Memories of the experience of visitors to the Museu da Natureza (Piauí, Brazil): a study two years after the visit

ABSTRACT Science museums are dynamic spaces in which scientific culture is associated with the culture of the visiting subjects and which have the potential to evoke memories in their visitors in the form of memories and affective recollections. In this study, we investigated the memories of the experience of eight adult visitors two years after their visit to the Museu da Natureza, in the Serra da Capivara National Park Piauí. The methodology involved semi-structured interviews, including the verbalization of spontaneous memories and the use of the stimulated recall method. The results showed several memory events of episodic (chronological recall of events) and semantic nature (associated with facts, concepts, words and their meanings), emotional involvement and reinterpretations of the experience previously lived in a science museum.

摘要：科学博物馆是兼具科学文化与参观者文化的动态空间，具备通过记忆与情感追忆唤起参观者记忆的潜力。本研究针对八名成年参观者在到访巴西皮奥伊州卡皮瓦拉山国家公园内的自然博物馆（Museu da Natureza）两年后的参观体验记忆展开调查。研究采用半结构化访谈法，涵盖自发记忆口述与刺激回忆法的应用。结果显示，参观者存在多类记忆事件，包括情景记忆（episodic memory，对事件的时序性回忆）与语义记忆（semantic memory，与事实、概念、词汇及其内涵相关的记忆），同时伴随情感投入及对此前在科学博物馆的参观体验的再诠释。