In March 2018, the collection of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of RAS was replenished with 14 exhibits of the material culture collection collected during the research expedition on the trail of Miklouho-Maclay to the Maclay Coast in 2017 in the same villages where the scientist lived with aborigines. The collection is undoubtedly a unique historical and cultural value of the world scale and allows us to trace the development of human civilization on the Maclay Coast from the time when the natives did not even use iron (Miklouho-Maclay was the first who introduced iron axes in 1871 during the first expedition) to the present day.
Patron’s Day. Hermitage.
SPIEF. Cultural program
SPIEF. Nickolay Miklouho-Maclay and Vladimir Yakunin
Journey to the Maclay Coast. The book presentation at the book festival on the Red Square
The “Miklouho-Maclay. XXI century. Revived History” project opening. SPb, loft project “Etagi”.
Maclay readings in Okulovka city. Veliky Novgorod region
Nickolay Miklouho-Maclay and Dmitrii Medvedev.
— in the Loft project «Etagi», where on the first day of Summer the “Revived History” started. Professor Alan Robson, the representative of the University of Port Moresby (PNG), was specially invited for the opening;
— in the Pushkin House (IRLI RAS) the exhibition combined the materials of the expeditions to the island of New Guinea of three centuries. In addition to the copies of Miklouho-Maclay’s drawings dated back to XIX century and the unique materials of the scientific research expedition in 2017, the articles and books about the expedition in 1971 authored by B. N. Putilov, the expedition tapes, the records of Papuan folklore, the photos taken during the expedition, the books of native and foreign researchers of New Guinea were presented;
— in the Moscow House of Books, where the exhibits were placed in the shop windows. Everyone walking along the New Arbat could see the exhibits telling about the close historical connection between Russia and the island state of Papua New Guinea;
-in the Second Saint-Petersburg Gymnasium, where Nikolay Nikolaevich Miklouho-Maclay studied from 1858 to 1861;
— in the Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology named after D. N. Anuchin under the Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov, where the exhibition remained on a permanent basis;
— in the State Arts and Culture Museum of Novgorod Land, where the exhibition was organized in cooperation with the Okulovka Local History Museum named after N. N. Miklouho-Maclay friendly to the Foundation. The documentary «Citizen of the World» was displayed there for the first time. Since then, it was displayed on a regular basis.
— in Papua New Guinea, where two exhibitions were held at once during the APEC summit: in the National Library and Archives of Papua New Guinea and at the Signing area. The “Revived History” represented in English for the first time fascinated the visitors.
III National TV Forum “Native trails”
PNG delegation in Miklouho-Maclay’s apartment
Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics. PNG delegation meeting.
The exhibition “Miklouho-Maclay. XXI century. Revived History” opening. SPb, the Second Saint-Petersburg Gymnasium.
The success of the project is obvious. In 2018, the project covered Saint-Petersburg, Moscow, almost the entire Veliky Novgorod region (the small homeland of Miklouho-Maclay), the capital of Papua new Guinea Port Moresby. We are confident that the next year the geography of the project will expand its borders, because the exhibitions of the “Miklouho-Maclay. XXI century. Revived History” project have been already planned for 2019 on the initiative of educational institutions and museums.[vc_btn title=»Miklouho-Maclay Foundation website, the project page “Miklouho-Maclay. XXI century. Revived History”.» style=»flat» shape=»square» color=»orange» align=»center» button_block=»true» link=»url:https%3A%2F%2Fmikluho-maclay.ru%2Fglavnaya%2Fproject-revived-history%2F|||»]
National Library of Russia. PNG delegation meeting.
Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology named after D. N. Anuchin under the Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov.
Emperor Alexander I Saint-Petersburg State Transport University
Midday cannon shot. Peter and Paul Fortress.
Visiting Yurii Solomin
PNG delegation departure from the Moscow station in Saint-Petersburg.
Moscow House of Books. “Miklouho-Maclay. XXI century. Revived History” exhibition
Saint-Petersburg International Cultural Forum. “THE MAN FROM THE MOON” film premiere.
Papua New Guinea. The locals.
International «BaltArtek» Youth Educational Forum
PNG, the English verse “Journey to the Maclay Coast” book presentation
An agreement for distribution of the book “Journey to the Maclay Coast” authored by Nickolay Miklouho-Maclay and a Memorandum for free transfer of the rights for two documentary films “Citizen of the World” and “The Man from the Moon” broadcast with educational purposes in the territory of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea were signed with the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby. The book limited edition of 100 copies in English was released in cooperation with the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby within the Memorandum for Cooperation previously signed at the Saint-Petersburg International Economic Forum 2018.
Another Memorandum for Cooperation and Assistance in organization of the research expedition to the Maclay Coast (Rai coast) was signed with the Mikluho-Maclay Foundation and the Divine Word University in Madang.
Justin Tkachenko (the PNG Minister for Lands, Physical Planning and APEC 2018), Nickolay Miklouho-Maclay (the Miklouho-Maclay Foundation Director), Ilya Ilyin (the Head of the Consular Section at the Embassy of Russia in Indonesia). APEC 2018.
Nickolay Miklouho-Maclay, Kakaeto Kasi, Valery Sorokin, Alexey Dobrinsky.
APEC 2018. Memorandum for Cooperation signing ceremony
Alexey Medvedev, Lyudmila Vorobyova, Nickolay Miklouho-Maclay, Igor Morgulov.
Having finished the expedition in 2017 and collected extensive photo and video ethnographic materials in 2018, the Miklouho-Maclay Foundation held two exhibitions and premiered the film “The Man from the Moon” at the Saint-Petersburg International Cultural Forum 2017 and 2018; participated in the ECO Forum 2018; in the Saint-Petersburg International Economic Forum; in the APEC summit with the participation of 21 world economy leaders; in the International «BaltArtek» Youth Educational Forum; in the All-Russian Science Festival NAUKA0+; traditionally participated in Maclay readings.
Also, in 2018, the Miklouho-Maclay Foundation received some deserved awards. Nickolay Nikolaevich was solemnly awarded “for the great contribution into the social and economic development of the Okulovka municipal district” by V. K. Verbilo, the Minister of Culture of Veliky Novgorod region, at the celebration of the Okulovka City Day. The Foundation was awarded with the special prize-winner diploma of the III National TV Forum “Native trails” for the film “The Legacy of Miklouho-Maclay”. In the MFA Reception House the Director of the Foundation was solemnly awarded with the “New Generation” partner certificate by E. V. Mitrofanova, the Head of Rossotrudnichestvo.
Mikhail Shvydkoy and Nickolay Miklouho-Maclay meeting.
Azer Talibov the Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and Nickolay Miklouho-Maclay the Foundation Director.
Eleonora Mitrofanova the Head of Rossotrudnichestvo and Nickolay Miklouho-Maclay the Foundation Director.
MFA Russia Reception House
The people grateful for our work make us move on. There became a few millions of you in 2018! Thank you for being with us!
We thank our partners with whom we share our success. We could not have been so successful without your support.
Special thanks to the sponsors who assisted the Foundation in the realization of our projects.
Thank you, friends! We did this together!
We are sure that the 2019 year will bring even more interesting and significant projects, new meetings and acquaintances and, of course, exciting adventures!
There are plans for new movies, a research expedition in April 2019, the works on creation of the Russian Corner (Cabinet) in PNG, the exhibitions of the items, collected by the descendant of the traveler on the Maclay Coast in 2017, and the project “Miklouho-Maclay. XXI century. Revived History”, which has already become popular.