ABSTRACT
This paper describes the historical course of the formation in Museology from Brazil, from its origins in the 1930s to the present moment of the 21st century. As a historical research report, the methodology was based on a bibliographical, documentary and describe work, based on primary and secondary historical sources, with a qualitative analysis, describing the history of the training in Museology in Brazil, not leaving aside people and institutions involved in this process. It reports on the formation in Museology in Brazil from the creation of the Museum Course of the National Historical Museum, its evolution for the undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Museology, culminating in the current 17 undergraduate courses and six stricto sensu graduate programs. It concludes that the training in Museology in Brazil was marked by a pioneering beginning in the 1930s and progress, especially in the first years of the 21st century. However, the current training offer still does not fully meet the needs of the country, as there is a significant discrepancy between the number of undergraduate courses in all regions of the country and the number of stricto sensu graduate programs with restricted offer, to date, to only three regions of the country.
Keywords:
Museology; Formation; Undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Museology; Brazil