Teachers' assessment of the presence of science museums on the Internet

Science museums are conducive places for the development of teaching and learning, through the participation of visitors in the activities and exhibitions offered by these centers. But, the experience in these centers does not end or begin with the physical visit, but there is a continuation of the experience through the Internet, either through web pages or social networks. This work has focused on analyzing the assessment made by teachers of the presence of Spanish science museums on the Internet, from the perspective of education. It has been possible to verify which are the channels used by the different science museums on the net, as well as which are the didactic resources offered by these centers. The websites and social media profiles of 37 science museums were analyzed and 519 professors were asked about their assessment of the Internet presence of science museum centers. Allowing to establish that the relationship between science museums and their presence on the Internet, for teachers, has a marked educational character, based on the availability of educational tools.