Museum and museology reports and reflections

Abstract

This article sought to understand the importance of the theme of museums in the conception of academics at the Federal University of Tocantins (UFT), Araguaína campus. To do so, it systematized ideas, experiences and reflections obtained during the course of Fundamentals of Museology. The text also presents a brief history of the museum institution and establishes a dialogue between some authors and researchers who deal with the subject. From the application of a questionnaire with the museological theme, it discusses and reflects on the students’ reports on museums and museology. In addition, it problematizes the main questions answered, about what a museum is and how it is constituted, its social and personal importance for those who visit it. As considerations, it highlights that the students of the History Course, who answered the questionnaire, elaborated during the course of Fundamentals of Museology, have conceptions of the museum as a place that has the objective, above all, of preserving the past. This may be related to the non-access of these students to museological institutions, considering the small existence of museums, mainly in the northern region of Tocantins. Besides that, another problem that was raised was the question of the formation of the history students, who should minimally understand the importance of the museums and their function in the society, what invites us to make other investigations. In this way, we believe that the insertion of studies about museums in the curricula of History courses can be a possible alternative.