museum, museum pedagogy, education programmes, social handicap, children

Research will deal with the phenomenon of museums as educational institutions which develop their social mission and respect the diversity of their audiences. Attention will be paid to socially handicapped children as a specific target group of museum education. The aim is to analyse current education options offered by museums to socially handicapped children. The research will include an analysis of eight education options, using observation and structured interviews with lectors.These options will be subsequently compared. The research will focus on the educational intent of education programmes. The author is especially interested in learning how the educational aspect of special requirements of the group's education is taken into account when education programmes are being drawn up.