The Museum is a socially significant institution that is engaged in the identification, preservation, study and popularization of heritage. And tourism is becoming an integral part of modern society. Modern museums are designed to respond to the challenges of the time, become attractive to tourists and participate in the development of tourism business. The article emphasizes the special importance and necessity of cooperation between museums and tourism business. Based on the analysis of scientific literature, documents and statistical sources, the tourist resources of the museums of the Northern Territory are considered, the main problems of this sector and the ways of its further development are identified. Museum tourism at the present stage is considered as a promising direction.

The article highlights the historical events and phenomena associated with the North Kazakhstan region, the history of the Fatherland as the history of the state of a sovereign state, a new look, the course of development in conditions of freedom of thought, freed from class understanding. Includes data stored in the North-Kazakhstan State Archival and Library Fund, published in periodicals and not previously in scientific circulation.