MUSEUM SYSTEM OF MODERN KAZAKHSTAN: CLASSIFICATION AND TYPOLOGY OF MUSEUMS

• Authors: Satubaldin Abay , Sakhiyeva Kunikey
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article discusses the museum system of modern Kazakhstan and offers, for the first time ever, a classification and typology of the country’s museums. In recent years in independent Kazakhstan, on the basis of the Soviet system, a modern museum network has been formed which currently lists 250 museums. Among them are 17 national-level museums, 54 at the regional level, 73 at the provincial level, 103 branches of regional- and district-level museums and four private museums. The purpose of this article is to analyse the museum system of modern Kazakhstan and develop a classification and typology of the country’s museums. In the course of the study, conducted in 2017–2018, data was collected on the activities of museums at the national, regional and district levels over the past seven years. From the results of this investigation, the museums of Kazakhstan were systematized according to the subject or topic of the museum (e.g. history, art, scientific), its affiliation (national, regional district), and by size, measured by number of employees.

Keywords

EN

MUSEUM SECTOR; MUSEUMS ACTIVITIES; REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN; EXCURSIONS; VISITORS

• Publisher: Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo, o.z.
• Journal: Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 79 – 89

Contributors

author

Satubaldin Abay

• National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Tauelsyzdyk Avenue, 54, 010000 Nur-Sultan, Republic of Kazakhstan

author

Sakhiyeva Kunikey

Identifiers

DOI

10.46284/mkd.2021.9.2.5