Data production in museum education in Brazil

Knowing the field to promote it

Abstract

This is the research on Data Production in Museum Education, carried out in 2019 by the National Historical Museum, through its Education Center, in an association that included the Coordination of Social Museology and Education of the Brazilian Institute of Museums, the Secretary of State for Culture and Creative Economy of São Paulo, Secretary of State for Culture and Creative Economy of Rio de Janeiro and Municipal Secretary of Culture of São Paulo. The developments of two questionnaires applied between museums and professionals from institutions linked to these public bodies are presented, which collected data on the structure of educational work and the profile of professionals from 49 Brazilian museums, focusing on the data collected between the museums of the Institute Brazilian of Museums. The subsequent developments of the research in the sense of consolidating the production of information in museum education at the national level in Brazil are highlighted.