View of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Community on the Memory Center of the Faculty of Medicine.

Abstract

This paper describes the partial results of a public survey conducted at the Memory Center of the Faculty of Medicine of UFMG. The main objective of the study is to verify how the public identifies with the museum. Through the elaboration of a questionnaire sent to the campus of the university, the differences between visitors and non-visitors of the museum were determined from questions that identified the user, their needs in relation to the cultural equipment and the institution. The result shows that even within an academic space, the museum's frequency is low. The costs of transportation, food, admission, etc., are not determining factors for people not to visit museums. The geographical issue of Campus Saúde and the university itself affects their actions. The participation of teachers still does not significantly influence the initiatives of students in visits to the museum and even so, in the latter there was an increase in visitors in loco and, virtually, as shown by other means of research that the museum uses.