| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺南藝術大學 === 博物館學與古物維護研究所 === 100 === Abstract
In recent years, almost every developed and developing countries have been concerned about the issue of aging society. In 1993, Taiwan has reached the World Health Organization’s (WHO) standards of aging countries. In order to deal with the issue, Taiwanese government has continued to promote the social education of the senior and museums take an active part in this trend. In order to achieve the goals of museum social and public responsibility, they began to pay attention on elderly potential audience.
In 2010, for the purpose of promoting the intergenerational learning in Taiwan and enhancing the emotional cohesion between generations of the family, the Ministry of Education has set "Grandparents’ Day" on the last Sunday in August every year. In the same year, the National Museum of Natural Science（NMNS） carried out the "Grandparents’ Day" learning programs — the programs were based on the special exhibitions of “ Blessing Butterfly—Formosa” and "Earth Treasures - Minerals and Life". In the next year, 2011, NMNS had carried out the new "Grandparents’ Day" learning programs. Those two programs’ main goals were to expect the grandchildren to accompany their grandparents visiting museums and to encourage the visit of elder audiences.
The aim of this study is to discuss the difficulties that museums will face when planning and implementing the educational activity for senior visitors. The researcher has found out that educational activities in museums must be tailored-made to attract the elder visitors, so that they will be more willing to participate in these activities continuously. Since the embark of programs for Grandparent’s Day in 2010 was time pressing, it had to coincide with the exhibition at that time. As the result, there is still room for improvement in the education activities and the exhibition panels. But the program in 2011 was totally different. Because the form of activities was changed, grandparents and their grandchildren had much more interaction. The NMNS has spared no efforts in promoting science education for the last twenty years. Judging from the result of this research, it is helpful to understand more about the needs and practice in planning the educational programs for the elderly. We are looking forward to attracting more elder visitors and to satisfy their needs. Through a better understanding of the elder visitor, museums will engage them more and to cultivate them as the loyal visitors in the future.
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