To the 400th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty: The meeting of the scientific-practical conference “Museum libraries in modern society: The Romanovs and book culture of the XVII-XXI centuries” took place in Moscow

April 11, 2013 in Moscow has completed its work the X anniversary meeting of the scientific-practical conference “Museum libraries in modern society: the Romanovs and book culture of the XVII-XXI centuries”, held at the State Historical and Cultural Museum-Preserve “The Moscow Kremlin” (April 8-10) and the M. I. Rudomino All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature (April 11).

The conference was attended by more than 150 representatives of museums, libraries, universities, cultural-educational organizations from Russia and Europe.

At the conference were discussed the following issues:

- history of the formation of libraries of the royal and Imperial family;

- books at the Russian court and state policy;

- history of autographs and bookplates of the Imperial family;

- modern life of Imperial book collections;

- books of members of the royal and Imperial family in foreign collections;

- editions of the Romanovs in Russia and abroad.