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2026
MUSIC / ARGENTINA

Symposium on musical archives by the Carlos Vega National Institute of Musicology

The Carlos Vega National Institute of Musicology in Argentina organizes a symposium on musical archives in 2026, reflecting the new orientation towards active management of sound memory.

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  1. 🥼SIMPOSIO SOBRE ARCHIVOS MUSICALES ● 2026 El ...www.instagram.com · accessed 10/20/2026
27 October 2025
FILM / GLOBAL

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

Annual celebration that coincides with the anniversary of the creation of a fundamental international document for the recognition of film heritage, mentioned in Mercedes Iáñez Ortega's article published in 2026.

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  1. El cine como patrimonio cultural. Soporte de la patrimonializacióndoi.org · accessed 11/08/2026
12 January 2025
TECHNOLOGY / SPAIN

Publication of the doctoral thesis on digital technologies for accessible heritage management

Francesca Ronco presents her doctoral thesis at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, proposing a scalable model to integrate technologies such as 3D scanning, photogrammetry, and augmented reality into museum management, aiming to improve visitor accessibility and multisensory experience, using the Museo d'Arte Orientale in Turin as a case study.

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  1. Tecnologías digitales aplicadas a la gestión accesible del patrimonio arquitectónico y museísticodoi.org · accessed 11/01/2026
2025
ARCADE / LATIN AMERICA

A study of video game arcades in Santiago

OpenAlex records Giancarlo Mera Marinkovic’s 2025 dissertation on video game arcades as spaces of leisure and youth sociability in Santiago from 1982 to 1997. The record documents the dissertation’s year and the period studied, not a specific date for an event at the arcades.

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  1. “Entre fichas y pantallas”: los salones de videojuegos como espacios de ocio y sociabilidad juvenil en Santiago (1982-1997)openalex.org · accessed 10/10/2026
2025
DESIGN AND ADVERTISING / SPAIN

Publication of the study on the Balder y Sanz ventriloquism collection

Raquel Racionero Núñez publishes a study on the conservation of the Balder y Sanz ventriloquism collection, relating design and advertising of variety shows.

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  1. El diseño y la publicidad de los espectáculos de variedades: la conservación de la colección de ventriloquía de Balder y Sanzdoi.org · accessed 10/16/2026
  2. El diseño y la publicidad de los espectáculos de variedades: la conservación de la colección de ventriloquía de Balder y Sanzopenalex.org · accessed 10/16/2026
2025
ANIMATION / JAPAN

Creation of the Animation Department at the National Film Archive of Japan

The National Film Archive of Japan creates an Animation Department to preserve production materials such as cels and drawings, responding to the debate on the conservation of intermediate materials in public institutions.

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  1. Entrevista a Akira Tochigi por Kae Ishihara y Yayoi Tsutsuiwww.ica.org · accessed 11/03/2026
2025
RESTORATION / SPAIN

RetroMañía prepares an exhibition on Atari ST and Commodore Amiga

The 2025 edition of RetroMañía announced an exhibition placing the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga families in context and highlighting their multimedia capabilities, alongside activities and visits related to computer history.

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  1. RetroMañía 2025 | Asociación RetroAcciónwww.retroaccion.org · accessed 09/25/2026
2025
COMICS AND MAGAZINES / GLOBAL

A book examines independent publishing through archives and museums

The bibliographic record dates Pablo Strucchi’s book *De archivo a museo: un lugar para la edición independiente* to 2025. The article cites it as a reference on independent publishing and its relationship with archives and museums, without attributing specific conclusions to it.

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  1. De archivo a museo: un lugar para la edición independienteopenalex.org · accessed 10/04/2026
2025
CARS AND MOTORCYCLES / ITALY

Renovation of the MAUTO exhibition route

MAUTO renovates its exhibition route by reorganizing rooms, rewriting texts, and integrating modern and contemporary art works, reflecting the evolution of the museum narrative on car history.

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  1. El MAUTOwww.museoauto.com · accessed 11/11/2026
May 2024
TOYS / COLOMBIA

Colombian Pedagogical Museum highlights Mecano game in May 2024

In May 2024, the Colombian Pedagogical Museum presented the Mecano construction game as the piece of the month, linking toys with the history of childhood and school memory.

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  1. Patrimonio Histórico Educativo – Página 3museopedagogico.pedagogica.edu.co · accessed 10/22/2026
  2. Cultura Material - MUSEO PEDAGÓGICO COLOMBIANOmuseopedagogico.pedagogica.edu.co · accessed 10/22/2026
April 2024
TOYS / COLOMBIA

Colombian Pedagogical Museum names toys its feature of the month

In April 2024, the Colombian Pedagogical Museum selected its general collection of games and toys as its feature of the month. It includes traditional handmade toys such as the coca, pirinola, spinning top and yo-yo.

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  1. Pieza del mes de abril de 2024: Los juguetes en la historia de la infancia. La colección de juegos y juguetes en el Museo Pedagógico Colombiano. – MUSEO PEDAGÓGICO COLOMBIANOmuseopedagogico.pedagogica.edu.co · accessed 09/24/2026
2024
TELEVISION / GLOBAL

Publication of studies on the archive as a narrative agent in the digital age

In 2024, academic works were published reflecting on memory, artificial intelligence, and digital citizenship, positioning the archive as a key element for cultural narrative against disinformation. These works, such as those included in 'TVMorfosis', analyze the transformation of cultural television in the digital environment.

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  1. Memoria, inteligencia artificial y ciudadanía digital: el archivo como agente narrativo en la era de la desinformacióndoi.org · accessed 10/24/2026
2024
FOOD AND SWEETS / BRAZIL

Garoto drives growth in Nestlé’s confectionery business

In its 2024 full-year results, Nestlé highlighted Garoto as one of the local brands driving high-single-digit growth in confectionery.

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  1. Resultados del ejercicio completo 2024translate.google.com · accessed 10/18/2026
2024
TOYS / COLOMBIA

Documentation of the Mecano «The Best» booklet cover

The Colombian Pedagogical Museum records a photograph of the Mecano «The Best» booklet cover in its archive, dated 2024.

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  1. Producción Industrial - MUSEO PEDAGÓGICO COLOMBIANOmuseopedagogico.pedagogica.edu.co · accessed 10/19/2026
15 May 2023
COMICS AND MAGAZINES / UNITED STATES

Publication of Marvel Comics in the 1970s

Cornell University Press publishes the book edited by Eliot Borenstein, which brings together academic studies on the editorial, cultural, and commercial evolution of Marvel Comics during the 1970s.

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  1. Marvel Comics in the 1970sdoi.org · accessed 11/05/2026
2023
VIDEO GAMES / GLOBAL

An article presents video games as an inclusive cultural space for people with visual impairments

An article by Javier Peña Andrés presents video games as an inclusive cultural space for people with visual impairments. The available record establishes this focus, but does not provide enough information to summarize its methods or conclusions.

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  1. Los videojuegos: el nuevo espacio cultural inclusivo para personas con discapacidad visualopenalex.org · accessed 09/29/2026
2023
RESTORATION / SPAIN

Restoration of a pedal car and a pedal aircraft from the UPV collection

The OCIGOLONTE 2023 proceedings include a study on the restoration of a pedal car and a pedal aircraft from the Toy Museum of the Universitat Politècnica de València. The reference identifies the pieces and project but does not detail the treatments carried out.

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  1. Los juguetes a pedales de la factoría Sauquillo. Restauración de un coche y un avión del Museo del Juguete de la Universitat Politècnica de Valènciadoi.org · accessed 10/25/2026
2023
DESIGN AND ADVERTISING / SPAIN

Study on preserving Valencian design archives

Ester Alba Pagán published a study on preserving, studying and sharing professional or business archives of Valencian design.

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  1. Diseño y patrimonio cultural: cómo asegurar la conservación ...turia.uv.es · accessed 10/16/2026
  2. Diseño y patrimonio cultural: cómo asegurar la conservación, estudio y difusión de los archivos profesionales o empresariales del diseño valencianoopenalex.org · accessed 10/16/2026
2022
ANIMATION / JAPAN

MAPPA Self-Finances *Chainsaw Man*

The 2022 television series *Chainsaw Man* was an exception to the usual production-committee model: MAPPA produced it with its own investment rather than raising funds from several companies.

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  1. Mappa (estudio de animación)es.wikipedia.org · accessed 10/31/2026