THE IMPACT OF THE RESEARCH OF THE VOLYN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION OF THE INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF UKRAINE (1992-2014) ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXPOSITIONS OF THE RIVNE REGIONAL MUSEUM OF LOCAL LORE

Abstract

Modern Ukrainian museums are undoubtedly going through a stage of transformation andimprovement. In the context of comprehensive digitalization, museums are emerging as a multifunctionalsocio-cultural mechanism interested in partnership not only with scholars but also with members of the gen- eral public. Museums perform the functions of preservation, interpretation, and communication. However, few people think about the history of museum collections, and this is an integral part of the life of every museum.The purpose of the study: to investigate one of the stages of formation of archaeological museology in Ukraine, to outline the stages of filling the archaeological collection of the ROCM, as a result of the work ofthe Volyn Archaeological Expedition of the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 1991-2014, to characterize some unique objects of the ROCM archaeological collection in histor- ical retrospect. The objectives of the study are to outline the mechanisms of using archaeological knowledge in the practice of museum work, to show the specifics of expeditionary work, to present unique archaeologicalsites of the Rivne region to the general public, to show the path of an archaeological artifact from desk study toexposition in the museum space. The subject of this study is a number of regularities that cover the processesof accumulation and preservation of information, cognition, knowledge transfer and communication by thesubject through museum archaeological collections, exhibitions, museum attractions.