Educação ambiental como ferramenta para a conservação do património cultural: o caso do Museu Nacional da Moeda – Maputo

Abstract

The objective of this work is to analyze the contribution of environmental education as a tool for the conservation of the cultural heritage. The research was carried out at the National Currency Museum and was based on a qualitative-quantitative methodological approach, as it combines qualitative and quantitative, through observation techniques, interviews and questionnaires. Were realized 2 interviews and 67 questionnaires. The quantitative method was applied to the visitors and was essential to know the extent to which environmental education can contribute to the conservation of cultural heritage, while the qualitative method was applied to key-informants, in order to capture their explanations in relation to the actions of environmental education developed for the conservation and dissemination of cultural heritage. Research participants were selected using a non-probabilistic convenience sampling method. The research results indicate that the National Currency Museum is a numismatic library, having in its collection coins from different periods in the history of our country. The effort to ensure the protection, conservation, enhancement and revitalization of cultural heritage is remarkable, through legal instruments and dissemination by schools, however, much has to be done in order to make cultural heritage public domain. About 73% of the participants of this research consider that environmental education is an indispensable tool for the conservation of cultural heritage. In this sense, it is essential to create environmental education programs with a focus on the conservation of cultural heritage, disseminating cultural heritage both in the national context as well as International.