The Study of Museum Professionals of the Baltic States

The project PRG1097, funded by the Estonian Research Council and also known as MNEMUS, ran for five years (2021–2025), and the survey was one stage in collecting data for analysis. An online survey of museum professionals was conducted simultaneously in the three Baltic countries in 2022. The survey consisted of five parts: (1) the type of museum the respondent represents and the respondent's personal background in the context of museum work; (2) questions about the exhibition of 20th-century materials, which could be answered by those involved in exhibition work; (3) questions about the collection of 20th-century materials, which could be answered by those involved in collections; (4) questions based on memory studies to explore the respondent's views on the role of museums in society in terms of memory policy; (5) the respondent's assessment of the position of museum work in society. Respondents also had the opportunity to comment on some answers in free text and share their thoughts on the topic with the research team.