Políticas públicas em museus: dilemas no planejamento institucional dos museus do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

This research was developed to discuss the impact of the legislation of the museological sector in museums in Rio Grande do Sul, relating the operation and management instruments of some museological institutions of the 7th Museological Region of the State Museum System of Rio Grande do Sul (SEM/RS) with the national museum legislation. It addresses the formation of sectoral policies, marked by disputes and debates in the field of museums and heritage, which influenced the academic debate about museums in Brazil and which somehow affected the construction of the bases of the National Museum Policy (PNM) and its derivatives, such as the Statute of Museums (Federal Law nº 11.904/2009). Discusses the main aspects of museum management and its legal tools, such as the Creation Act, the Internal Regulations, the Museological and Annual plans, the Acquisition and Disposal Policy, the Association of Friends, among others. It analyses the knowledge and application of these instruments and policies through the case study of four museological institutions covering the public and private spheres in Pelotas, Piratini and Rio Grande, cities marked by their involvement with the construction of sectoral policies. Among the results, it is pointed out the planning difficulties, especially the financial one, and in the composition of the teams.