THE MUSEUM EXHIBITION AS THE DISCOVERY OF THE REGIONAL SPECIFITY

Evgeny Kiselev
Mr, Ural State University of Economics, kiselev.59@mail.ru

Abstract

The article is devoted to the actual problem of creating modern museum expositions in regional museums. Tourism as a new cultural phenomenon in the business industry reflects changes in modern Russian museums. In Russia, modern expositions of regional museums should correspond to the current tourist interest in regional history and culture. Hence, creation of expositions should reveal regional specificities. It is necessary to determine perspective directions in which changes will occur. Museums play a key role in the formation of a touristic region; through museums of any city we can see how this city has changed, what had happened in the past and where are the accents of regional specifics now. We examined and analyzed the history of museum expositions that have been taking place from the late 19th century until present days in Yekaterinburg, Russia. At different periods of history museums have been constantly turning to the regional historical and cultural component, emphasizing various aspects, surrounding everyday life in the region at different historical periods/ Political life or regional specificity such as industry, production from minerals, applied arts, affected museum’s exhibition to varying degrees. Nowadays, the emergence of new expositions, new museums, new facilities increases both the flow of tourists and interest of locals to the history of the place where they live. Moreover, It causes the need for training qualified guides.The museum of regional history provides a lot of opportunities for the development of modern culture and the formation of new branches of the economy in the region, such as tourism.

Keywords: museum, tourism, history, culture, exhibition