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- Title
Una colección, un congreso, una asociación. Antecedentes de la creación de un Museo y Biblioteca de Indias en Madrid.
- Authors
LÓPEZ-OCÓN, LEONCIO
- Abstract
In the midst of the civil war the government of the Spanish Republic decided, in October 1937, to create in Madrid a Museum and Library of the Indies. Such enterprise was possible thanks to the donation made by Juan Larrea of his collection of Peruvian antiques. This article examines the context in which this cultural and scientific project was conceived. To this end, it presents the actors who were involved in this decision-making process and explains why the name “Indies” was given to the two new cultural institutions that were to be created, the seed of the current Museum of America. It also analyzes how this governmental decision of 1937 is the culmination of a series of initiatives adopted in the Republican years to promote the knowledge of American archaeology and ethnography in academic circles and in Spanish society.
- Subjects
MUSEUMS; PUBLIC institutions; LIBRARIES; DOCUMENTATION; ANTIQUES; ANTIQUITIES; CHARITIES; ETHNOLOGY
- Publication
IBEROAMERICANA. América Latina - España - Portugal, 2019, Vol 19, Issue 72, p159
- ISSN
1577-3388
- Publication type
Article