Музеи /english/

Not until the Renaissance was the term applied to a collection of objects of beauty and worth.The museum and most of its were destroyed about AD 270 during civil disturbances.Hadrian's villa, in fact, may be considered a precursor of today's open-air museums.Beginning in the 7th century, spoils of the Crusades were added to these repositories.Occasionally displayed, the jewels and gold also served as a reserve to be pawned in time of war.Museums as they are known today were first established in Europe in the 18th century.Even before the American Revolution, museums were founded in the colonies by private citizens.Du Simitiиre was especially concerned with the documentation of the American Revolution.Relatively early in the history of modern museums, special types began to be organized.The first museum concerned with a university was established at Basel, Switzerland, in 1671.