[Three views from overseas: the museum as a setting for educational outreach in the sciences]. / Três olhares de além-mar: o museu como espaço de divulgação da ciência.

During their first visit to Brazil, in 2001, Michel Van Praet, Jean Davallon, and Daniel Jacobi - French researchers in the field of museology - discussed the complex nature of the museum experience. Professor Van Praet underscores the unique character of natural history museums and offers an evaluation of his work as head of the restoration project at Paris's Grande Gallery of Evolution, inaugurated in 1994. Professor Davallon discusses the contribution of semiotics and reception theory in analyzing how an exhibit communicates and how meaning is constructed within it. Dr. Jacobi defines some characteristics of the dissemination of science at museums and points to problems encountered in achieving this end.

Três olhares de além-mar: o museu como espaço de divulgação da ciência / Three views from overseas: the museum as a setting for educational outreach in the sciences

Em sua primeira visita ao Brasil, em 2001, os professores Michel Van Praet, Jean Davallon e Daniel Jacobi, pesquisadores e profissionais do campo museal francês, discutiram a natureza complexa da experiência museal. Michel Van Praet salienta a particularidade dos museus de história natural e avalia o trabalho que realisou à frente do projeto de renovação da Grande Galeria da Evolução do Museu Nacional de História Natural, inaugurada, em 1994, em Paris. Jean Davallon discute a contribuição da semiótica e da teoria da recepção para analisar como a exposição comunica e como se dá a construção de sentido em seu interior. Daniel Jacobi define algumas características da divulgação das ciências nos museus e aponta dificuldades para a sua realização.

During their first visit to Brazil, in 2001, Michel Van Praet, Jean Davallon, and Daniel Jacobi – French researchers in the field of museology – discussed the complex nature of the museum experience. Professor Van Praet underscores the unique character of natural history museums and offers an evaluation of his work as head of the restoration project at Paris's Grande Gallery of Evolution, inaugurated in 1994. Professor Davallon discusses the contribution of semiotics and reception theory in analyzing how an exhibit communicates and how meaning is constructed within it. Dr. Jacobi defines some characteristics of the dissemination of science at museums and points to problems encountered in achieving this end.