The National Museum of History is a cultural and scientific organization that participates in the implementation of the state policy on the preservation of cultural values and museum work on the territory of the whole country. The main activity of the museum is the preservation and presentation of movable and immovable cultural property. In order to carry out this activity, the museum carries out scientific research, organises and holds scientific events (conferences, workshops and discussions), publishes scientific, popular scientific and promotional materials, publishes the results of the identification of cultural property owned by natural or legal persons, after obtaining the written consent of their owners, participates in field archaeological studies on the territory of the country.

The museum has established a scientific group of specialists with scientific degrees or holding an academic position. The members of the scientific group, according to their expertise, carry out scientific processing of the museum collection, participate in scientific forums with reports, prepare and publish scientific works, study best practices in the field of museum work, engage in expositional, collecting and scientific promotion activities.

How science is done

On land and in water: the most interesting expeditions of the National History Museum.
Did you know that the sea “eats” metal? And how difficult it is to salvage an artifact pulled from the depths?