The Museum proposes -for the reopening to the public- a new way to display your collection so that childhoods can connect with different periods of Argentine history and of the City, from a look playful and educational.
Now, the selection of the objects that make up the collections, the documents, the manuscripts, the works of art, the clothing and the objects interact interactively with new technologies as if they were a bridge between the past and the present, facing the future.
In this context, it will also inaugurate the temporary exhibition “Buenos Aires in images: from the river to the city”curated by Raul Piccioni and Catalina Farawhich will bring together pieces of its heritage never before exhibited together, most of them belonging to the collection of William H. Moores.
The reopening of the museum will coincide with the beginning of the Winter holidays 2022 and for this reason a day dedicated to the childhoods. The event will start at 14 with “Sound Adventure”a playful tour to discover the rooms of the museum blindfolded.
At fifteenthe show will be held “Don Florencio’s Band” and, to close the day, families can enjoy the musical show of “Harlequin World”.
“That the Saavedra museum reopens its doors, completely renovated, makes us very happy. Museums tell our story, speak of our identity and make us reflect on the past without stopping thinking about the future. The Saavedra will now be a new opportunity to let ourselves be challenged in a modern, innovative and fun way which, moreover, will bring new audiences“, said the Minister of Culture of the City, Henry Avogadro.
For its part, Martina Magaldimanaging director of Heritage, Museums and Historic Centerhighlighted the role of the new curatorial script: “It is aligned with the idea of showing heritage in a closest to children and familieswhich are the main public of that museum. We seek to modernize the exhibition proposals of the Museums, with interactive and participatory museographies“.
The Historical Museum of Buenos Aires Cornelio de Saavedra, inaugurated on October 6, 1921 thanks to the collector’s legacy Ricardo Zemborainhas a collection of objects and documents that are part of the national wealth and narrate the Argentine and Buenos Aires historical processes.
In the ten rooms the different historical periods of the City are traversed since its foundation, the english invasionsthe May revolutionthe feat of Independence, the emergence of the provincial autonomies, the Rosista confederation, the path towards a National Constitutionwomen in Argentine history (1810-1910) and the War of the Triple Alliance.
It also tells about the formation of the State, the political and economic transformations of Argentina at the end of the XIX century, Leandro N. Alem and the birth of the Radical Civic Union and the immigration process until reaching 1912when Ricardo Zemborain donates his collections by testamentary will to give rise to the first historical museum of the city.
Source: Ambito
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