In the Russian museums have missed 242 of thousands of objects

[SergeiSK]

During a comprehensive audit of Russian museums by the Ministry of Culture, found the absence of 242 thousand items, of which 24.5 thousand are wanted the Russian Interior Ministry said Tuesday Consultant, Department of Museums, Ministry of Culture of Russia Lyubov Molchanova.
A comprehensive safety inspection of Cultural Property in the museums of the Russian Federation, was conducted over the past three years after a major theft of exhibits from the Hermitage. Since 2007, the museum was tested in 1881 (97%of the total number of museums) with a total stock of storage 73 million items.
Of the 219,000 items missing part, perhaps, was also kidnapped, but most should be found in the process of collation and analysis of funds.
She also noted that the audit identified areas of the transfer of museum values the heads of regions and state agencies, to check the safety of exhibits for which becomes difficult.
«The governors of some people like to do such things when they say: Give us from the museum . (RIA Novosti)
can not say about the governor, but I know the mayor (former) of a southern city, a team which the city administration has been decorated with paintings from the store of the local museum. Director of the museum took a long drink valokordin, but could not refuse ...