La función comunicativa y educativa de los entornos virtuales de los museos

The present work focuses on the study of the communicative function and the educational approach of virtual museums. It consists of analyzing how most important museums websites within the cultural world are in order to evaluate these virtual environments as model of good practices in the cultural and educational sphere. Moreover, this research is based on a qualitative methodology in which the questionnaire is used as an instrument. Subsequently, in order to evaluate the different dimensions, an evaluation system has been carried out in which more objective techniques have been applied. Thus, the communicative function and the educational approach of these museums are high, however, they must keep reinforcing these two functions, and improve aspects that influence the reception and audience, the technological capacity and the aesthetic elements.