Museums are educational institutions that aim to spread cultural awareness among their visitors، put themselves at the service of society، and influence the lifelong learning process، through contemporary education concepts. Children's museums are considered one of the most important types of museums that have spread in developed countries and have become a distinguished source of information for the child، as they provide alternative and innovative spaces for school education and aim to provide children with active participation in learning. Its pedagogical and educational role has greatly expanded. today، children's museums have begun to make great efforts in their quest to attract more audiences with the increasing interest in them globally، as their number increased significantly towards the end of the twentieth century and the early first decade of the twenty-first century، and their design evolved as a result of being affected by a number of variables. The research was concerned with studying the social ones، given their great importance and role in the development of the functional elements of children's museums in response to the needs of visitors and motivating them to repeat the visit. The study relied on a theoretical methodology that includes defining children's museums and their importance، the most important social variables affecting them، which the research classified into three groups، and an analytical methodology that involves analyzing museums from different time periods. and the study concluded with a set of results that illustrate the most important components and functional elements that meet social variables and respond to emerging needs.
Al-Baath University Journal.
2023.
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