A Mineralogical Museum as a Geotourism Attraction: A Case Study
The Zaruma-Portovelo mining district in Ecuador, and in particular, Portovelo City, is home to the oldest mining museum in the country. This museum, named Museo Mineralógico Magner Turner (MMMT in Spanish), is a centre that reflects, through its collections, the history and culture of this territory...
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| author | Magner Turner-Carrión Paúl Carrión-Mero Israel Turner-Salamea Fernando Morante-Carballo Maribel Aguilar-Aguilar Kerly Zambrano-Ruiz Edgar Berrezueta |
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| description | The Zaruma-Portovelo mining district in Ecuador, and in particular, Portovelo City, is home to the oldest mining museum in the country. This museum, named Museo Mineralógico Magner Turner (MMMT in Spanish), is a centre that reflects, through its collections, the history and culture of this territory. This work aimed to evaluate the MMMT as a possible geosite by analysing its contributions to the geomining heritage of the Zaruma-Portovelo district, and thus, to enhance it and promote its collections as a geotouristic attraction. The work involved three phases: (i) describing the museum and its surroundings; (ii) a semiquantitative evaluation of the museum using the Brilha method and a geosites assessment model (GAM); and (iii) a qualitative evaluation using the Delphi and SWOT methodologies to define strategies and proposals for museum development. The results obtained by the semiquantitative evaluation of the geosite with the Brilha method reflect high scientific (330/400), educational (380/400) and touristic (365/400) appeal. The applied GAM shows the museum as a geosite with high principal and additional value, placing it in the Z<sub>33</sub> field of the global valuation matrix. In addition, the semiquantitative and qualitative evaluation made it possible to describe the importance of the museum and its collections in the development of the area. The study carried out qualified the museum as a mining site with an appropriate valuation, an example of ex-situ geological heritage conservation and a basis for geotourism development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5d4c003987f044859f2037ccda453c322023-11-21T22:07:49ZengMDPI AGMinerals2075-163X2021-05-0111658210.3390/min11060582A Mineralogical Museum as a Geotourism Attraction: A Case StudyMagner Turner-Carrión0Paúl Carrión-Mero1Israel Turner-Salamea2Fernando Morante-Carballo3Maribel Aguilar-Aguilar4Kerly Zambrano-Ruiz5Edgar Berrezueta6Museo Mineralógico Magner Turner, Portovelo 071150, EcuadorCentro de Investigaciones y Proyectos Aplicados a las Ciencias de la Tierra (CIPAT), Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL Polytechnic University, Campus Gustavo Galindo Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral, Guayaquil 9015863, EcuadorMuseo Mineralógico Magner Turner, Portovelo 071150, EcuadorFacultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemáticas, Geo-recursos y Aplicaciones GIGA, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL Polytechnic University, Campus Gustavo Galindo Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral, Guayaquil 9015863, EcuadorCentro de Investigaciones y Proyectos Aplicados a las Ciencias de la Tierra (CIPAT), Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL Polytechnic University, Campus Gustavo Galindo Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral, Guayaquil 9015863, EcuadorIndependent Consultor, Zaruma 071350, EcuadorDepartamento de Infraestructura Geocientífica y Servicios, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME, CSIC), 33005 Oviedo, SpainThe Zaruma-Portovelo mining district in Ecuador, and in particular, Portovelo City, is home to the oldest mining museum in the country. This museum, named Museo Mineralógico Magner Turner (MMMT in Spanish), is a centre that reflects, through its collections, the history and culture of this territory. This work aimed to evaluate the MMMT as a possible geosite by analysing its contributions to the geomining heritage of the Zaruma-Portovelo district, and thus, to enhance it and promote its collections as a geotouristic attraction. The work involved three phases: (i) describing the museum and its surroundings; (ii) a semiquantitative evaluation of the museum using the Brilha method and a geosites assessment model (GAM); and (iii) a qualitative evaluation using the Delphi and SWOT methodologies to define strategies and proposals for museum development. The results obtained by the semiquantitative evaluation of the geosite with the Brilha method reflect high scientific (330/400), educational (380/400) and touristic (365/400) appeal. The applied GAM shows the museum as a geosite with high principal and additional value, placing it in the Z<sub>33</sub> field of the global valuation matrix. In addition, the semiquantitative and qualitative evaluation made it possible to describe the importance of the museum and its collections in the development of the area. The study carried out qualified the museum as a mining site with an appropriate valuation, an example of ex-situ geological heritage conservation and a basis for geotourism development.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/6/582mineralogical museumPortovelomining districtgeomining heritagegeotourism |
| spellingShingle | Magner Turner-Carrión Paúl Carrión-Mero Israel Turner-Salamea Fernando Morante-Carballo Maribel Aguilar-Aguilar Kerly Zambrano-Ruiz Edgar Berrezueta A Mineralogical Museum as a Geotourism Attraction: A Case Study Minerals mineralogical museum Portovelo mining district geomining heritage geotourism |
| title | A Mineralogical Museum as a Geotourism Attraction: A Case Study |
| title_full | A Mineralogical Museum as a Geotourism Attraction: A Case Study |
| title_fullStr | A Mineralogical Museum as a Geotourism Attraction: A Case Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Mineralogical Museum as a Geotourism Attraction: A Case Study |
| title_short | A Mineralogical Museum as a Geotourism Attraction: A Case Study |
| title_sort | mineralogical museum as a geotourism attraction a case study |
| topic | mineralogical museum Portovelo mining district geomining heritage geotourism |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/6/582 |
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