KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY AND MUSEUMS: A CULTUROLOGICAL APPROACH TOREVEALING THE CONCEPT OF ‘KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY’1

Abstract

Summary: The article proposes a culturological approach to uncovering of the concept of ‘knowledge
society’ and substantiates the enrichment of the term ‘integration of science and education’ with the term of
‘culture’. The study also offers the example of Singapore as a model that can be used to develop a creative
economy in the process of forming a knowledge society in Azerbaijan. In addition, the thesis is substantiated
that museums are directly involved in the process of integrating science, education and culture, and, therefore, are one of the main ‘players’ in the process of forming a knowledge society.