EXHIBITION ACTIVITIES OF MUSEUMS IN KAZAKHSTAN

The article is devoted to the study of the history of the country's museum sector. The main goal is to comprehensively disclose the activities of museums in Kazakhstan in organizing exhibitions aimed at popularizing national history and culture. Next, an overview of historical sources used in the study of the exhibition activities of museums in Kazakhstan is offered, the degree of study of the topic is analyzed. The article examines in detail the opening of the first museums of Kazakhstan since the first quarter of the XIX century, as well as their exposition and exhibition work. The authors consider the contribution of representatives of the local intelligentsia and patrons to the popularization of the centuries-old history and rich cultural heritage of the Kazakh people at the international level. Another section of the article is devoted to the study of the construction of the museum in Soviet times, the influence of state ideology on exhibition activities. Along with such achievements as the increase in the number and unification of museums, various problems are also considered on the basis of archival documents, normative legal acts and statistical data. The influence of strict state control and censorship, logistical and financial issues that prevailed during the Soviet period on the museum business has been studied. The article examines the new reforms carried out by Kazakhstan in the museum sector after independence, their impact on exhibition activities. The thematic and structural features of exhibitions aimed at popularizing national history and culture from the point of view of national interests are considered, and indicators of exhibits from museum collections are given. In particular, the active participation of republican and regional museums in foreign exhibitions, thematic features of international exhibitions are analysed.