Loss of sense of authenticity and museum community: to the question of professional responsibility

The article is referred to the problem of conservation and museum representation of unique artefacts as far as it concerns to development of modern civilization and virtual reality. Emerging technical facilities of reproduction, although reflect democratic tendencies and expansion of mass culture, put genuine artefacts on a distance from the community (society) as the result of broad circulation of technical copies. All this made negative impact on the aspiration to see authentic artefacts at a museum, on the ability to differentiate original from its replica. Museum is a curator of authentic artefacts, assuring cultural succession through its ability to keep and inoculate new generations with the sense of authenticity and skill of direct contact with cultural heritage.