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The visit to a science museum may be manifested through complex and dynamicmotivations which, according to the literature, are under-investigated in aBrazilian context. In the present study, an instrument originally developed byDelgado in 2008 (http://hdl.handle.net/10773/1623) has been modified andapplied to 202 visitors up to 15 years to the Science Museum "Professor MarioTolentino" in Sao Carlos, Brazil, in order to investigate motivation forvisiting the institute. Combined application of Exploratory Factor Analysis andthe Information Bottleneck method revealed that 17 out of the 20 initial itemsin the questionnaire aligned with three dimensions of motivation. The mainmotivation was learning desire, while entertainment and interaction motivationswere significantly less important. The study provided relevant evidenceregarding the motivations of visitors, and this information will be valuable inimproving the activities of the museum. The implications of our findings forfuture research are discussed.

Psychometric properties of an instrument to investigate the motivation of visitors to a science museum: The combination of methods