Education with the museum in pre-school period: What do the teachers know? What does it do?

Museums are institutions that have become part of education today and provide first-hand experience. The individuals who interact with objects in museums participate in the learning process by living. In the developed countries in Europe and America, museums are being used from preschool period. In order for individuals to gain museum culture at a young age and to become a museum consumer in adulthood; individuals should be introduced in the preschool with museums. For this, there is a need for teachers who know the importance of museum education and benefit from museums for educational purposes in pre-school period. The aim of this study is to reveal the opinions and experiences of preschool teachers about education and museum. In this research, phenomenology is used. Case studies focus on the experiences of individuals related to a case. The participants of the research designed with phenomenology were determined by criterion sampling from purposeful sampling methods. In this context, the institution in Kü？ük？ekmece was held with six teachers working in different kindergartens and elementary schools. The semi-structured interview form developed by the researcher was used to collect the data. In the analysis of the data, the phenomenology analysis was used. As a result of the research, it was revealed that all teachers who participated in the research benefited from the museums for sightseeing purposes, regardless of the socioeconomic level of the school’s enviroment. It was determined that the teachers in the school with low socioeconomic environment had less knowledge and awareness about museums and they benefited less from the museums