The article describes the main regulations for the national education of youth under the conditions of a multicultural educational space. The information about the purpose of the State national program of "Education" ("Ukraine of the XXI Century"), and directions for the implementation of the National state complex program of aesthetic education has been offered. Attention is focused on the formation of a world-view consciousness, ideas, attitudes, beliefs, ideals, traditions, customs, and other socially significant achievements of national and global spiritual culture. On the basis of an analysis of pedagogical and methodological sources of literature, the potential for the use of the funds of the museum of folk art in the system of professional training of future teachers has been identified. The peculiarities of forming the museum of folk art in the Khmelnytskyi Humanitarian-Pedagogical Academy, its facilities, activities, directions of work, cooperation with the department of culture, nationalities, and religions of the Khmelnytskyi regional state administration have been examined. The artistic heritage of the masters of the Khmelnytskyi region that provides the link between students and schoolchildren and authentic folk art has been reflected upon. It is mentioned that an important direction of the research work of the museum is writing done by the senior students and the students of the magistracy diploma and master projects on the problems of labour and ethnic-artistic education, as well as, creative self-identification of students in decorative-applied art, which is realized through its directions, such as folk costume, folk dolls, embroidery, Pysanka painting, decorative painting, leather crafting, artistic processing of wood, vytynanka, nodular weaving, pottery, folk toys, etc. The proposals as for increasing the efficiency of the process of the upbringing of young people on the traditions of Ukrainian folk art under the conditions of a multicultural educational space have been suggested. (original abstract)