Cultural inclusion in museum

In modern realities, the museum is a mechanism of multi-level active influence on society and its elements. Separate groups of people differing in ethnicity, religion or health opportunities have their own values and needs for self-identification. Awareness and recognition of their presence allow us to consider subgroups of society as independent cultures that can be incorporated into a single cultural space by a museum. This process differs from social inclusion, therefore, to work with this phenomenon and develop new museum scientific and practical approaches, it is proposed to introduce the concept of «cultural inclusion» into the museological context and give its interpretation. The rationale for this step is made with the involvement of research on psychology, sociology, philosophy, museum studies in view of the interdisciplinary nature of the issue. The great importance of cultural inclusion in relation to people with disabilities is emphasized by the comparative analysis of large-scale museum events «Night at the Museum» and «Day of Inclusion».