Underground tourist routes as an element of Poland’s cultural heritage
Underground tourist routes respond to current trends in museum development. They can be treated as interactive exhibitions focused primarily on the visitor. Former underground mines are also important elements of cultural heritage. They preserve mining equipment and traces of mining techniques. Thro...
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| author | Zgłobicki, Wojciech Szalewicz, Anna Gajek, Grzegorz Baran-Zgłobicka, Bogusława |
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| description | Underground tourist routes respond to current trends in museum development. They can be treated as interactive exhibitions focused primarily on the visitor. Former underground mines are also important elements of cultural heritage. They preserve mining equipment and traces of mining techniques. Through interactivity they can perform an educational function, presenting mining memorabilia and customs. Underground routes are also tourist destinations, attracting a significant number of visitors. The present study covered eight routes located in different regions of Poland. Their tourist value was assessed and tourists were asked to complete a survey regarding the routes. The significance of the mining heritage was described and evaluated. On this basis, the strengths and weaknesses of the underground mine routes as places of presentation of cultural heritage were identified. The sites surveyed are characterised by their high potential but the level of awareness and tourist use is not high. The underground routes with the highest cultural heritage value are also those with high tourist potential. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-36ef46a957ee40059efd6f86ae70b12c2023-10-04T18:19:12ZengMuzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo, o.z.Muzeológia a Kultúrne Dedičstvo1339-22042453-97592023-09-011138110910.46284/mkd.2023.11.3.6Underground tourist routes as an element of Poland’s cultural heritageZgłobicki, Wojciechhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1574-7468Szalewicz, Annahttps://orcid.org/0009-0004-8310-5146Gajek, Grzegorzhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0301-8129Baran-Zgłobicka, Bogusławahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1678-8157Underground tourist routes respond to current trends in museum development. They can be treated as interactive exhibitions focused primarily on the visitor. Former underground mines are also important elements of cultural heritage. They preserve mining equipment and traces of mining techniques. Through interactivity they can perform an educational function, presenting mining memorabilia and customs. Underground routes are also tourist destinations, attracting a significant number of visitors. The present study covered eight routes located in different regions of Poland. Their tourist value was assessed and tourists were asked to complete a survey regarding the routes. The significance of the mining heritage was described and evaluated. On this basis, the strengths and weaknesses of the underground mine routes as places of presentation of cultural heritage were identified. The sites surveyed are characterised by their high potential but the level of awareness and tourist use is not high. The underground routes with the highest cultural heritage value are also those with high tourist potential.https://muzeologia.sk/index_htm_files/MKD_3_23_Zglobicki.pdfmining heritagegeotourismeducationinteractive exhibitions |
| spellingShingle | Zgłobicki, Wojciech Szalewicz, Anna Gajek, Grzegorz Baran-Zgłobicka, Bogusława Underground tourist routes as an element of Poland’s cultural heritage Muzeológia a Kultúrne Dedičstvo mining heritage geotourism education interactive exhibitions |
| title | Underground tourist routes as an element of Poland’s cultural heritage |
| title_full | Underground tourist routes as an element of Poland’s cultural heritage |
| title_fullStr | Underground tourist routes as an element of Poland’s cultural heritage |
| title_full_unstemmed | Underground tourist routes as an element of Poland’s cultural heritage |
| title_short | Underground tourist routes as an element of Poland’s cultural heritage |
| title_sort | underground tourist routes as an element of poland s cultural heritage |
| topic | mining heritage geotourism education interactive exhibitions |
| url | https://muzeologia.sk/index_htm_files/MKD_3_23_Zglobicki.pdf |
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