“…Concerning this, several papers address the importance of volunteers for a museum (Kartchner et. al, 2021;Goodlad and McIvor, 2005;Holmes, 2007;Pãceºilã, 2020;Duursma et al, 2023;Lyons and Wearing, 2008;Edwards, 2007;Lithgow and Timbrell, 2014;Refvem et al, 2021). Although developed in a different cultural environment, V Factor, a program implemented by the Natural History Museum in London, offered volunteers the chance to work in public view alongside Museum scientists, transforming them from visitors to proactive volunteers (Miller et.…”