Concept Of Museum Research Articles

Analisa Wisata Edukasi Sejarah di Smart Museum Gedung Sate

The Gedung Sate Museum, a historical educational tourism destination in Bandung, is the focus of this research. This study aims to analyze the tourist attraction and the implementation of historical education tourism in the museum. The methods used include observation, interviews with visitors, and documentary studies. The research results show that the attraction of the Gedung Sate Museum lies in a unique combination of core resources in the form of an iconic historical building, modern and interactive additional services such as augmented reality technology, interactive floors, and interactive picture frames, intangible values that evoke nationalism through the stories of heroes' struggles, and strong context markers related to the history of Gedung Sate. Furthermore, the implementation of historical education tourism in this museum successfully integrates clear instructions, diverse teaching methods through visual and interactive media, and active learning experiences that directly involve visitors. These findings provide valuable insights for the development of historical education tourism in other museums, especially those adopting the smart museum concept.

Influences of VR technology on the effect of museum narrative based on embodied cognitive theory: a case study of the opium war museum

Purpose With an increasing array of new technologies and devices emerging as novel approaches to museum narratives, scholars are intrigued by the narrative effect they produce. Within this context, this study aims to conduct a quantitative case study on the influencing mechanisms among technology embodiment, technology attachment, museum narrative effect and perceived museum image based on embodied cognitive theory (ECT). Design/methodology/approach By introducing the Opium War Museum, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China, as an empirical case study, the authors collected data, through questionnaires, from 425 visitors who had experienced virtual reality (VR) technology in the museum. The data was then analyzed by using the maximum likelihood estimate for structural equation modeling. Findings Technology embodiment and technology attachment have significant positive correlations with the museum narrative effect. Technology attachment provides a partial mediating effect between technology embodiment and the museum narrative effect. The perceived museum image moderates such mediating effects of technology attachment. Originality/value This study brings the emerging idea of developing visitor experiences with VR through expanding the applications of ECT in the museum scenario. First, the authors identified the underlying interaction patterns between various factors that influence the museum narrative effect. Second, the authors verified that technology can optimize the museum narrative effect and help the creative transformation of cultural relics and culture. This study also provides practical recommendations to improve the technological service experience and strengthen the “audience-centric” management concept of museums

생태박물관 개념에 기초한 민족복식문화 전시특성 연구 - 중국 귀주(貴州) 검동남(黔東南) 지역의 사례를 중심으로

This study explores the exhibition traits of ethnic costume culture in cultural heritage locations, using the ecological museums concept. This concept aims to conserve and display heritage in its original form, with a focus on cultural ecology's sustainable development. As ethnic costume culture with local attributes, it is important to protected and displayed in the cultural location. The study extracts three dimensions: 'space,' 'time,' and 'human as cultural heritage,' and integrates ethnic costume culture content to form an exhibition characteristics framework. Through the cases analysis of southeastern of Guizhou, China, it concludes the exhibition features of ethnic costume culture under the ecological museum concept: extension in space, the vitality in time, and the dominance of the cultural owner. The conclusions hold practical significance for ethnic costume culture inheritance and development, offering theoretical support and suggestions for future research.

The Future of Art Museums: Reflections on a Young Audience

Art museums in Poland have been undergoing a very profound transformation over the last decades and have been transformed from institution based on the concept of the object-centered museum to the institution based on the concepts of the client-centered museum and the community-centered museum. This direction of the transformation seems to be very rational and completely justified, as the functions that museum institutions can fulfil are highly dependent on visitor interest. However, these changes may not be fully successful, because art museums have very little interest from young adults, who are a very important segment of the cultural audience, as the future of museum institutions will depend on them. The aim of this article is to analyse – based on the results of a qualitative study carried out – the way in which young adults perceive the institutions of art museums and to identify those directions of change that could cause them to become more attractive. The conclusions formulated based on the study make it possible to define the directions of the desired transformations, and their implementation may induce young adults to take a greater interest in the cultural offer proposed by museums.

Bridging the Gap: Using Digital Interactives for Social Museums

Designing the built environment with an inclusive approach that allows equal access to everyone is necessary for reducing social inequalities. Creating a physical environment that includes all segments of society and activates all senses is crucial in museum spaces. Digital interactions used in museum spaces offer new possibilities and interfaces to eliminate inequalities and increase inclusiveness in museum spaces. This study examines the integration of digital interactives in museums with a focus on the social museum concept. Through a comprehensive review of literature spanning museum studies on social museums, digital interactives, and inclusive museum concepts, this research investigates the role of digital interactives in fostering social engagement and facilitating interactive learning experiences within museum settings. Drawing on the theoretical framework and practical examples the paper explores how to employ digital technologies strategically to enhance visitor interaction, promote inclusivity, and facilitate knowledge sharing in social museum environments. This research demonstrates the transformative potential of digital interactives in museums as social spaces and provides a comprehensive understanding of the dynamic relationship between technology, museum practices, and social inclusion.

Revisitando a trajetória histórica do Museu Botânico “Dr. João Barbosa Rodrigues” do Jardim Botânico de São Paulo

This study delves into the historical journey of the “Dr. João Barbosa Rodrigues” Botanical Museum, a space of memory located within the São Paulo Botanical Garden. It discusses its historical origins and material, institutional, and contextual transformations up to the present day. This space has seen advancements, setbacks, challenges, and potentialities as a small museum of natural history. It has undergone three reconfigurations of its physical and internal structures, gradually modernizing its museum concept while retaining its identity as a museum with a unified focus on botany. It reopened in early 2020 and is currently operating within a subtle boundary established between the public and private sectors due to the concession of the São Paulo Botanical Garden’ operation to private initiatives, although it remains under public control. In this renewed museum, one can observe its contribution as a space of social responsibility, imbued with meanings and functions that evoke imagery by its memory spacesrelated to the concerns of its founder, the botanist Frederico Carlos Hoehne. Over its 80 years of existence, this museum has evolved from a neutral space to one engaged in the conservation of nature and contemporary environmental issues. Its exhibition now contextualizes these themes, becoming a narrative museum that responds to everchanging local challenges. Its pedagogical role is vital in an inclusive and equitable society, promoting education and learning. The museum constitutes a contemporary space, transcending its traditional functions of preservation, conservation, and research, serving society by educational initiatives on botany, nature conservation, and environmental sustainability.

Research on the Innovative Development Model of the Chinese Museum Cultural Creative Industry in the New Media Era

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to clarify the development status of museum cultural creative industry in the new media era, and make contributions to the development of museum cultural creative industry in the new media era. Use new media technology to enhance the innovation and development space of museum culture. Design/Methodology/Approach – This study uses the method of literature research and case study, combined with the Palace Museum, Suzhou Museum and other large museums for in-depth analysis. By combing national policies and industry norms, the development and sale of cultural and creative products, and the application of digital technology, the paper summarizes the problems in the development and sale of museum cultural and creative products. Findings – It is necessary to grasp the opportunities for the development of cultural and creative industries, innovate the development concept of museums, and implement industrial development policies. From the application of digital technology, market-oriented operation and other aspects to accelerate the pace of museum cultural and creative industry development. At the same time, establish brand awareness, multi-channel marketing, and promote the comprehensive development of museum cultural and creative industry. Research Implications – This study enriches the theoretical scope of new media development. In addition, through the analysis of the development status of the cultural and creative industry of museums, it more clearly indicates the practical difficulties faced by the development of the cultural and creative industry of museums, and points out the direction for the development of the cultural and creative industry of museums in the future.

Museums’ digital identity: key components

Museums have widely used digital technologies to expand their societal and cultural impact. In terms of their use of information technologies (IT), museums have evolved from initial experiments in the 1950s to a significant online presence today. In the process of digital transformation, museums have shaped their digital identity, aiming to expand their activities beyond museum walls with emerging new roles in the digital era. The concept of museums’ digital identity is the focus of this paper. To articulate the concept, the theory of digital identity, the methodology of web history, the concept of virtual museums, and museum branding, are brought into consideration. The author articulates the concept of museums’ digital identity and outlines a number of components at the collective and individual levels embodied in national strategies and policy documents relating to digital transformation, articulated in statements by museum associations, revealed in features of their online presence, and embedded in brand design. In the conclusion, the author raises questions about the driving force of museums in developing digital identity and the need to comprehensively analyse the multiplatform museum presence.

Protection of Visual and Architectural Heritage Based on the Implementation of he Living Museum Concept in the Cracow Stained Glass Factory

This article focuses on the concept of a living museum based on the Stained Glass Factory in Cracow. It examines how such a museum can integrate elements of real life into the exhibition, creating a unique experience for visitors. By examining the intersection of traditional craftsmanship and contemporary engagement strategies, the paper delves into the potential of revitalising cultural heritage. The study investigates the impact of such a concept on preserving and promoting the rich legacy of stained glass artistry, providing insights into the viability and enriching potential of this concept for both the local community and visitors. The conducted research also aims to trace the historical significance of stained glass in Cracow’s architecture and how the museum concept affects the dissemination of this knowledge.

Adam Mickiewicz Museum in Śmiełów – towards a contemporary museum concept using digital twin technology

Modern demands and dynamic technological development, especially in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning methods, require science to adapt and verify the existing methods. It also includes the fields related to the history of architecture and the cultural heritage protection. The concept of the digital twin – a virtual copy of a historic object which enables a deeper understanding of its structure and the optimization of the protection/preservation and exploitation process, is gaining popularity. The aim of the paper was to analyse the potential of the digital twin in the context of historic museum building, where museum collections are often subject to separate protection principles. The current state of research on digital twins, as well as the challenges associated with creating HBIM documentation and the problems faced by contemporary museums, was presented. The results of research carried out in 2022–2024 on the palace in Śmiełów, a branch of the Adam Mickiewicz Museum were also presented. Traditional technical documentation served as the basis for research, conservation work and the plans of the further expansion of the museum, as well as the creation of a new digital exhibition path. The conclusion highlights the prospects for developing the concept of a “museum in a monument” as an innovative form of presenting cultural heritage. A contemporary museum in a monument should combine tradition with modernity, and the “digital twin” can become a bridge between the past and the present, providing visitors with unique experiences.

Museum concept from a teaching perspective

Abstract: This article deals with the conceptualization of the museum from the teaching experience and based on a specific practice carried out at the Faculty of Education of Campus María Zambrano (UVa) in collaboration with the construction and demolition waste recycling center "AR Los Huertos" during the 2021/2022 academic year. This experiential conceptualization is carried out using the a/r/tographic method and through photographic pairs. The main results obtained present the museum as a starting point for the development of didactic experiences in formal contexts, offering flexibility to artistic creation applied to the educational field. A more embodied experience in the museum is advocated, and the need to include other voices in the museum narration is proposed, as well as the interest as a resignifying element within culture.

Photography Museums in Turkiye on the 100th Anniversary of the Republic: Hamza Rüstem Photograph House and Museum

Regardless of the field they focus on, museums provide tangible evidence of the technical and aesthetic development of human history. Through their chosen themes, visual object collections, and cognitive data, museums not only preserve the past but also facilitate connections with the present and envisioning the future. Invented in 1839, photography gained significant attention due to its power to rapidly record existing reality. The intersection of technology, chemistry, and physics led to the invention of the camera and image production, which continues to evolve today with its commercial success and artistic identity. Photography, an integral part of our social life, has created its own history since its invention. Therefore, collectors and museums consider it both a means of preservation and a central theme.
 The first photography museum in the world was established in 1947. In Turkiye, in 1997, Hilmi Nakipoğlu's personal initiative transformed his camera collection into the first museum. Throughout Turkiye, there are six museums dedicated to photography equipment and cameras: Nakipoğlu Camera Museum, Balıkesir National Photography Museum, Osman Yaşar Tanaçan Photography Museum, Mysia Photography Museum, Malatya Metropolitan Municipality Camera Museum, and Hamza Rüstem Photography House and Museum. Additionally, the Ara Güler Museum was established to commemorate the photographer Ara Güler.
 This article briefly discusses the concept of museums and examines photography museums in Turkiye, primarily focusing on the Hamza Rüstem Photography House and Museum. The Hamza Rüstem Photography House, which was established in 1925 and still operates in the same building, served as a school where the younger generation of photographers in Izmir received their training. In light of these characteristics, Hamza Rüstem, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Republic, was discussed and portrayed through a conversation with his grandson, collector Mert Rüstem.

W poszukiwaniu azylu, czyli nuda w postmodernistycznym muzeum

This article presents the museum in the contemporary world in a metamuseological way, id est in a way that includes the historical and philosophical discourse of the existence of a cultural institution. Museum templum, museum forum, slow museum, attentive museum and other concepts are intended to show how cultural institutions are shaped to fit into the concept of the asylum museum. The museum's various metamorphoses have brought it from a “boring” to an attractive model to resemble a postmodern asylum, where the sphere of communication should be developed in order for the audience to experience culture in an inclusive way.

Traditional Village Represented in Romania’s Open-Air Ethnographic Museums

This paper work is a very brief presentation that brings the reader into the front of the most important open-air museums from Romania and tries to emphasize the value of their identity. This work is, in fact, a presentation of an extensive doctoral program, after which we will publish a book, and we hope that we will be able to develop certain topics right in the pages of the journal Ethnographica et Folkloristica Carpathica. The quick development of museums has generated a veritable Romanian school of museography, recognized both nationally and internationally. The source of this development is represented by the speech of museum; that is how the museum manages to revaluate its available potential and to get imposed in areas of interest from most various: scientific, educational, cultural, touristic, ensuring the representation of as many ethnographical areas as possible. Although the concept of ethnographical museum allows multiple approaches and definitions, this essay highlights the role of the identity of museums and their way of representing the traditional village, given the dynamics and the abandonment of traditions.

Placing African American museums in the American tourism landscape

According to the Association of African American Museums (AAAM), there are more than 200 African American history and cultural museums—or other sites with substantial African American collections such as libraries and archives—across the U.S. Many of these museums had their start shortly after the height of the Civil Rights Movement, with a surge in establishments in the 1970s. Black museums serve to decenter White stories of America and refocus on Black experiences. While geographers have studied an array of memory, heritage, and tourism sites, museums remain understudied and under-theorized. Building upon the subfields of Museum geographies—particularly by considering the concept of museums as theatres of pain—and Black geographies, our research examines the ways these museums are integral to the relationships between Black placemaking and the tourism landscape, which remains steeped in anti-Black racism. Using museum exhibit documentation, semi-structured interviews of museum staff, and content analysis of online travel reviews (primarily TripAdvisor and Google Reviews), this paper analyzes two case studies: The National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center in Wilberforce, Ohio, and The Colored Girls Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Through our two case studies, we show how Black museums enact curatorial practices of commemorative geographies and create redemptive spaces that cultivate not only a homeplace for visitors, particularly for Black Americans and people of the African diaspora but also serve as sites of belonging and joy.

Transformation Of The Information Museum Into A Smart Museum

The term smart museum has started to emerge in recent years along with the development of digital technology and smart concepts related to the application of technology in helping people in various sectors of life. The concept of a smart museum itself refers to the use of internet of things (IoT) technology such as sensors, wireless networks, digital applications, virtual reality, augmented reality, and smart systems to increase the interactivity, accessibility and involvement of visitors in the museum. Now more and more museums are adopting this smart solution as a way to attract visitors and optimize the visitor experience. In Indonesia, one of the museums that has transformed into a smart museum is the Museum Penerangan. In its efforts to become a smart museum, the Museum Penerangan has several supporting factors such as the number of human resources, technology support, program creativity, and support from top management. However, the main obstacle is funding because it requires a large investment to transform into a smart museum, besides that special human resources are needed to understand the technological needs that match the collection.

Research on the Construction of Ecological Museum and the Active Participation of Community Masses: A Case Study of Yim Tin Tsai Village in Hong Kong

The construction of ecological museums under the guidance of the new museum theory has been widely used in the protection and utilization of traditional villages, historical blocks, industrial heritage, etc., in China. The concept of new museum science has become a new practice and thinking in building eco-cultural towns and eco-cultural communities (Pan, 2018). The construction concept of the Ecological Museum of Yim Tin Tsai Village Village in Hong Kong is a theoretical attempt to study and solve the long-term development of Yim Tin Tsai Village. This article mainly demonstrates the community mass active participation mode that Yim Tin Tsai Village faces in the construction of the ecological museum. Through data analysis, examples and other methods, and by desktop deduction and research, we will carry out practical analysis to improve the active participation of community people in community management mode and plan to realize the role of community people in actively participating in the construction and management of ecological museums, realize the new idea of overall ecological conservation, and let local people's participation and community governance interact and work together. At the same time, most of the current domestic research on community creation is focused on mainland villages, and few researchers have focused on villages in Hong Kong. Yim Tin Tsai Village in Hong Kong as an excellent representative of new rural tourism development has formed a relatively mature model of community participation in the construction of the eco-museum, and the need for research has thus emerged.

Senecioneae (Asteraceae) of the Succulent Karoo and “geography of macroevolution of higher plants”: a chorological essay

Senecioneae (Asteraceae) of the Succulent Karoo and “geography of macroevolution of higher plants”: a chorological essay

Research on the Construction of Ecological Museum and the Active Participation of Community Masses: A Case Study of Yim Tin Tsai Village in Hong Kong

The construction of ecological museums under the guidance of the new museum theory has been widely used in the protection and utilization of traditional villages, historical blocks, industrial heritage, etc., in China. The concept of new museum science has become a new practice and thinking in building eco-cultural towns and eco-cultural communities (Pan, 2018). The construction concept of the Ecological Museum of Yim Tin Tsai Village Village in Hong Kong is a theoretical attempt to study and solve the long-term development of Yim Tin Tsai Village. This article mainly demonstrates the community mass active participation mode that Yim Tin Tsai Village faces in the construction of the ecological museum. Through data analysis, examples and other methods, and by desktop deduction and research, we will carry out practical analysis to improve the active participation of community people in community management mode and plan to realize the role of community people in actively participating in the construction and management of ecological museums, realize the new idea of overall ecological conservation, and let local people's participation and community governance interact and work together. At the same time, most of the current domestic research on community creation is focused on mainland villages, and few researchers have focused on villages in Hong Kong. Yim Tin Tsai Village in Hong Kong as an excellent representative of new rural tourism development has formed a relatively mature model of community participation in the construction of the eco-museum, and the need for research has thus emerged.

Experimental Institutionalism and Radical Statecraft: Art in Autonomous Social Centres and Self-Managed Cultural Occupations in Rome

This article analyses experimental institutionalism in the city of Rome, focusing on artistic practices of the C.S.O.A. Centro Sociale Autonomo Occupato (Squatted Autonomous Social Centre) Forte Prenestino and the three-year occupation of Valle theatre, Teatro Valle Occupato. In scholarly research on art institutionalism, artistic practices in squatted spaces are often overlooked. While the 1990s European wave of experimental institutionalism transformed the concept of an art museum or art institution into a processed-based, community-oriented, and participatory platform, in Rome, the collectives of activists and artists used more autonomous endeavours, such as processes of instituting, to affirm how artistic practices’ use of radical imagination can foster collective agency, creativity, and radical statecraft. In the following, radical statecraft is understood as a political act that reclaims and creates anew institutional infrastructures. Teatro Valle Occupato’s experimental cultural institution of the commons at the 17th-century theatre Valle from 2012 to 2015, and the projects of artists and musicians of the European underground cultural hub C.S.O.A. Forte Prenestino at the squatted 19th-century military fort in the working-class, peripheric neighbourhood of Centocelle, are crucial examples of artistic, cultural, and institutional experimentation, whereby artistic and cultural practices foster social relationships based on freedom, mutualism, solidarity, and the commons. In both cases, the contingency to grassroots politics forged the desire and imagination to either create anew or carve out a social space. By reclaiming spaces in which art is used as a means of radical statecraft, these practices reimagine society fostering non-market-driven social relationships becoming pivotal in the struggles against the neoliberal turn in Italy.