A Közlekedési Múzeum Évkönyve 13. 2001-2002 (2003)

IV. RÉSZ • A Közlekedési Múzeum gyűjteményeiből 365 - Rövid tartalmi összefoglaló a Közlekedési Múzeum XIII. Évkönyvéhez (magyar, angol, német nyelven) 385

or even rising it by a certain degree. Great value was attributed to dealing with the visitors and to the more thorough survey of demands and expectations of the visitors. The programmes for 2001 and 2002 and first of all the temporary exhibitions have been composed according to these points of view. The upholding of interest and the increase of the number of visitors are aimed by those programmes (conferences, scientific sessions, receptions, etc), which are organized by the Museum for transport related companies, institutions, and professional organizations. The strenghtening of public relations, the fulfilment of developments and renewals, the rising of level concerning content and aesthetics of the exhibitions provided henceforward the Hungarian and international recognition of the Transport Museum. The outstanding result of the year 2001 was the completing of the ground-floor passage between the two wings of the Museum. Beside its connecting function the new passage contains a representative exhibition room, too. The exhibition room named as the "Hall of the notabilities" contains the outstanding products of the Hungarian transport history. Here are exhibited Aladár Zsélyïs first enginedriven aircraft of Hungarian design, the 1:10 model of David Schwartz's dirigible aluminium airship, the original space cabin of the Sojuz 35 and the sailing ship St.Jupát. The director-general reports in the yearly detailed summaries about the exhibitions organized in the year concerned, the results of the scientific work, the increase of the collections, the widening of the computerized recording and about the economic management of the institution. In the period concerned the collection of the Museum was enlarged by the following, significant objects: front part of a NOHAB locomotive, steam and diesel locomotive parts and plates, a T Ford car built in 1926, a VW beetle car, a Wartburg car, several motorcycles, the simulator of the aircraft TU 154, an ultralight aircraft and an enginedriven glider. The director-general informs furthermore about the utilisation of the sums won as prizes of competitions. As a result of the accessibility of the Museum by Internet the relationship with the press and the associate institutions has been strenghtened. In the information about the technical tasks the director-general gives account about the activities concerning building of exhibitions, restoration, operation, reneval and investment in the year concerned. As completion of the yearly detailed summaries the director-general reports on the fulfilment of the economic tasks and demonstrates by tables and diagrams the numerical data of the economic management of the Museum. Part II. The History Of The Collections Of TheTransport Museum Dr. Erzsébet Molnár Catalogue III Of The Glass Plates Of The Transport Museum. The collection of photo negatives of the Museum contains more than 100.000 pieces, from which the glass plates represent only a small part, but their culture historical value is significant. The Museum established its photo negative collection at the end of the 1950s. Till the beginning of the 1960s mainly glass plates were inventorized, only occasionally turned up celluloid films. The majority of the glass plates had been prepared in the 1930s, the determination of their theme is in many cases imperfect and inaccurate and their origin is uncertain, like the person who made them. In our Year-Book XI we disclosed the catalogue of glass plates concerning railway and shipping, and in our Year-Book XII the catalogue concerning roads, bridges, road vehicles and urban traffic. Our present Year-Book (XIII.) summarizes the catalogue of glass plates concerning aviation including the themes of balloons, airship engineers and pilots, helicopters and events. 395