Formation of a network of public museums in the Omsk region in the 1930s - early 1990s

The purpose of the article is to periodize the process of creating and developing a network of public museums in the Omsk region from the beginning of its formation until the early 1990s. The general criteria for the construction of periodization are defined. The clarifications are made to the content and chronology of the stages of development of the network of public museums, its quantitative, qualitative and profile characteristics are given. The article also notes the main factors that had a negative and positive impact on the organization and functioning of museums on a voluntary basis. This made it possible to present a more objective picture of the development of a network of public museums in the Omsk region in the 1930s and early 1990s and to conclude that this process is generally in accordance with all-Russian trends, while being characterized by regional unique features, differentially manifested in each period of its development.