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The guiding principles in the formulation of a Museology theory were established and disseminated internationally from the mid-1980s, and are related to the creation of the International Committee for Museology (Icofom), associated with the International Council of Museums (Icom). The opinions regarding the nature of so-called museological knowledge were issued under the very specific conditions of each group's composition and of the intellectual work undertook in the occasion. Despite the difficulties with the wording, risen in tandem with the exercise (the "terminology problem"), we focused on the conjuncture that surrounded the formulation: the environment, the aims, the way in which it was composed and the foundations that characterise it, as well as some of the discussions that took place, which revealed aspects that have been handed down as a legacy in this field of specialization.

Os delineamentos para modelar uma teoria para a Museologia foram gerados e divulgados no plano internacional a partir de meados dos anos 80 do século XX e se relacionam com a instauração do Comitê Internacional para a Museologia (Icofom), vinculado ao Conselho Internacional de Museus (Icom). As opiniões sobre a natureza do denominado conhecimento museológico foram sendo emitidas sob condições bastante específicas de composição de grupo e de trabalho intelectual. Embora tenham surgido concomitantemente dificuldades com as palavras e com elas o "problema terminológico", ressaltamos aqui a conjuntura que envolveu tal modelagem: o ambiente, os objetivos, o modo como foi sendo composta, os fundamentos que lhe caracterizam e algumas discussões ocorridas relevando aspectos que ficaram como herança para essa área de especialidade.