Derroteros de una institución científica fundacional: el Museo público de Buenos Aires, 1812-1911
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https://doi.org/10.34096/runa.v29i1.1205Keywords:
Museums, history of science, collections, naturalism, learned cultureAbstract
The intention of founding a scientific institution oriented to tresure theproducts of nature was born some years after the May Revolution. As a legacy of a
recent tradition -the creation of the British Museum in London (1753) and the Musée
National d´Histoire Naturelle in Paris (1794)- the Public Museum of Buenos Aires
(PMBA) constituted a significant element of the Rivadavian cultural program. The
purpose of this article consist of an analysis of the social and cultural history of the
PMBA, from its early origins until the time of the centennial. The article takes into
account several components of an "ethnography of Museums" such as authorities,
colections, publications, location of buildings, scientific and security staff, budget
problems, associations of friends and their diverse intrigues, specialized audience,
occasional visitors, among others.
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Derroteros de una institución científica fundacional: el Museo público de Buenos Aires, 1812-1911. (2008). RUNA, Archivo Para Las Ciencias Del Hombre, 29(1), 187-206. https://doi.org/10.34096/runa.v29i1.1205
