін. Ніжин: Ніжинський держ. ун-т ім. М. Гоголя, 2012. С. 151–159. * Калиниченко И. В. О значении экскурсионной работы в музее истории Харьковского Национального Университета // Культурна спадщина Слобожанщини. Збірка наукових статей за матеріалами міжнародної наукової конференції «П'яті слобожанські читання». Секція «Музейна справа та охорона культурної спадщини». Харків: Курсор, 2003. С. 23–24. * Тарапова Е. И. Здесь «вечность и короткий миг, И радость жизни, и страданье….». О музее истории Харьковского национального университета имени В. Н. Каразина // Universitates. 2004. No. 4. {{portal bar, Museums, History 1972 establishments in Ukraine Museums established in 1972 Museums in Kharkiv History museums in Ukraine University museums in Ukraine