Нumanitarian mission of the modern ukrainian museum : historical, cultural and social aspect

The purpose of the article is to study the humanitarian mission of the modern Ukrainian museum in the historical, cultural and social aspects. The methodology is based on the use of general and specific scientific methods, in particular: analysis and synthesis, model, evolutionary, systemic, socio-cultural methods, modeling method, historical and genetic, synchronic and diachronic analysis, cultural genesis and reconstruction of cultural fields. The methodological basis of the research is the cultural approach, which made it possible to consider the environmental museum as a socio-cultural phenomenon that is able to preserve and actualize the historical and cultural environment that is reproduced within the museum. Scientific novelty. The paper examines the problems of the essence of the museum as a socio-cultural institution in the context of socio-cultural and globalization processes of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The author defines the social functions of the museum, examines the mechanisms of combining traditional and innovative components of museum activities.The author analyzes the social and cultural conditions that influence the transformation of museums as a socio-cultural institution. The author emphasizes that the history of museums is directly linked to the history of socio-cultural development and depends on the political and socio-economic state of society. Conclusions. The article reveals the ways of transforming a museum from a sustainable place of preservation of cultural heritage artifacts into an open and dynamic public space of social interaction.It is emphasized that the realization by museums of their role in shaping public consciousness, broadcasting culture, establishing mutual understanding between peoples and humanistic education of the 21st century will help to strengthen their importance as a factor in the formation of modern culture.A step in this direction should be a roadmap to a program for the development and enrichment of Ukrainian culture, where the actualization of the national cultural heritage plays an important role.Monuments of culture and art are valued and preserved as they deserve only when the whole society sees them as values that should be preserved for future generations.