ETHNOLOGY IN THE MUSEUM OF MINING AND METALLURGY IN BOR

Abstract

Position, role and perspective of ethnology in specialized museums, in this case the Museum of Mining and Metallurgy in Bor, depends on the conception of this museum. This means that ethnological science is involved in the overall evaluation and presentation of the material relevant to scientific interpretation of mining and metallurgy and their feedback on the entire life of the inhabitants of northeast Serbia. That is why the investigation of mining culture and the culture of miners is the most important aim of ethnology in overall attempts to protect a museum of such a type.