Museo Rocsen
 Facade of the museum building |
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| place | near Nono (Argentina) |
| opening | January 6, 1969 |
| management |
Juan Santiago Bouchon
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The Museo Polifacético Rocsen is a private museum in the Argentine province of Córdoba , located about 5 km outside the town of Nono and 12 km from Mina Clavero . The founder and owner of the museum, which opened on January 6, 1969, is the Breton immigrant Juan Santiago Bouchon. More than 20,000 exhibits are shown on an area of 1530 m².
concept
Bouchon describes the goal of his museum with the words " Deseo que en mi museo se encuentre todo el hombre para todos los hombres " ( Juan Santiago Bouchon , German: "I wish that the whole person can be found for everyone in my museum") .
In 1969 the museum started as a collection of butterflies and various curiosities and with an exhibition area of 100 m². The collection grew over the years to well over 20,000 exhibits; according to the inventory from 2003, the museum then comprised 22,305 exhibits. These are thematically arranged and encompass different areas of technology as well as human life, natural history , art and belief .
The museum is open from 9 a.m. to sunset, 365 days a year. The name of the museum, Rocsen , is derived from the words rocca (rock) and sacer (holy) and originally referred to a family property of Bouchons' that was lost in World War II .
building
The facade of the museum building is adorned by 49 (7 × 7) statues in niches, which are supposed to represent the history of thought, to be a symbol of pacifism and humanism and were created by Bouchon himself. The covered exhibition area is 1530 m².
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Official website of the museum
- ↑ Argentinisches Tageblatt , May 4, 2002 , p. 4
- ↑ General information. Official website of the museum
- ↑ facade. Official website of the museum
Coordinates: 31 ° 47 ′ 57 ″ S , 64 ° 57 ′ 23 ″ W