From the editors

• Main Author: Redakcja "Muzealnictwo"
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: Index Copernicus International S.A. 2020-01-01
• Series: Muzealnictwo
• Subjects: from the editors
• Online Access: http://muzealnictworocznik.com/gicid/01.3001.0014.1333
• ISSN: 0464-1086; 2391-4815

Dear Readers, The ‘Muzealnictwo’ Annual has been published uninterruptedly since 1952, trying to reflect the major events in the social life of the museological community, to always remain updated with the latest academic trends, to follow the occurring changes, and, in some cases, even to anticipate them thoughtfully and reflexively. 2020 is a unique year: despite the unordinary circumstances caused by the SARS-CoV-19 pandemic, the Editorial Team of ‘Muzealnictwo’ have been working without any breaks. Meanwhile the changes that are affecting museum operations will definitely have an impact on museums’ shape in the future and will be commented on in its next year’s edition, this allowing to apply the suitable time perspective necessary for an academic journal. In this year’s volume we would like to tackle museum’s everyday issues that are the essence of their work, but also some fundamental ones. One of them having been discussed during the 2019 ICOM General Conference in Kyoto, namely the NEW MUSEUM DEFINITION. The section bearing this very title will provide our Readers with papers showing both historic definitions of museum and its redefinitions, analyses of the transformations in museology of the second half of the twentieth century which form the core of the new definition of the concept, as well as testimony to the statements made on the topic by outstanding Polish museum professionals and experts in legal heritage protection, as well as their international counterparts. As always, this overview will serve as an invitation to shared reflection on the topic of great importance for museology; the debate as yet has not been finished and has been stirring all museum-related circles, resounding widely, since it relates to the elementary issues. In the year-to-year effort the ‘Muzealnictwo’ Editorial Team have been trying to embrace increasingly more of the world outside Poland. We have been making an effort to include papers by international authors and reviews by foreign scholars in order to more dynamically locate our journal within the stream of international academic debates. Despite the extraordinary circumstances, we are trying hard to maintain the so-far format of our regular thematic sections, presenting within them both the most recent research dedicated to their respective areas, as well as referring to the already existing studies and publications. Our ambition is the keep the ‘Muzealnictwo’ Annual an interesting and enlightening source of knowledge, a platform for sharing ideas, contribution to broader debates, as well as an inspiration for practical solutions, and a source of answers to difficult questions. Editorial Team of the ‘Muzealnictwo’ Annual