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Sholokhov Museum Joined the Seminar on Environmental Education

On February 28, the Museum-Reserve of M.A.Sholokhov took part in the regional seminar on the issues of teaching ecology in the educational institutions, environmental upbringing and education of children, and the role of museums and museum-reserves in this process.

The seminar organized within the frames of the Year of Ecology in Russia by the Department of Cossack Affairs and by the cadet institutions of the Rostov Region took place in the Rostov Region Museum of Local History. It was joined by A.N.Palatny, Director of the Department, G.N.Kulikova, Director of the Museum of Local History, directors and teachers of the Cossack institutions of the Don region and the museum-workers of the National M.A.Sholokhov Museum-Reserve.

A.N.Palatny, Director of the Department, underlined in his talk that environmental upbringing of the younger generation is one of the main activity areas of the cadet educational institutions. Today it is very important to unite all the forces and capabilities to form united approaches in realization of the events dedicated to the Year of Ecology in Russia.

The workers of the Museum-Reserve gave their talks and presentations to show a set of programs for environmental education and nature protection developed and realized at the Museum.

The seminar members exchanged their experience and discussed the ways of further cooperation. The excursion about the regional museum of local history showed the ways of using the museum exhibitions for educational activity in ecology and ethnography, and for promotion of folk arts and crafts.

Mariya Sukhareva
Viktor Boldyrev