The 57th issue of Revista Lusófona de Educação (RLE), Lusófona University's (Scopus reviewed) journal on education,has been published. This issue presents a special dossier entitled muSEAum – Branding the Sea Museums of Portugal on the eponymous research project funded by FCT, the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (PTDC/EGE-OGE/29755/2017), developed by CICANT. The dossier includes six articles.
The first article, authored by Nuno Cintra Torres (“muSEAum – Branding the Sea Museums of Portugal Research: findings and perspectives of an innovation journey”) addresses the definition, management, and communication strategy of the museum brand, the benefits of a Sea Museum of Portugal collective brand, as well as visitor experience technologies, national and international reach and awareness, and local tourism. Then, Rute Muchacho’s article (“O digital no espaço museológico: mediação cultural e comunicação com o(s) público(s))” questions how digital media have changed museum communication and interaction with the public and contributed to a new visitor experience leading to a redefinition of the museum space.
Kirsten Drotner (“Engaging citizen resources as catalysts of museum innovation”) proposes a discussion on how and why citizen engagements can catalyse sustainable museum innovation, facilitated in particular by personalised devices and the Internet. Célia Quico's article (“Memórias imersivas da Nazaré: mergulhar no passado e especular sobre o futuro com as fotografias estereoscópicas de Álvaro Laborinho”), based on the historical stereoscopic photography of Laborinho, offers a voyage in time, from 1920 to 2110, as to reflect about the present and the future of the place.
Then Nicole Costa (“Tá uma nortada!”: alteridades e confluências na implantação de um projeto de gestão museológica em Portugal”) writes about her experience in the management of three neighbouring museums (Museu José Malhoa, Museu da Cerâmica e Museu Dr. Joaquim Manso – Nazaré) in the district of Leiria. Finaly, Ivone Magalhães (“Reinventar o Museu de Esposende: um museu polinucleado”) reflects about the creation of several heritage-tourist routes integrated into the polynucleate agro-maritime Esposende Municipal Museum.
The special issue is available in open access here.