Muzeul între trecut și viitor
THE MUSEUM BETWEEN PAST AND FUTURE

Summary/Abstract: From the first collections to the institution we know today, the museum has undergone a series of transformations connected to the evolution of society. Concerns about the collection of values of the past have existed since the oldest times.Ever since the first forms of the modern institutions, museums have been distinguished by their interest in education. The museum is an ever-changing institution, the educational function being found among the services museums offer on the market; it ensures dialogue with the past, providing the public direct contact with the heritage elements of a nation and with the historical past, thus constituting an extension of the school. This paper deals with the educational function of museums from a school perspective, through school-museum partner-ships. Digitization supports this kind of partnership by bringing the museum into the formal school space.It makes an important contribution to the teaching of national identity from a very early age. Partnerships are designed with due regard for the individual and age specificities and previous learning experiences of pupils. The online activities carried out during the pandemic highlight the effectiveness of the guided virtual tour aimed at providing direct contact with the museum institution. In addition to the advantages it brings, the guided virtual tour also has a number of disadvantages: Being an exclusively online activity, the socio-economic environment restricts children’s access to such activities. The lack of devices and lack of Internet connections in some areas are the major causes, with a discrepancy between rural and urban areas. In addition to the guided virtual tour, online demonstration workshops were among the children’s preferences. These included demonstrations by popular craftsmen from different areas of the country: The art of decorated Easter eggs and the making of the Chipăruș masks or New Year Eve masks by the craftsman Serban Terţiu – human living treasure. According to managed questionnaires, the history museum ranks first in the students’ preferences, followed by those of ethnography and folklore. The museum shapes itself to the training needs of the young generations, coming up with new challenges, performances, and interactive and dynamic activities, attracting more and more visitors, both in the online environment and in the museum space itself.

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