The 12th issue of “Mnemòsine,” the Catalan museology magazine, comes out while museum professionals keep seeking to recover our pace, what with all the limitations due to the covid-19 pandemic. From AMC, despite the pandemic, we were able to celebrate the 25th anniversary of our association in an event that allowed us to meet in person at the History Museum of Catalonia. We enjoyed the interventions of the authors of the book to commemorate the occasion, Daniel Solé and F. Xavier Menéndez, and the speeches of the presidents of the association throughout these 25 years.
We should also celebrate the publication of the fourth Museology Han...
Publication date: 20/04/2022
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This project is an educational proposal for social inclusion that, through museological education, intends to make cultural heritage accessible at hospitals. Thus, it highlights the importance of raising awareness and participation on the museums’ part in order to ensure maximum accessibility to their museological content, creating an emotional link between culture and society.
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Publication date: 12/01/2022
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The following article covers the author’s experience as a curator of some of the main guidelines of the LGTBI Museums project, developed by seven cultural institutions in Barcelona in collaboration with the LGTBI Center of the same city, since June 2021 to January 2022. Some of the strategies developed by the author at the National Art Museum of Catalonia and the Maritime Museum of Barcelona linked to this initiative will be analyzed. Their goal—to incorporate queer narratives in all cultural fields.
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Nadia Arroyo Arce
Publication date: 31/03/2022
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Aina Ferrero Horrach
Publication date: 31/03/2022
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The Inca Museum of Footwear and Industry story is full of a sense of community that, despite it being born with the desire to pay tribute to the industrial history of its people, was inaugurated at a time of unrest and crisis in the sector of footwear following the closure of multiple factories. In recent years, the museum has undergone a major transformation process to build bridges with its hosting community and to acquire a leading role in its context with a new museography and a renovated annual program. The museum has been awarded the 2020 Ibermuseos Prize for Education for the project “One Object, Three Visions. Virtual Museum of Integration”, rooted in the framework of participatory museology. This project has continued the work previously set in motion to document the oral memory linked to the footwear industry, the revaluation of a traditional craft to promote a new resurgence and socioeconomic recovery in the municipality, the recognition of the cultural diversity of Inca to integrate it into the museum’s programming, and to promote intergenerational and intercultural dialogue so that new generations of researchers know their industrial past and can project it into the future.
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F. Xavier Menéndez i Pablo
Publication date: 29/03/2022
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We are once again preparing to report on the (permanent) museographic interventions carried out in Catalan museums in recent years. In this case, we talk about two extraordinary and (hopefully) atypical years—the years 2020 and 2021—the years of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has led to the suspension or delay of many museological projects in Catalonia and the drastic reduction of new inaugurations.
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Laura Costa Mateo. Head of the Local Museum Network Unit
Publication date: 11/05/2022
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On 17 and 18 November 2021 the XXXIII Conference of the Local Museums Network was held at the Francesca Bonnemaison Space of the Barcelona Provincial Council, live broadcasted via Zoom and entitled “Museums and SOStainability. From the Mission to the Action”. During these two days, leading specialists in the field and various professionals in museums and cultural facilities reflected on the role of museums in the face of the climate emergency. They also discussed how to address the fit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the different areas of the museological activity and management while presenting several experiences and actions carried out by different facilities in relation to sustainability, which are a good example of work in favor of a more sustainable, just and egalitarian society.
This article summarizes the contributions made by the different speakers at the conference, as well as a final reflection as a conclusion.
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Publication date: 11/05/2022
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Conservation-restoration plays a vital role in the preservation of cultural heritage, but the professionals who work in the sector, mostly women, have been working in an unfavorable context for years due to the lack of legislation, the lack of recognition, the deficit of public jobs, a precarious private practice, and professional intrusion.
Faced with this situation, the professional association Associated Conservators and Restorers of Catalonia (CRAC) commissioned a study of the sector to have a precise analysis with solid evidence and to be able to formulate effective change strategies that improve the situation of both the profession and the conservation of heritage.
This article briefly presents the context of the study conducted by an independent consultant, some key findings, its conclusions and the reflections reached by the research. This work has made it possible to identify, contrast and argue a set of problems, challenges and solutions that the sector faces.
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