Museum education and regional identity formation

Abstract

Museum education is a specific field dedicated to developing and encouraging non-formal education spaces and institutions such as museums. Its principal purpose is to interest visitors in learning experiences to improve their curiosity and engagement in their objects and collections. General globalization trends cause changes in museum communication strategies. The museum is being considered as a cultural institution, which is becoming anthropocentrically oriented multifunctional cultural center in this global context. Main analysis criteria of modern museum communication are proposed and regional museums typical forms of educational activities are exposed in this article. It also demonstrates their potential for the regional identity formation.

Keywords

• Museum education
• Anthropocentricity
• Interactivity
• Participation culture
• Regional identity