Física Moderna e Contemporânea em Exposição: Reflexões sobre os desafios da comunicação de temas abstratos da Física em um museu de ciências.

Abstract

Considering the importance and the difficulties of approaching themes of Modern and Contemporary Physics in basic education in our country, we see the scientific dissemination of this subject in science museums as a great ally to combat pseudoscience and scientific illiteracy. Thinking about it, this work aims to present three great exhibitions of Modern and Contemporary Physics organized by research institutions. In addition, we present experiences from exhibitions held by students of the Licentiate degree in Physics of the Federal University of Uberlândia and by the DICA museum. Thus, we seek to reflect on the possibilities of exposing this theme to the community. This work has helped us understand that at first it is difficult to establish a permanent exhibition of Modern and Contemporary Physics in the DICA museum, but temporary exhibitions can be a solution that will allow the team to understand the relationship between the audience and the exhibition, to only then, think about consolidation of an exhibition and in the training for the monitors team.