Museum education as a form of non-formal education

Abstract

As a museum function very important for the activities devoted to the various categories of the museum visitors, the museum education and learning is aimed both at disseminating scientific knowledge among visitors and the formation of attitudes, skills and habits that contribute to their personal and social development by creating an enabling environment. The museum is a viable alternative for spending one’s leisure time as it combines cognitive source and emotional and esthetical ones in a harmonious way, thus stimulating creativity, introspective vision, communication, interaction with other people. Therefore, the museum pays special attention to its public, without whom it would not exist, offering various programs, activities and other means to help the visitors with the interpretation during their visit to the exhibitional space. We could say that the museum does not necessarily have an educational vocation; it rather creates the atmosphere that induces to learning.

Keywords

• museum
• education
• visitors
• school
• knowledge