Artículos de revistas
Natural History Museums in Argentina, 1862–1906
Fecha
2016-01Registro en:
Farro, Máximo Ezequiel; Natural History Museums in Argentina, 1862–1906; Taylor and Francis-Maney Publishing; Museum History Journal; 9; 1; 1-2016; 121-134
1936-9824
CONICET Digital
CONICET
Autor
Farro, Máximo Ezequiel
Resumen
Natural history museums in Argentina during the last third of the nineteenth century have usually been regarded as pivotal institutions in the survey and exhibition of the national territory and, by extension, as disseminators of cohesive civic representations in the context of ‘nation building’. Departing from the idea of museums as material spaces in which scientific, concrete practices around collections take place, in this essay we propose a more nuanced picture that shows labile and changing ties between natural history museums and the state during the period. To this end, we consider the crafting of collections, exhibitions, policies of access and use developed at the Museo Público de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (later Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires) and the Museo General de La Plata.