Abstract:

Cultural and educational activity is one of the main activities of a museum along with the storage, study and exhibition of museum objects. Currently, cultural and educational activities are one of the leading areas of museum work, not only with children and teenagers, but also with adults and the elder people. It is shown that the Vitebsk regional ethnographic museum today can be considered as the center of educational, cultural and spiritual life of society.

Keywords: cultural and educational activity, museum pedagogical process, social functions of museums