published some time ago, the preliminary results of the state Commission on Audit museum collections to museums in Russia has been identified shortfall of more than 50 thousand items. However, major museum - the participants held in Moscow on 23 July 2008 Briefing on the conservation of museum property to believe that the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the shortage in the local assemblies 50 thousand exhibits overstated.

So, director of the Museum-Estate «Ostankino» Gennady Vdovin at the briefing said: «I think that, first, it can be inflated figure, and secondly, to draw any conclusions is premature, because as verification of museum collections will be completed only at the end of the year ». However, he acknowledged that «Ostankino» missing one item stolen from the interior - bas-relief image of Peter I the factory «Wedgwood».

solidarity with a colleague, and was deputy director MGOMZ «Kolomenskoye - Lefortovo - Lyublino» Olga Polyakova: «It is likely that of the 50 thousand items, many are already physically ceased to exist prior to the check - for example, cuttings from old newspapers, so the figure of fifty thousand lost items can not be entirely correct ». According Poliakova, they also committed the theft, sometimes it was burglary. In particular, in 1994 from the exhibition hall in Kolomenskoye was stolen icon XIX century «The release of the Moscow Grand Prince Ivan III and V. religious procession with the icon of Our Lady of Vladimir», which during the summer of 2008 was found at Christie's auction and removed from bidding. Now there is work to return from London to exhibit museum fund of Russia. Deputy Director Reserves «Kolomenskoye - Lefortovo - Lyublino» Poljakova explained that museums exist when stolen items are not immediately debited from the funds, because sometimes the items are, and in this case, write them prematurely.

Zavsektorom of the State Museum of AS Pushkin Natalia Shashkova told that during the audit, which was held at the museum in 2007, was discovered 25 short items, of which 20 have been abducted during the exposure in 1988 and are being sought. «The remaining five - playing cards and playing bone chip XIX century, as well as three units of the small print format may be found in further tests of the Fund», - said Shashkova.

In addition, losses may be due to the loss of such items as newspaper clippings, as well as the results of inaccuracies in the documents on the transfer of exhibits from the museum in a museum or other institution.

In general, according to experts, the rules of registration and storage for the museum to date. The regulatory framework of accounting and storage of museum collections, developed in the 1980's, does not match the realities of the times. The leaders of museums had expressed the hope that one of the priorities of the Ministry of Culture after the stock verification of the museums will be to develop a modern framework.

Material prepared Savitskaya Anna

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