Kemerovo State University 6 Krasnaya str., Kemerovo, 650043, Russia E-mail: kimeev@mail.ru Ethno-ecological museums, or ecomuseums, are a new type of complex open-air museums that are created directly in the social environment. Their activities are aimed at solving socio-cultural and environmental problems of the territory on the basis of active participation of local society in the preservation and use of its ethno-cultural and natural heritage as parts of a single whole. Originating in France in the early 1970s, the idea of an ecomuseum has spread widely across all continents. It has taken a peculiar form in Siberia, where it is highly dependent on the ethno-political situation of local national communities and regional authorities. Such Siberian ecomuseums as, for example, "Tazgol" and "Kalmaki" open up wide opportunities for society. The involvement of local people and specialists will allow us to develop and implement mutually beneficial projects, take a non-standard approach to solving the most important issue of our time - the revival of the multinational culture of the peoples of this region in a normal living environment. Introduction The global trend of modern museum development is the search for new forms of museification of the ethno-cultural and natural environment as a whole in open-air museums. In new museums, the desire for openness of society, for merging with the life of local ethnic groups, is most fully manifested. Among museum specialists, the ideas of "new museology" and "ecomuseum"are actively developing. "integrated museum", "community", "environmental", "folk" museums, "rural ethnomuseum". The new type of museum is considered as a socio-cultural institution that significantly goes beyond the traditional framework of heritage interpretation and cultural and educational activities, which allows it to integrate more fully into the environment and ensure the preservation of disappearing ethno-cultural features of the population in places of its ... Read more