Turismo científico e cultural na cidade de Manaus: um estudo de caso sobre o Museu da Amazônia (MUSA).

Abstract

The cultural heritage considered as a tourist reference for the city of Manaus, is exactly the emblematic of the Belle Époque, like the Amazonas Theater and the Church of São Sebastião, with little reference to the indigenous cultural references. Although inaugurated in 2015, the Musa do Largo has gradually been projecting and structuring as a place of tourist visitation. In this sense, the present research is justified, whose purpose is to analyze the contributions of the said museum, regarding the presentation of the Amazonian culture without stereotypes, in order to know the paths taken to achieve this purpose. The main aim is to know how cultural and scientific programs are conceived and constructed, so that local residents and visitors / tourists can recognize indigenous cultural diversity, in a new way, by verifying the perceptions of visitors / tourists on what is presented to them. The research is characterized as qualitative and the method used is the case study, according to Yin (2005), this method is pertinent to the studies in which the researcher does not seek to interfere in the events, but to observe the dynamics processed in the observed context. The methodological procedures used in the data collection were questionnaires used to obtain general information about the profile of the visitor / tourist, observation and informal conversation with the public of the museum. Finally, the research informs the importance of the role that the museum plays in the current scenario, since it allows a more symmetrical dialogue between cultures and social agents, by the very diversification in its programming and in the established partnerships that involve the universities, representatives of indigenous peoples, traditional communities, among others.