Archive of technology, entertainment and everyday life
In post-war Spain, demonstrating television and preserving its images were different tasks. The 1948 trials and the use of film recording until 1956 offer a few traces, but cannot fully establish what was broadcast or what was lost.
Open storyTins, labels and recipe books offer a way into food culture beyond the dishes themselves: as objects and documents connected to habits, images and memory. The Museo da Conserva and research on food heritage provide a starting point for exploring what a collection can tell us—and what it cannot establish on its own.
Open storyA look at narrative ambiguity and selective animation in anime: two approaches that make room for silence, rhythm and visual choices, without reducing the medium’s history to a single formula.
Open storyThe opening of the Museo della Figurina in 2006 turned a private collection of printed images into a public account of collectible pictures, printing techniques and collecting culture.
Open storyDigital archives can broaden access to collections and help preserve information. But their value also depends on how objects are documented, records maintained and the context needed to interpret them communicated.
Open storyA careful reading of the available sources on graphic design, museography and public communication: what a museum’s visual identity can contribute, and what the consulted material cannot establish.
Open storyDistribution connected production with cinemas and audiences. Posters, pressbooks, film magazines and business archives make that work possible to study, while the available sources also set clear limits on what can be claimed.
Open storyPhotographic archives preserve more than images: they also bring together physical supports, descriptions and clues that help explain who made a photograph, why and in what context.
Open storyVideo game history is distributed across software, hardware, documentation and experience. Preservation projects show why saving only one part cannot tell the whole story of the medium.
Open storyThe conservation of decorative objects is not limited to treating damaged pieces. Documentation, storage organization and safe access are part of the everyday work that helps preserve both objects and the information they convey.
Open storyScores, documents and sound recordings preserve different parts of musical history. The Musical Archive of the National Museum of Performing Arts illustrates why preserving music also means preserving its contexts.
Open storyIn Spain, exhibitions, magazines and original drawings make it possible to trace how comics moved from newsstands into cultural spaces. The sources document specific milestones and figures, while also showing how much the story depends on what is preserved and displayed.
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