Representações e identidade em exposições de museus = Representaciones e identidad en exposiciones de museos = Representations and identity in museum exhibitions

Abstract

This article raises questions about identity and how it is culturally constructed from images, artifacts and other gaze devices, in museum exhibits. Assuming that the analysis of exhibition spaces involves addressing objects, texts and the general museological context as components of a single narrative - in this case about the past and national identity - an exploration of an exhibition center is offered to consider how museums contribute to the processes and production of a national identity.