The Museum object as a document: an introductory overview

The article presents an overview of the discussions about the object as a document in Information Science and Museology, identifies and analyzes convergent and divergent issues in the two disciplines. Exploratory study based on bibliographic research. It is emphasized the contribution of the Information Science, which recognized the object as a document decades before the discussions promoted by Museology. The discussions around the museum object as a document in the field of Museology (considered by some authors the starting point of theoretical maturity of the discipline) and the subsequent rejection of the notion are approached. Attempts to obliterate the past of Museology by some of its influential theorists are noticed.