Thinking the museum institution as an educational and cultural institution, the case of Museo de Antioquia

The central objective of this article is to unveil the perceptions and assumptions about the educational and cultural nature of a Colombian noteworthy museum institution. The scope is descriptive and the methodology used was the case study. The proposition was presented before the Museum of Antioqui...

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Published in:Revista latinoamericana de ciencias sociales, niñez y juventud niñez y juventud, 2013-01, Vol.11 (2), p.819-833
Main Authors: Soto-Lombana, Carlos Arturo, Angulo-Delgado, Fanny, KLAUS RUNGE-PENA, ANDRES, Rendon-Uribe, Maria Alexandra
Format: Article
Language:eng ; spa
Subjects:
Communication
Function
Management
Museums
Participation
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Summary:The central objective of this article is to unveil the perceptions and assumptions about the educational and cultural nature of a Colombian noteworthy museum institution. The scope is descriptive and the methodology used was the case study. The proposition was presented before the Museum of Antioquia to carry out several workshops with the participation of representatives from all the areas of the Institution (the commercial, curatorship, education, projects, human management, culture, communications, itinerant museum, administration and finances, legal, corporate relations departments). As a result, it became evident that there are various deconstructive and transforming practices, in keeping with the so-called educational turn that characterizes contemporary museums. The main conclusion is that the Museum staff coincides in the paramount importance of the educating function that the Institution has, nevertheless, they fail to explain how, why and who must be responsible for it. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:1692-715X
2027-7679
DOI:10.11600/1692715x.11224180213