Abstract The purpose of this article is to emphasise the importance of exhibiting archival records in art museum spaces as a knowledge development and information dissemination stance. The article also draws attention to the limitations that are encountered in fostering the public programming of archives through digital technology in art museums. The 2013 Revised White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage states that cultural and creative industries should ensure that as many South Africans as possible have access to arts, culture, and heritage offerings, and this includes archival records. However, art museum archives continue to be exclusionist and often act as historical, social, and information barriers for end users. This qualitative study accentuates the importance of physical and remote public programming activities for art museums and art galleries. The study followed a phenomenological research approach and explored the experiences and perceptions of art museum end users in relation to the adequacy of archive public programming. The findings suggest that exhibiting archival holdings at art museums can create awareness among audiences and expose such audiences to cultural history through the archival exhibits, which could be shared externally through digital media.

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培养南非艺术博物馆的档案意识

摘要 本文的目的是强调在艺术博物馆空间展示档案记录作为知识发展和信息传播立场的重要性。本文还提请注意在艺术博物馆中通过数字技术促进档案公共编程时遇到的局限性。2013 年修订的艺术、文化和遗产白皮书指出，文化和创意产业应确保尽可能多的南非人获得艺术、文化和遗产产品，这包括档案记录。然而，艺术博物馆档案仍然具有排他性，并且经常成为最终用户的历史、社会和信息障碍。这项定性研究强调了物理和远程公共编程活动对艺术博物馆和艺术画廊的重要性。该研究遵循现象学研究方法，探讨了艺术博物馆最终用户对档案公共计划充分性的经验和看法。研究结果表明，在艺术博物馆展出档案馆藏可以提高观众的意识，并通过档案展品让这些观众了解文化历史，档案展品可以通过数字媒体对外分享。