The Belarusian National History Museum will host the national forum on local history on 12-13 March. The event is timed to the Year of Native Land, BelTA learned from the museum.
The forum will bring together about 230 participants: local historians, workers of cultural, educational, science and information institutions, university students, students of general and vocational schools, further education students and representatives of public organizations. The forum aims to review the state of affairs in this science, to promote historical, cultural and natural heritage of Belarusian cities and villages, to raise awareness of local history projects in Belarus, to create conditions for dialogue between local historians and to popularize the national tangible and spiritual heritage among young people.
The results of the contest for the best local history publication for 2017-2019 will be summed up during the forum. More than 200 books are participating in it. The program will feature the presentation of most interesting projects, and an exhibition of local history literature from the National Library and publications of local historians.
The forum is organized by the Belarusian National History Museum, the Belarusian Cultural Foundation with the support of the Culture Ministry and the Information Ministry of Belarus. The partners of the forum are the National Library, the Belarusian Writers Union and the Zvyazda Publishing House.
