Sustainable Museums for Sustainable Development

Izabela Pop and Anca Borza

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Abstract: The sustainable development of a region depends on the sustainability and measures taken by all the public and private organizations in the respective area. Museums stand out among these organizations due to the controversies arising in connection with the role they have to play in this process of sustainable development. This paper seeks to analyze whether and why museums should become sustainable and provide an overview on the Romanian museums’ sustainability. The qualitative research based on semi-structured interviews with five museum experts showed that the sustainable development of Romania through cultural tourism is threatened due to the fact that few museums take steps towards become sustainable. Among the factors that hinder the process of sustainable change in museums can be mentioned the following: the current legislation, the scarcity and poor training of the human resources, but also the some managers’ misconception on the notion of sustainable museum and their resistance to change.

Keywords: museums; sustainability; development; entrepreneurship; change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 O10 Q01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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Published in Advances in Business-Related Scientific Research Journal 2.6(2015): pp. 119-131

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