傳統的博物館的教育功能主要是透過文字、圖片、音響、實物展示及講解等方式來實現,不同的方式則有不同的優點與缺點,而要全面實現這些方式以達到最佳的教育目的是博物館一直不斷努力的方向。而網路博物館的出現,則提供了一個全新的角度來展現博物館教育的新功能、新方向,它將在最大限度上克服傳統博物館在教育方面上的許多缺點,表現出技術對推動博物館教育的巨大魅力。 本文試圖透過比較的方式來闡述傳統博物館教育以及網路博物館教育的優缺點;不過,不論何者較優,在二十一世紀的今天,強調資源整合已經是一種世界性的趨勢,博物館也不例外,只有把不同形式的博物館教育資源結合起來,並強調與世界接軌,達到實現信息、傳遞文化與教育共享的目標,這樣才能真正發揮出博物館的教育功能。
By using plenty presentations, such as words, pictures, audios, exhibitions and explanations, to achieve the educational purpose, traditional museums take all the advantages to do its best. However, the occurs of Internet museums has brought us a new vision to see how technology solves the difficulties in traditional museum education. This essay compares the advantages of traditional museum education with internet museum education. No matter which one is better, the modern museum education should catch up with the world and combine all resources to reach the goals of culture and thought transference and education share. Nowadays, it has become a world trend to put an emphasis on resource integration.