The article discusses the experience of implementing commemorative practices in the museums of the Zhetysu region. The characteristics of the work of museums based on the description of halls and exhibits are presented. The choice of regional museums as a venue for commemoration is based on the fact that museums are a professional platform for the formation of historical memory in society, the main form of events for this purpose are excursions outside school hours.

            The relevance of the research topic is substantiated, the article makes a comparative analysis of commemorative experiments in museums, focuses on the features of commemorative practices for schoolchildren of the Soviet period and the period of independence of Kazakhstan in the museums of the Zhetysu region. It is concluded that in Soviet times commemorative practices were carried out on the basis of a certain ideology, in educational activities the image of the leader of the Soviet country was the main one for the formation of historical ideas among the younger generation. In the modern period, the central images in ongoing commemorative practices have become folk heroes who fought for the independence of our country, made a great contribution to the development of national culture, and became famous outside the republic.