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The contribution deals with the conditions, approaches and results of the documentation of socialism in the context of the development of the Slovak National Museum - Historical Museum and with building of the fund of the ethnographical collections. The authoresses pay attention to the trends and results of work of scholars who contributed to the creation of this fund. They investigate the development of the structure and quantity of the collections and the approaches used during exhibitions after 1948. They describe practical experience and some ideas on the creation of the Museum's collections during socialism based on an autopsy.