Historical museum and scientific research: technology of the interaction

The article examines the role of two research directions in the activity of a historical museum: 1) an exploration of museum objects, the direction of research associated with related science, and (2) a museological research, that is purely theoretical direction. In the museum there must be interaction between these two directions. Taking into consideration the peculiarities of museum development today, there are now becoming actual problems of studying a museum visitor, a sociological study of museum audiences. A special role in the development of the general theoretical research in the field of museum studies could play a museological center, which can be opened at the National Museum of Archaeology and History of Moldova. Independence gained by the museums during the last decade has led to their intention to elaborate their own development strategies, including the research work. Today it is needed to systematize the professional knowledge of museum specialists in order to use it as a basis for independent research and further development of a museum as an independent scientific institution.