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<bold>Subject and purpose of work:</bold> The article is devoted to the issue of martyrdom museums and relations they create. Its major aim is to identify and analyze relations between martyrdom museums and local communities. An attempt is made to determine how they can be managed so as to maintain their positive aspects or reorientate them into being more effective.
<bold>Materials and methods:</bold> The study methods used were literature review and data analysis. Statistics and data provided by selected institutions as well as information presented in the local media were analyzed.
<bold>Results:</bold> As a result, areas and ways of creating relationships were identified, as well as differences in initiating them. With regard to the different perspectives of residents and visitors, the necessity of cooperation and communication was emphasized.
<bold>Conclusions:</bold> The way of creating relations depends on the size and range of a museum. As these factors influence the intensity of discussion, smaller museums are not mentioned in the literature.
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Subject and purpose of work: The article is devoted to the issue of martyrdom museums and relations they create. Its major aim is to identify and analyze relations between martyrdom museums and local communities. An attempt is made to determine how they can be managed so as to maintain their positive aspects or reorientate them into being more effective.
Materials and methods: The study methods used were literature review and data analysis. Statistics and data provided by selected institutions as well as information presented in the local media were analyzed.
Results: As a result, areas and ways of creating relationships were identified, as well as differences in initiating them. With regard to the different perspectives of residents and visitors, the necessity of cooperation and communication was emphasized.
Conclusions: The way of creating relations depends on the size and range of a museum. As these factors influence the intensity of discussion, smaller museums are not mentioned in the literature.

Relations Between Local Communities and Martyrdom Museums

Faculty of Management and Social Communication

Economic and Regional Studies / Studia Ekonomiczne i Regionalne

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Subject and purpose of work: The article is devoted to the issue of martyrdom museums and relations they create. Its major aim is to identify and analyze...

Relations Between Local Communities and Martyrdom Museums

Published Online: Apr 18, 2019

Page range: 98 - 110

Received: Nov 01, 2018

Accepted: Feb 01, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ers-2019-0010

Keywords
community, relations, dark tourism, martyrdom museums, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, State Museum at Majdanek

© 2019 Magdalena Sawczuk, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Relations Between Local Communities and Martyrdom Museums

Published Online: Apr 18, 2019

Page range: 98 - 110

Received: Nov 01, 2018

Accepted: Feb 01, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ers-2019-0010

Keywordscommunity, relations, dark tourism, martyrdom museums, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, State Museum at Majdanek

© 2019 Magdalena Sawczuk, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
community, relations, dark tourism, martyrdom museums, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, State Museum at Majdanek