Archive of technology, entertainment and everyday life
A cautious reading of the available sources on 1970s fashion: disco aesthetics, synthetic materials and the influence of urban cultures emerge as distinct strands, not as one uniform style.
Open storyA look at how museums and collections turn everyday toys into evidence of childhood, material culture and social change—without confusing what an object may suggest with what sources can establish.
Open storyRegular television broadcasting in Spain began in 1956, but its early history cannot be reduced to an opening date. The available sources show how the new medium gained public presence and how programmes, advertising and political context intersected in its first years.
Open storyComputers can help document and manage collections, while also being heritage objects whose histories depend on preserving associated information. An evidence-led look at museum documentation and the Museum of Computing History.
Open storyAn image may clearly show a factory, a street or a group of workers and still leave unanswered who produced it, why, and how it reached us. Photographic archives make it possible to read images as part of a documentary activity, not merely as isolated scenes.
Open storyA look at several Spanish collections shows that an automobile museum preserves more than vehicles: it can also bring together engines, components, documents and context to explain the history of technology and society. The available information allows a comparison between MAUTO and the Torrejón de Ardoz automobile collection without conflating their origins or aims.
Open storyFashion’s arrival in museums changed how clothing could be seen: exhibitions can address not only appearance but also social, artistic and material histories. A careful survey of documented milestones and debates from 1971 to the early twenty-first century.
Open storyA guide to reading catalogues, educational materials and studies of everyday life with attention to what they actually document, what questions they allow us to ask, and where their limits lie.
Open storyDocumentation makes it possible to study restoration as work, institutional memory, and a source of knowledge. The Prado’s published history points to a significant shift: from lists to systematic reports for individual works, alongside wider communication about restoration.
Open storyA careful reading of several Spanish photographic collections reveals the breadth of their dates, subjects and formats—and the limits of what can be concluded from their public descriptions.
Open storyDuring the 1970s and 1980s, adult comic magazines became a visible presence at Spanish newsstands. Their growth, their room for emerging artists and their later decline offer a way to examine changing formats and distribution channels in comics.
Open storyMusic leaves traces in scores, recordings, archives and living practices. Looking at musical heritage shows why preservation must attend to documents as well as their contexts, uses and forms of dissemination.
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