The Influence of Workshop-oriented Involvement of Children in Museum Premises on Their Constant Participation in Museum-based Child Culture Tours (Case Study: Child Culture Tours Executed in Ardabil Museums)

Payam Farhadi¹ Nasrin Jamali² Niloufar Erfani³ Roghayeh Moradi⁴ Ali Shahbazi⁵

1) International Certified Culture Tourist Guide
2) ICT MSC, IAU, Ardabil Branch
3) Governmental and Tourism Management Group, Social Science Department, University of Mohaghegh Ardabilli, Ardabil, Iran
4) Ph.D. Candidate in Architecture, Department of Architecture, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
5) ICT BSC, IAU, Ardabil Branch

IOI Code : XKDC-AZADFA
Publication : First international conference of Museums (museumuma1402.ir)
Abstract :
    Visiting museums for most children is boring without any practical involvement of children in museum premises as they have little information about and interest in culture and history. In this paper, the effects of practical involvement of children aged 7-13 participated in child tours have been assessed regarding the level of their increased interests in museums. For this purpose, statistics of data related to 31 culture child tours executed in between April 2023 to April 2024 were analyzed. Totally, 14 out of 31 child tours were executed in Ardabil museums; others were executed in UNESCO and NATIONAL registered historical and cultural sites that are out of this research scope. And, 10 out of these 14 culture child tours in museums were dedicated to only-visit tours and the rest were carried out regarding visit & workshop tours. Based on the obtained results, it was found that when a workshop is carried out along with museum visit, the level of interests among the children increases. In addition, the probability of children who frequently participated in next culture child tour in other museums raises. So, it is suggested that the Ardabil museum authorities consider constant workshops within the museums to absorb the attention of children and increase their stay time in museums.

Keywords : child tour museums ardabil city culture tourism child workshop