Quest as form of museum and educational activities

Today the use of such form of game as a quest has become widespread among commercial organizations working in the domain sphere leisure, state educational and cultural institutions. This form is also actively used by museum educators. However, this form has not been studied in details. There is no clear definition of the term «quest», there is no classification of quests neither as the museology nor as the pedagogical sciences. The article presents an attempt to give a generalized definition, highlight the distinctive features of game quests and determine the features of the museum quests as a form of museum and pedagogical activity. In this article considered the relation of such concepts as «game by station», «quest-excursion», «game guide», «game guide-quest», «museum quest», «live quest». Detailed classification of quests is determinated, examples and perspectives of application of various kinds of this form in museum and pedagogical activity are examined.