Cultural heritage belongs to the past, but it is also of great social importance in the present, especially with its educational function. The fundamental and leading role of education for the formation of values and behaviour, as well as for the acquisition of individual competences, is indisputable. There are different definitions of the term “education” that unanimously unite its core mission to preserve and develop culture.
Therefore, cultural institutions within the meaning of the current legal framework in the country, in addition to carrying out activities to create, disseminate and preserve cultural and historical values, should develop active educational initiatives to fulfil their role as a mediator between the preserved tradition and the present.
The relevance of the topic is conditioned by the dynamic processes in the contemporary information society and the rapid spread of new technologies, which necessitates innovative methodological, pedagogical and managerial approaches in the field of education to provoke interest, to achieve lasting knowledge and to create conditions for the manifestation of intrinsic motivation among young people. The concept of a “knowledge-based society” provokes the search for changes in institutional structures that guarantee the establishment of lifelong learning attitudes.