Abstract:
The following study starts from the panoramic discussion of the railway heritage to give
visibility to the issues faced by the Train Museum of Rio de Janeiro. The proposed objectives
for this research were the exhibition circuit analysis of the space quoted and a diagnostic with
focus on the museological communication process, taking the fields of Museology, Patrimony
and Memory the theoretical references that supported the assumptions raised. The trajectory of
the Train Museum reflects the paradoxical relationship of the public power with the patrimonial
assets, in the measure in which it intends to the preservation of the same ones by the creation
of legal devices, but do not endow them with the necessary conditions for the full operation.
As part of the methodology, interviews and technical visits were made, fundamental to the
construction of the diagnosis and understanding of the singularities of a space with great
communication potential among the different publics, in view of the appeal of the subject
matter. The product of this research is an expographic proposal that aims to contribute with the
museological communication of the Train Museum of Rio de Janeiro making it more effective
and compatible with the importance that this space has in the cultural scene.
