As against traditional museums the basic activity of the Museum centre is focused not on the past, and on the future of culture. One of the main tasks of the Museum centre is crystallization of modern cultural values and values of a developing society (community). In practice it is embodied in interaction with the cultural initiatives and presentation at the Museum centre cultural new formation, yet not including in interaction with the basic flow of cultural life.
Now Krasnoyarsk museum centre involves in professional dialogue and search not only museum professionals of Russia, but also Europe, is largest in Siberia by a presentation platform of modern art of Russia and Europe, and also multinational culture of Siberia.
The most significant embodied project of the Museum centre is the establishment and realization in his (its) walls of a cycle of Krasnoyarsk international museum biennials. The first biennial in December, 1995 has collected 38 museums. The second biennial was held at the end of September - beginning of October, 1997. More than 50 museums have taken part in it (her). The third biennial passed in September, 1999. Eighty nine museums participated in competitions of biennial: exposition, museum video, museum editions, "a museum card", student's projects. On biennial 66 expositions were submitted.
Source: Russian Museums
