Museums Institutions as A Proposal for Regional, Economic and Social Development: The Museu do Amanhã

Abstract

Objective: To carry out this study, the objective was to address the main impacts of the Museu do Amanhã on regional development since its inauguration on 2015, in the port region of the city of Rio de Janeiro-RJ.   Theoretical reference: As defined in Article 1 of Federal Law 11.904, and in accordance with the guidelines of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), museums are non-profit institutions that work at the service of societies (2009). However, museums are also importante cultural facilities that can be well used according to urban and regional strategic planning to revitalize certain areas. Likewise, museums can make theis contribution based on impacts generated by the greather flow of people in the region with increased tourism, which can result in significant regional, economic and social development.   Method: This study is based on exploratory and descriptive research dealing with the impacts of the Museu do Amanhã on regionaldevelopment, based on bibliographic sources and data and whose analysis method applied was a qualitative approach to analyze the proposed phenomenon.   Results and conclusion: The current analysis leads to the conclusion that the Museu do Amanhã brought significant regional impacts, both economic and social and cultural. However, from bibliographical sources of the time, it was observed that there are signs of gentrifyng action in the processo f revitalization of the region where the museum was built, which cannot, under any circumstances, be related to the real purposes of a museum institution. And this is because museums have as their mission the purpose of working for the promotion of humanity and the establishment of peace. At the same time, museums are also strategic instruments for urban and regional planning and this contexto opens up countless analyzes and discussions.   Implications of the research: This study presents important questions focused on the relationship between musems and urban and regional planning, opening up new research and proposing further discussions and analyzes on the topic.   Originality/value: The field of museology is quite comprehensive, and its multidisciplinar and interdisciplinar character must also be taken into account. Even so, mosto f the time research is carried out that delas more with the activities carried out within museums such as conservation, research, exhibition and educational action, but there are other ways of thinking about a museum for society and regarding this there are still manygaps that nees be filled. One possibility on this path is precisely to carry out research with proposals that recognize museums in another way, for example, as strategic instruments for urban and regional planning.