Timeline

2007

RESTORATION / SPAIN

Work on the Grand Entrance ends and work on the Study begins

Museo Cerralbo completed recovery work on the Grand Entrance and began work in the Study.

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1. Recuperación de espacios - Museo Cerralbo | Ministerio de Culturawww.cultura.gob.es · accessed 09/19/2026

2007

CARS AND MOTORCYCLES / SPAIN

The automobile museum in Torrejón de Ardoz is inaugurated

The Automobile Museum Collection in Torrejón de Ardoz was inaugurated in 2007 at the facilities of the No. 1 Wheeled Vehicle Maintenance Centre.

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1. Portada de la Colección museográfica del Automóvil | Patrimonio Cultural de Defensapatrimoniocultural.defensa.gob.es · accessed 09/24/2026

2007

RESTORATION / SPAIN

The Automotive Museum Collection is inaugurated

The collection associated with the No. 1 Wheeled Vehicles Maintenance Centre and Park was inaugurated as a museum in 2007.

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1. Portada de la Colección museográfica del Automóvil | Patrimonio Cultural de Defensapatrimoniocultural.defensa.gob.es · accessed 09/25/2026

6 December 2006

PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO / MEXICO

The Mexico City Museum Archive of Photography is established

The creation of the Museum Archive of Photography was published in the Official Gazette of the Federal District. The institution was established to preserve, study and disseminate photographs, especially images related to Mexico City’s history.

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1. Censo-Guía de Archivos de España e Iberoaméricacensoarchivos.cultura.gob.es · accessed 09/27/2026

6 December 2006

PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO / MEXICO

The creation of the Museum Archive of Photography is published

The creation of Mexico City’s Museum Archive of Photography was published in the Official Gazette of the Federal District on 6 December 2006.

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1. Censo-Guía de Archivos de España e Iberoaméricacensoarchivos.cultura.gob.es · accessed 09/28/2026

6 December 2006

PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO / MEXICO

Creation of Mexico’s Museum Archive of Photography is published

The Official Gazette of the Federal District published the creation of the Museum Archive of Photography, established to gather images related to local administrations, public services and infrastructure works.

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1. Censo-Guía de Archivos de España e Iberoaméricacensoarchivos.cultura.gob.es · accessed 09/24/2026

6 December 2006

PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO / MEXICO

The creation of the Mexico City Photography Archive Museum is published

The creation of the Photography Archive Museum was published in the Official Gazette of the Federal District. The institution is dedicated to preserving, researching and disseminating photography, with particular attention to images related to the city's history.

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1. Censo-Guía de Archivos de España e Iberoaméricacensoarchivos.cultura.gob.es · accessed 09/26/2026

2006

RESTORATION / SPAIN

Work is carried out in the Cerralbo Museum’s three galleries

The phased recovery reached the First, Second and Third Galleries.

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1. Recuperación de espacios - Museo Cerralbo | Ministerio de Culturawww.cultura.gob.es · accessed 09/23/2026

2006

RESTORATION / ITALY

The Museo della Figurina opens in Modena

The Museo della Figurina opened in Modena in 2006. It grew out of Giuseppe Panini’s private collection, donated to the city, and presents the history of trading cards and their printing materials and techniques.

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1. Una historia de cromos | Pixartprintingwww.pixartprinting.es · accessed 09/26/2026

2006

COMPUTERS / NORTHERN AMERICA

The Macintosh transition to Intel processors begins

Apple began moving the Macintosh line from PowerPC to Intel processors, another technical shift in a product family that had continued since the original model.

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1. Macintoshes.wikipedia.org · accessed 09/28/2026

2006

RESTORATION / SPAIN

The Museo Cerralbo’s three galleries are recovered

The Museo Cerralbo’s space-recovery project addressed the First, Second, and Third Galleries.

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1. Recuperación de espacios - Museo Cerralbo | Ministerio de Culturawww.cultura.gob.es · accessed 09/22/2026

2006

RESTORATION / ITALY

The Museo della Figurina in Modena opens

The Museo della Figurina in Modena, formed from Giuseppe Panini’s private collection, opened in 2006 and preserves a large collection of printed images.

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1. Una historia de cromos | Pixartprintingwww.pixartprinting.es · accessed 09/28/2026

2005

RESTORATION / GLOBAL

The UN approves World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

In 2005, the UN approved the observance of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage to raise awareness of the need for action and recognize the importance of these documents.

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1. Preservación del patrimonio audiovisual de televisión El archivo de Televisión Española (TVE): de los orígenes a la digitalización - Dialnetdialnet.unirioja.es · accessed 09/25/2026

2005

COMICS AND MAGAZINES / FRANCE

The Louvre Creates Its Own Comics Collection

The Louvre Museum created its own bande dessinée collection, marking a milestone in the inclusion of comics in French museum collections.

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1. El año del cómic y los museos - Jot Down Cultural Magazinewww.jotdown.es · accessed 09/26/2026

2004

RESTORATION / GLOBAL

FIAT/IFTA issues a worldwide call to preserve audiovisual archives

In 2004, the International Federation of Television Archives issued a worldwide call to preserve radio and television archives, emphasizing their value as expressions of cultural identity and historical testimony.

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1. Preservación del patrimonio audiovisual de televisión El archivo de Televisión Española (TVE): de los orígenes a la digitalización - Dialnetdialnet.unirioja.es · accessed 09/25/2026

2003

FASHION / SPAIN

Tras el espejo presents Spanish fashion at the Reina Sofía

The exhibition Tras el espejo. Moda española was held at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and is cited as an example of clothing featured in museum exhibitions.

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1. Los tejidos en las colecciones de los museos españoles, una ...revistas.ucm.es · accessed 09/27/2026

2003

SOFTWARE / CANADA

Andrew Warkentin begins collecting historical operating systems

Since 2003, Andrew Warkentin has collected emulators and virtual-machine images for the Virtual OS Museum, an initiative to explore historical operating systems on modern computers.

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1. Alguien ha recopilado más de 600 sistemas operativos históricos y los ha dispuesto para tu uso y disfrutewww.xataka.com · accessed 09/24/2026

2003

FASHION / SPAIN

Tras el espejo. Moda española is presented at the Reina Sofía Museum

The exhibition Tras el espejo. Moda española was held in 2003 at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, placing fashion within an art-exhibition setting.

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1. Los tejidos en las colecciones de los museos españoles, una ...revistas.ucm.es · accessed 09/26/2026

2002

RESTORATION / SPAIN

Recovery of the Cerralbo Museum’s spaces begins

The Cerralbo Museum began a recovery project grounded in historical documentation and coordinated conservation and restoration. That year, the Library’s wall paper and the shelves on its upper floor were also restored.

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1. Recuperación de espacios - Museo Cerralbo | Ministerio de Culturawww.cultura.gob.es · accessed 09/23/2026

2002

RESTORATION / SPAIN

Museo Cerralbo begins recovering its spaces

Museo Cerralbo began a space-recovery project based on historical documentation, conservation, and restoration; that year, the Library’s wallpaper and upper shelving were also restored.

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1. Recuperación de espacios - Museo Cerralbo | Ministerio de Culturawww.cultura.gob.es · accessed 09/19/2026

2002

HOME DÉCOR / SPAIN

Restoration of the wallpaper and shelving in the Cerralbo Museum Library

The Cerralbo Museum Library’s wallpaper and the shelves on its upper floor were restored.

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1. Recuperación de espacios - Museo Cerralbo | Ministerio de Culturawww.cultura.gob.es · accessed 09/24/2026

2000

EVERYDAY LIFE / SPAIN

The Ministry of Culture begins standardizing thesauri used in DOMUS

The museum’s reference states that a campaign began in 2000 to standardize the thesauri used in DOMUS to describe and catalog museum and documentary collections. The article cites DOMUS as a cataloging tool without claiming that it includes old software.

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1. Documentación - | Ministerio de Culturawww.man.es · accessed 09/23/2026

1999

RESTORATION / GLOBAL

Museum Internacional dedicates an issue to preventive conservation

Published in 1999, issue 201 of Museum Internacional discusses preventive conservation as a systematic, ongoing process of maintaining and improving collections.

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1. Museum Internacional No 201 (Vol LI, n° 1, 1999) Conservación preventivawww.ibermuseos.org · accessed 09/27/2026

1999

RESTORATION / GLOBAL

A publication addresses preventive conservation in museums

Issue 201 of Museum Internacional, published in 1999, addresses preventive conservation as a policy that museums had begun to establish and describes it as a systematic process subject to review and improvement.

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1. Museum Internacional No 201 (Vol LI, n° 1, 1999) Conservación preventivawww.ibermuseos.org · accessed 09/23/2026

1999

PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO / SPAIN

The collection that originated the Canary Islands Historical Photography Archive is acquired

According to the Virtual Library of Bibliographic Heritage, the FEDAC-maintained archive dates back to 1999, when the Cabildo of Gran Canaria acquired a collection of more than 18,000 old photographs from José Antonio Pérez Cruz.

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1. Biblioteca Virtual del Patrimonio Bibliográfico > Fototeca > Fototeca > Presentaciónbvpb.mcu.es · accessed 09/28/2026

1999

RESTORATION / GLOBAL

An issue of *Museum International* addresses preventive conservation

Issue 201 of *Museum International*, published in 1999, addresses preventive conservation in museums as a professional policy and a systematic process of maintaining and improving collections.

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1. Museum Internacional No 201 (Vol LI, n° 1, 1999) Conservación preventivawww.ibermuseos.org · accessed 09/24/2026

1999

RESTORATION / GLOBAL

Napster popularizes peer-to-peer file sharing

CCCB Lab notes that Napster popularized a distributed form of peer-to-peer file sharing in 1999.

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1. Internet: una historia en construcción | CCCB Lab - CCCBlab.cccb.org · accessed 09/24/2026

May 1998

FOOD AND SWEETS / SPAIN

The National Museum of Anthropology opens ¡A comer!: alimentación y cultura

The National Museum of Anthropology held the exhibition ¡A comer!: alimentación y cultura from May to November 1998, documented in a catalogue.

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1. Historias y estudios generaleswww.bne.es · accessed 09/22/2026

23 June 1996

CONSOLES / JAPAN

Nintendo 64 launches in Japan

Nintendo dates the Japanese launch of Nintendo 64 to 23 June 1996 and describes it as its first 64-bit console. According to the company’s timeline, thousands queued and more than 500,000 units were sold on the first day.

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1. La historia de Nintendo | Hardware | Nintendo ESwww.nintendo.com · accessed 09/21/2026

1996

EVERYDAY LIFE / SPAIN

A restoration phase at the Romanticism Museum is completed

The phase completed in 1996 chiefly affected the spaces beneath the roof and the museum’s ground floor.

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1. Archivo del Museo Nacional del Romanticismo (Madrid ...censoarchivos.mcu.es · accessed 09/23/2026

1996

RESTORATION / SPAIN

A new restoration phase at the Museum of Romanticism

Another restoration phase at the museum was completed in 1996, focusing especially on the roof spaces and the ground floor.

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1. Archivo del Museo Nacional del Romanticismo (Madrid ...censoarchivos.mcu.es · accessed 09/26/2026

24 August 1995

SOFTWARE / GLOBAL

Microsoft launches Windows 95

The Timetoast timeline states that Windows 95 was released on 24 August 1995.

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1. Timeline: 15 evento de Historia de la tecnología | Timetoastwww.timetoast.com · accessed 09/24/2026

1995

BOARD GAMES / GLOBAL

The symposium becomes an annual gathering held in different locations

According to the source, in 1995 the board-game gathering became an annual event held in different parts of the world.

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1. mundo lúdico – Games & Co.gamesandco.wordpress.com · accessed 09/23/2026

1995

INTERNET / GLOBAL

USB appears to simplify peripheral connections

GQ dates USB’s appearance to 1995 and attributes it to efforts by Compaq, DEC, IBM, Intel, Microsoft and NEC to simplify peripheral connections.

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1. La historia de la tecnología en 25 hitos | GQ Españawww.revistagq.com · accessed 09/24/2026

1995

RESTORATION / SPAIN

The MEIAC opens

The Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo (MEIAC) opened in 1995. The article cites it as an example of an institution whose archive is connected to research and cultural exchange.

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1. archivo del museo extremeño e iberoamericano ... - Censo-Guíacensoarchivos.mcu.es · accessed 09/25/2026

1994

COMPUTERS / NORTHERN AMERICA

Apple introduces PowerPC chips in the Macintosh line

Apple brought PowerPC processors to the Macintosh line, an architectural change that marked a new technical phase for the range.

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1. Macintoshes.wikipedia.org · accessed 09/28/2026

1994

INTERNET / UNITED STATES

The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive goes online

Cultura Conectada reports that the University of California’s Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive had a museum on the Internet in 1994. The source does not specify its content or services.

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1. Historia y evolución de los museos online – Cultura Conectadaculturaconectada.com · accessed 09/23/2026

1994

RESTORATION / UNITED STATES

The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive Had an Online Museum

The University of California’s Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive had an Internet museum presence, cited as an early milestone for online museums.

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1. Historia y evolución de los museos online – Cultura Conectadaculturaconectada.com · accessed 09/19/2026

1994

ARCADE / SPAIN

Little Robin is released commercially by TCH

Recreativas.org reports that Little Robin, the commercial version of an Inder prototype called Yo-Yo Spell, reached the market in 1994 through the Murcian company TCH, on a different board.

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1. Especial Recreativas.org (2014-2024): 10 años de documentación y preservación de juegos de máquinas recreativas españolas - Noticias Recreativas.orgwww.recreativas.org · accessed 09/26/2026

3 August 1993

PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO / SPAIN

The Alfonso Archive prints are deposited

The prints that formed part of the Alfonso Archive’s Studio-Museum were deposited at the General Archive of the Administration on 3 August 1993.

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1. 165 5.3. Fondos y colecciones fotográficas en Archivos Estataleswww.cultura.gob.es · accessed 09/28/2026