Modern museum landscape and new trends of museum activity

Museums of modern Russia are among the most important sociocultural institutions. Attention to the museum from the society is due to dif erent factors including the diversity of museums and their ef ective activities. The museum landscape of the country is formed thanks to the creation of museums by dif erent categories of owners. All museums can be divided into two large groups, state and non-state ones. The formation of museums and museum workers associations contributes to the professionalization of museum activities. New topics responsive to needs and demands from society are often presented in specially created museums. The modern Russian museums strive for accessibility and openness of the heritage that they conserve for Russian citizens. This factor determines the current trends of museum activity: new forms of work with the museum audience and attracting new categories of visitors, focus on a specif c target audience, research and experiments in the f eld of exhibition solutions, ef ective exhibition activities, introduction of new information technologies in the museum practice