La Pampa: More than 70 scenarios available to celebrate International Museum Day

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Under the global slogan “Museums uniting a divided world”, more than 70 La Pampa spaces are transformed into scenarios for collective participation. From May 15 to 24, towns throughout the province will offer historical circuits, workshops for children, exclusive exhibitions and debates to rethink identity.

Every May 18, International Museums Day is celebrated around the world, a date established by the International Council of Museums (ICOM). In La Pampa, the commemoration exceeds the day and expands with a diversity of proposals that take place between May 15 and 24.

Promoted by the Network of Museums of the Provincial Directorate of Cultural Heritage (under the Secretariat of Culture)**, the activities cover 71 spaces between museums and public and private collections throughout the province.

In contrast to the old idea of the museum as a silent and untouchable temple, social museology proposes the museum as a forum, as a space for open and diverse conversation.

“The museums of La Pampa are built day by day through a choice that is never innocent: what to preserve and what to tell. Every museum is, in the end, the archive of what a society decides not to forget. In our province, this choice has long been collective, situated and diverse, because we understand that there is not a single story that is worth more than another. In a fragmented world, these spaces invite us to listen to differences without erasing them”, told officials from the Directorate of Cultural Heritage to the Provincial News Agency.

One week, multiple voices: locality by locality
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Maisonnave (13 to 20 May):
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The People’s Library hosts participatory work tables where children, young people and older adults debate and imagine together the future ‘People’s Museum’.

Victorica and Carro Quemado (May 16 and 17):
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Four museums of the corridor ‘Latidos del Caldenal Region’ present the circuit ‘We tell our story’. Each space will have its own narrator:
María Isabel Serraino guides among ceremonial instruments and medicinal herbs in the Rankül Community ‘Rosa Moreno Maiqueo’;
Carlos Pagella opens more than a century of trades and antique cars in the Museum ‘El Taller’;
The Orgales Museum ‘El Viejo Almacén’ in Carro Quemado keeps 120 years of history among its shelves, including a piano that belonged to Blas Parera

In the Atelier Ortiz Echagüe Museum, it is the grandchildren of the Spanish painter Antonio Ortiz Echagüe who share the stories about his works, the nomadic life of the family and the experiences shared with his wife Elisabeth. With prior registration (Tel. 2954-521061, Tel. 2954-446623, Tel. 2954-534765 and Tel.2954-534167).

Santa Rosa (May 18):
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The Provincial Museum of Arts will open its ‘behind the scenes’ allowing the public to see the assembly of an exhibition.

For its part, the Provincial Museum of Natural History will always be present with the exhibition ‘Nature and Culture’, while the Police Museum will exhibit ‘Malvinas present: today and always’ until June 10.

Alta Italia (18 de mayo - 18:00 hs):
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The José Giorgis Museum organizes an itinerary that will begin at the Popular Library, pass through the museum and culminate in Villa Esther (110-year-old house) with an intervention by actors who will give life to its former owners.

May 25 (May 18 to 23): On Monday 18 at 11:00 a.m., the ‘Don José Cholino’ Geomining Museum will be reopened. The agenda continues with a Cultural Circuit through the Río Colorado Provincial Entity Museum and exhibitions at the Cultural Center 25.

Intendente Alvear (May 18 to 22): The grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Antonio and Agustina Pepa will be the guides of the ‘Almacén de Pepa’ Museum, rescuing anecdotes and memories of everyday objects.

General Pico (May 18, 23 and 24 - 6:00 p.m.): The Maracó Regional Museum reopens its doors with a special talk on the universe of amateur radio and its solidarity role. (Prior registration required). 2302-422695.
Dorila (May 19 - 4:30 p.m.): The ‘Elsa Gloria Ercoli’ Historical Museum proposes oral stories and guided tours to intertwine the experiences of different generations.

Toay (May 21): The Olga Orozco House Museum, together with INCITAP-CONICET, will give the children’s workshops ‘Germinators of words’. In addition, the People’s Museum will launch the interactive activity ‘If Instagram had existed…’ throughout the week.
Jacinto Arauz: The Historical Museum of the Rural Doctor ‘René G. Favaloro’ will exhibit an intimate exhibition with instruments, photographs and personal objects of the emblematic doctors René and Juan José Favaloro.