Abstract
This study describes a variety of approaches to communication by museums involved in cultural heritage exchange. It focuses on the High Tatras region, which is the most important centre of tourism in Slovakia. It also looks at the specifics of how tourism developed in the region. The data was collected over a multi-year series of ethnological field research trips, and primarily conducted by means of structured interviews, oral histories and participatory observation. The paper concentrates on shifts in the area of museum communication, from the classical interpretative approach towards exhibitions that present their subject matter in a more flexible way, with a focus on emotional experience.The article aims to use some chosen case studies of small, independent museums and galleries from the town of Vysoké Tatry, in the High Tatras, to highlight the importance of sustainability, especially in terms of the growth of tourism.
Highlights
This study aims to explore the transformation, safeguarding, presentation and, in particular, the use of cultural heritage values within the environment of the town of Vysoké Tatry, while considering the background of the travel industry and tourism
It is in this context that we focus on the subject of this study: a special type of museum whose mission is to obtain, preserve, manage and present to the public original tangible evidence of cultural and natural development and which, from the perspective of accepting fundamental scientific museological principles, represent a specific form of presentation
Through some examples of such museums in Vysoké Tatry, we explore the degree to which they fulfil their core mission of safeguarding and showcasing cultural heritage in the context of the development of sustainable tourism
Summary
Specific Forms of the Safeguarding and Showcasing of Cultural Heritage as Part of Tourism in the High Tatras This study describes a variety of approaches to communication by museums involved in cultural heritage exchange. It focuses on the High Tatras region, which is the most important centre of tourism in Slovakia. It looks at the specifics of how tourism developed in the region. The article aims to use some chosen case studies of small, independent museums and galleries from the town of Vysoké Tatry, in the High Tatras, to highlight the importance of sustainability, especially in terms of the growth of tourism
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