PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MUSEUM AFFAIRS IN TERNOPIL

Abstract

The article considers the peculiarities of the formation and development of museology in Ternopil in the second half of the XX - early XXI century. The author analyzes the events and factors that played an important role in raising the museum affairs of the city. The purpose of the article is to explore the peculiarities of the origin and features of the development of museum institutions in Ternopil. Determining factors of formation and activity of Ternopil regional local lore and art museums are traced. It is characterized the contribution of individuals, such as associates, researchers, scientists, local historians, thanks to whom there is a restoration, preservation and development of museology of the region, filling of museum and private collections, their popularization at the present stage. Thus, it can be stated that the development of the museum industry has an impact not only on the preservation of the artistic heritage of Ternopil but also on the cultural and artistic life of the region in the second half of the XX-early XXI century.Keywords: museum affairs, art, culture, museum institution, museum staff, associates, artistic heritage, museum, regional ethnography (local lore).