Intangible cultural heritage in museum practice

Abstract

This article examined the role of the National Museum of Kazakhstan in preserving and disseminating the intangible cultural heritage of the Kazakh people. In the framework of museum activities, intangible cultural heritage is considered in three aspects, this is an ethnographic expedition, an exhibition and work with children, where the stage of the dissemination of intangible cultural heritage among the younger generation takes place. The main points of preservation, study of the intangible cultural heritage of the Kazakh people were analyzed, the results of an ethnographic expedition in 2019 were also described. In addition, the article presents data that were collected as a result of an ethnographic expedition. The article showed the dynamics of the relevance of traditional games among young people, as the National Museum supports non-formal education for the younger generation. In the course of studying the experience of introducing intangible cultural heritage into museum area, it was analyzed the activities of the National Folk Museum of Korea. In the framework of this article, the legislative aspect of preserving the intangible cultural heritage of Kazakhstan and Korea was studied. Korea is one of the countries, which to start safeguarding and disseminating the intangible cultural heritage at the institutional level. In Korea, a system has been established for determining the holder of intangible cultural heritage, as well as student learning.