title: The National Museum of Medicine of Ukraine as a scientific-educational centre.
abstract: The popularity of museums in Ukraine has been growing in recent times. This is due to the socio-economical changes in the country, to the increasing cultural and general educational level of the people, to interest in history and historical memories. Moreover, it is an aspiration for a great number of people to use information with the help of direct contact with their origins. The main idea of the article is to describe the central forms of scientific-research and cultural-educational work at the National Museum of Medicine of Ukraine, its characteristics as a social institution, the influence of medical collections and expositions on the consciousness of people, the analysis of conceptual approaches in the effective work of a museum with a great number of visitors.
authors.affiliation: The National Museum of Medicine of Ukraine, Kyiv, UA.
authors.forename: Serhiy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mykhaylychenko
mesh_terms: D006666:History of Medicine; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D009144:Museums / Q000266:history; D014455:Ukraine