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In 1993, the NOPH journal was changed into O Quarteirão and started publishing the actions of the Nucleus and of the Ecomuseum. The recognition of the Nucleus as a community museum and the creation of the Ecomuseum change conceptual paradigms. In order to identify ruptures and permanencies in the representations of heritage, museum, ecomuseum and community museum, this study concentrates on the analysis of 31 editions of the NOPH journal published between 1984 and 1990 and 40 editions of O Quarteirão journal, published between 1993 and 2000. We conclude that the Guidance Center and Historical Research of Santa Cruz has two distinct moments of action and is marked by contact with international museological thinking from the year 1992, contact which has stimulated a paradigm shift in the representations of heritage and museum made by members of NOPH. This research proposes a reflection starting from the field of Educational History and based on the theoretical presuppositions of writers of Cultural History, history of museums, museum movements and of the field of heritage, as well as studies about museums, ecomuseums and community museums.