Museum reserve

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In Russia and former Soviet Union, a museum reserve, museum preserve or museum zapovednik ({{langx|ru|музей-заповедник}}) is an official type of open-air museums, which, in addition to the items of exhibition, includes a territory with architectural, historical, and natural monuments, and other places of interest which have a protected status of zapovednik (preserve). The term "museum zapovednik" as an official status was introduced in the Soviet Union in 1958–1959.[http://www.museum.ru/rme/sci_zap.asp МУЗЕИ-ЗАПОВЕДНИКИ], Russian Museum Encyclopedia. Their official status in post-Soviet Russia was put in law in 2011.[https://www.rg.ru/documents/2011/02/25/muzej-dok.html Изменения в Закон о Музейном фонде РФ и музеях в РФ]; in particular, it introduced Article 26¹: Музеи-заповедники.

A similar concept exists in some other post-Soviet states.

For the first time the term "zapovednik" was used in the name "Государственный заповедник 'Пушкинский уголок'", established in 1922, now Mikhaylovskoye Museum Reserve.