Archive of technology, entertainment and everyday life
Preserving decorative arts is not limited to repairing objects. Documentation, safe access and organised storage also help protect both their physical condition and the information they convey.
Open storySources on museum archives show that preserving a program is not simply a matter of keeping its storage medium: it also means identifying it, describing its context and making the preserved material intelligible. The available evidence, however, does not support a detailed technical history of old software.
Open storyDrawing on the available sources, this article examines how the board-game industry’s transformation since the 1990s has been described, and why these material, analog works merit a place of their own in cultural studies.
Open storyThe history of Ibi’s Valencian Toy Museum shows how a toy collection can document industrial work, design, advertising and changing ways of playing. Drawing on institutional and academic sources, this article places the museum within a Spanish network devoted to preserving toy heritage.
Open storyA documented tour of several decisive changes in board games from 1970 to 2009: Spanish editions of historical games, the so-called European school, the expansion of the 1990s, and a selection of titles whose chronology appears in the available sources.
Open storyMuseum presence on the Internet did not begin as an immersive experience. Starting with documented cases at the Library of Congress in 1992 and the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in 1994, this article examines what changed when collections and documentation moved online—and why accessibility cannot replace context.
Open storyA cautious reading of the transformation attributed to board games since the 1990s: a broader offer, the popularisation of eurogames, new audiences, and the emergence of the board game as a field of cultural and industrial study.
Open storyThe Web did not create the Internet, but it radically changed how it was used. This careful overview explains how links, browsers and search helped turn a network of technical services into an everyday space during the 1990s.
Open storyA careful reading of the transformation board games underwent in the 1990s: an expanding catalogue, the importance of European design, and The Settlers of Catan as a frequently cited landmark.
Open storySeveral sources place a decisive transformation of the board-game industry in the 1990s: supply grew, eurogames became popular, and a broader conversation about authors, publishers, audiences, materiality, and digital play took shape. This analysis separates documented evidence from possible interpretations.
Open storyThe first museum presences online opened new avenues for consultation, but they also raised a question that remains current: a digital copy can expand access without replacing an object’s documentation, provenance, and interpretive setting.
Open storyA reading guide to preventive conservation and documentation in the decorative arts: why preserving an object means protecting not only its material but also its history, condition and relationship to a collection.
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