The construction of new museums in the context of global challenges

The article is devoted to the problems of modern museum architecture. Discusses various aspects of the development and implementation of projects of new buildings for museums, emerging issues in their design. The problem of creating new buildings for museums associated with increased in modern social and cultural situation of the role of museums as public spaces. That requires changes of museum space. The basis of the new architecture is the museological concept of openness and accessibility of cultural heritage. Traces the periods of construction of the museum. It is noted that in the twenty-first century the technique of design of new buildings becomes more complicated with the implementation of the museum functions as a tourist center, the place of presentation of scientific and cultural heritage, education and recreation. Article examines different types of museum facilities. In the article these problems are studied on the example of Russian and foreign experience.