The day municipal vaccinations were turned into museums

In 1939, Hilarión Hernández Larguía, the new director of the Juan B. Castagnino Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, undertook the creation of a museum of graphic reproductions. These images had a clear educational goal: to retrace a history of painting which would contribute to “the visual education of the public and the artists”. In an age when art books were expensive and their images were of good quality, access to reproductions “of minute precision and practical sizes” was an extraordinary and new fact.

The Museum of Graphic Reproductions was formed through purchases and donations of plates to carefully framed and exhibited “illustrious masters of painting”, as well as original works by Castagnino. The collection of reproductions has traveled on loan to museums and institutions in the country where it has always been celebrated by its visitors.

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The day when municipal vaccinations became “museums”.

Photo credit: Celina Mutti Lovera / La Capital

Coming back to mind, the museum has built up a new collection of reproductions that can travel and be presented to a wider audience and at the same time is an invitation to visit the museum in a prudent and safe manner. These ten photos were presented in the vaccination center of the southwest district, digital copies of works that are in the Castagnino + Macro museum, drawings, prints, photographs of artists such as Antonio Berni, Noemí Escandell, Nicola Constantino, among others and other.

“We want to bring the museums to the neighbors, especially in this time of distress, it is good to be able to bring them works of art, colors and characters, so that they can enjoy this experience”, said the secretary of culture of the town, Dante Taparelli, was responsible on Monday to inaugurate the sample.

The one in the southwest district was not the only vaccine to magically become a space for contemplation.

The city museum is present in the southern district with the sample of the pandemic register. First voices. The exhibition is part of the museum’s decision to get out and explore the neighborhoods, as part of its 40th anniversary, and reconcile the sample so that all neighbors have access to this historical archive. The municipal offices at Avenida Uriburu 637 are the first stop on the route and can be visited until May 21, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., in the vaccination center.

Pandemic Registry is a collective and plural file allowing to share with all citizens various experiences and past experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. It should be mentioned that the file is still in force, so those who wish to add their experience can it. do so by writing to [email protected].

Likewise, in the municipal center of the Western District (Av. Pres. Perón 4602), a fragment of the register of pandemics will also be presented with the exhibition Absences, produced by the Museum of Memory.

Meanwhile, in the vaccination center of the Cine Lumière Cultural Center (Vélez Sársfield 1027) invitations to visit municipal museums in our city will be given to health personnel.

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Rosario’s Secretary of Culture, Dante Taparelli.

Photo credit: Celina Mutti Lovera / La Capital

For its part, the Council of the City of Girls and Boys will join the celebration and start working on this year’s slogan: the future of museums. This council, made up of four groups of girls and boys between 7 and 11 years old, will approach its work from the question: What is your experience and your expectations and how do you think of the museum of the future? In addition, each group will take a virtual tour of the museums via Meet.

This Tuesday morningn also three filters have been activated on the Instagram account @culturarosario. They will allow cell phone and camera interaction with works from museums in our city. Augmented reality allows layers of visual information to be superimposed on the environment.

The proposal invites users to play with their face evoking a piece from the Castagnino and Estevez collection.

Additionally, you can use another filter with options for museum related phrases. You can choose the filter and share the photo to participate in the networks of this museum day. Two of these phrases will also be incorporated for use as cell phone wallpaper.

It is a proposal that allows interaction from social networks, offering users options to get closer to the heritage of our city.