공립 박물관의 역할과 소속 학예연구원의 제문제 연구 -강원도내 공립 박물관을 중심으로-

Abstract

In Korea, it has been 100 years to introduce modern museums and now there are almost 1,000 museums, which also helped increase the number of public museums. This study is to provide the suggestions to properly operate public museums in Korea by researching related issues such as the adequacy of demand and supply of curators in public museums, work environment given for curators to maximize their abilities, and so on. The study was conducted mainly within 11 public museums in Kangwon and quoted statistical data from domestic public museums. In Kangwon, there are still several agencies that are promoting establishment of a public museum, art gallery, or literature museum. Since the execution of the local government system, most local governmental bodies tried to set up museums in community and also most cities or counties are operating them. Donghae, Cholwon, Hoengseong, and other cities that haven``t had public museums now initiated the project to establish. It is very important for them to think about post-establishment plan. At the initial phase of construction, there were no public museums that make profits based on their lucrative management strategies for the purpose of financial support to local governments. Public museums are designed to be used for public as a cultural welfare space. Therefore, it needs to be viewed in long-term to operate these museums properly to achieve the initial goals after establishment. Now, museums contain the meaning beyond a space simply exhibiting history, folklore, or archaeological materials to represent its locality. It should be a place to include contents and provide opportunities for data collection, education, and research. The 3 components of museums are building, bequest, and manpower. It is meaningless to have a great building and precious data without suitable personnel to operate. Museums at the initial phase were focused on data collection and exhibition whereas on research and education nowadays. The most professional personnel needed in museum industry are curators. Curators are the most essential manpower for public museums as well. There are 1~3 curators assigned for public museums within a province and they are involved in almost every areas like facility management, operation, interpretation, research, etc. however they are forced to do due to the lack of manpower. A public museum should be considered as an independent institute even though it is controlled by local governments. Therefore, the responsibility and roles of museum personnel should be respected when it comes to the museum operation. Furthermore, the organization of museums that don``t have a director should be supplemented properly. The roles and functions for public museums are to enhance publicity, and it starts from securing curator``s expertise for exhibition, education, and research.