Unlike traditional museums, which are housed in a single building, an "ecological museum" takes the natural environment and cultural resources of the area itself its as subject, with local people participating in promotion, preservation, and maintenance on their own initiative.
不同於傳統博物館以一個建築物為範圍，「生態博物園區」是將該地域本身的自然及文化資源當做博物館主體，由居民主動自發地參與發揚、保存與維護的工作。