On May 17, 2019, within the framework of the implementation of the “Rukhani Zhangyru” Program of the “Education and training” subprogram of the basic direction “Study of the country” of the Republican project “Legacy of history”, a regional festival of school museums was held on the basis of EKTU.

The organizers of the Festival were the Department of Education of the East Kazakhstan region and the D. Serikbaev East Kazakhstan Technical University.

The Festival was attended by 16 school museums of general secondary education organizations of the region, which represented more than 100 heads of school museums, teachers teaching local history, students-members of the School Museum Councils.
Within the framework of the Festival, the best school museums of the region presented an exhibition of traveling expositions "My native land", held presentations "Come to our museum!" and demonstrated costumes at the cosplay "History of a small homeland - the history of Kazakhstan."

The jury included museum workers from the department of culture, archives and documentation of the East Kazakhstan region, teachers of the S. Amanzholov East Kazakhstan State University, the D. Serikbayev East Kazakhstan Technical University, the Abdullin Brothers East Kazakhstan School of Arts, the heads of the offices of the Republican Center "Shygys" of the East Kazakhstan region.

Following the results of the festival, the following school museums were awarded in nominations: "The best mobile exposition" - KSU "School-gymnasium No. 37" of the city of Semey, "School museum - searches and finds" - KSU "Complex Ukrainian secondary school-kindergarten" of the Ulansky district, "Best propaganda team" - KSU "Complex Bystrushinskaya secondary school-kindergarten" of the Glubokovsky district, "Best cosplay" - KSU "Eginsuyskaya secondary school-kindergarten" of the Urdzhar district, "Best local history work" - KSU "Verkh-Ubinsk basic secondary school" Shemonaikha district, "The best promotional video" - KSU "Uba-Forpostovskaya secondary school" of the Borodulikha district, "History and nature of the small Motherland based on the exposition of the school museum" - KSU "Secondary school No. D. Kunaev "the city of Ridder," The best asset of the school museum "- KSU" Secondary school No. 15 "of the akimat of Ust-Kamenogorsk," The best guide of the school museum "- KSU" Specialized men's boarding school "Zhas Ulan" named after. Sh. Ualikhanov for gifted children of the city of Semey, "Creative approach to museum work" - "Kurchum gymnasium No. 3" of the Kurchum district, "Museum history" - KSU "Basic school No. 2 of Serebryansk" of the Altai district, "School Museum 3D" - KSU "Regional specialized gymnasium-boarding school named after Zhambyl for gifted children" EKO, "Social and educational project based on the school museum" - KSU "Secondary school A. Koshkimbaev" Ayagoz district, "Museum initiative" - ​​KSU "Secondary school named after Oralkhan  Bokey" of the Katon-Karagay district, "We are patriots!" - KSU "Secondary school named after P.G. Karelina" Zharma district.

Students-members of the Council of School Museums were awarded prizes, teachers were awarded certificates.

As part of the Festival, the participants had an excursion to the Great Altai Museum of D. Serikbaev EKTU.