DEMOCRACY IN THE MUSEUM. THE FOUNDATION AND PERMANENT EXHIBITION OF THE MUSEO ADOLFO SUÁREZ Y LA TRANSICIÓN

Jurek Sehrt (1) , Tobias Reckling (2)

1 LAI - Institute for Latin American Studies
2 CEISR - Centre for European and International Studies Research

This article examines the recently founded Museo Adolfo Suárez y la Transición - the first Spanish museum dedicated to the Transition to Democracy. Through considering museums as important institutions for the formation of national identities, the article explores the foundation of the museum and its current permanent exhibition in the context of competing narratives of contemporary Spanish history. In doing so, it will be argued that in the context of this museum, the Spanish Transition, as the founding myth for the democratic Spanish nation, also serves to silence the more problematic Spanish history of the twentieth century.

Mots clés: museum; transition; democracy; collective identity; Spain; Adolfo Suárez; democratization

Domaines: Histoire; Art et histoire de l'art

Jurek Sehrt, Tobias Reckling. DEMOCRACY IN THE MUSEUM. THE FOUNDATION AND PERMANENT EXHIBITION OF THE MUSEO ADOLFO SUÁREZ Y LA TRANSICIÓN. International Journal of Iberian Studies, 2013, 26:1&2, pp.103-111. ⟨halshs-00843039⟩