Publication: El Museo Antropológico del doctor Velasco: anatomía de una obsesión
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2014
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Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte
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El objetivo del artículo es revisar la historia del Museo Antropológico (1875-1887). Tras analizar las circunstancias que conducen al doctor Velasco a su creación, se estudian las salas de exposición, las colecciones originales y los proyectos académicos y políticos que su propietario trata de articular en torno al centro. Comprobaremos que, pese a la falta de sistematización de la mayor parte de las colecciones no anatómicas, el museo fue mucho más que un simple depósito de fetos monstruosos y curiosidades.
The aim of this paper is to review the history of the Museum of Anthropology (1875-1887). We study the reasons and circumstances that led Doctor Velasco to found the museum, the exhibition halls, the original collections, and the academic and political projects that he tried to articulate in connection with his museum. We’ll see that, despite the lack of systematization of most its non-anatomical collections, the museum was much more than a simple repository of monstrous fetuses and curiosities.
The aim of this paper is to review the history of the Museum of Anthropology (1875-1887). We study the reasons and circumstances that led Doctor Velasco to found the museum, the exhibition halls, the original collections, and the academic and political projects that he tried to articulate in connection with his museum. We’ll see that, despite the lack of systematization of most its non-anatomical collections, the museum was much more than a simple repository of monstrous fetuses and curiosities.