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ArcheoBiblioBase: Archives in Russia: E-29Last update of repository: 24 June 2020Muzei antropologii i etnografii im. Petra Velikogo RAN (Kunstkamera/MAE)Access & Facilities Access Research access requires the permission of the director on the basis of an official application or a personal application from the researcher indicating the subject and aim of research. Working conditions Researchers are accommodated in the working offices of the archive and museum, where files are delivered the same day they are ordered. Copy facilities Information regarding permission for copying photographs and films and for publishing museum archival materials can be found at the website: http://www.kunstkamera.ru/info/expert.... Library facilities The library of the museum was established in 1902. During the 1930s and 40s it was combined with the libraries of the abolished Institute of Peoples of the North and the Institute for the Study of the Peoples of the USSR. It includes the personal libraries of N.N. Miklukho-Maklai, the Duke of Mecklenburg, V.V. Radlov, L.Ia. Shternberg, V.G. Bogoraz-Tan, E.E. Ukhtomskii, and other ethnographic scholars. The collections (116,000 vols. including 53,500 books and 62,500 periodicals)—now officially a branch of the BAN—have extensive reference materials in the field of anthropology, ethnography, folklore, and related disciplines, and include many rare editions. (Library tel.: +7 812 328-41-32; e-mail: [email protected]; webpage: http://www.kunstkamera.ru/museums_str...; http://www.rasl.ru/b_resours/set/mae.php). |