Efectos de la muestra del mes “Cocodrilo americano” sobre el público visitante al Museo de Historia Natural “Tranquilino Sandalio de Noda” de Pinar del Río, Cuba

Abstract

As feedback tool for the Month Samples in the Natural History Museum Tranquilino Sandalio of Noda, studies that look for an approach to the historical-natural values in their public potential, and effective pedagogic mediations for understanding the museological message in their real public was carried out. This work exposes the results of the use of instruments of empiric exploration (it interviews) to determine the gnoseological elements and its affectivity on the public regarding the thematic and expositive format of the Month Sample “The American Crocodile”. The results show that the interviewed public's 83.3% acquires knowledge on this reptile species, being the guide's interaction with the visitor to communicate the message of the transitory exhibition, the one that facilitated the construction of the learning in more quantity; also it contributed to reinforcement the environmental education on the topic. These studies have promoted a new museological and museographic conception for our institution that assumes the exhibitions like a didactic instrument for culture promotion; it makes aware and the public's sensibility in environmental matter, facilitating the appreciation of the ecosystem dynamics and the processes in those the man participates. This conception conceives to the visitor like an active fellow and participative, that can interacting with the exhibition, from the physical point of view, cognitive and interpersonal, using the previous knowledge as associative and evaluative thought.