Museo de la Memoria
 Cultural Center Museum of Remembrance |
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Montevideo 
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Public, culture, history
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| opening | 2006 |
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Elbio Ferrario
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The Cultural Museum of Memory ( spanish Museo de la Memoria MUME) is located since 2006 in the Av. de las Instrucciones 1057 in Montevideo , Uruguay . The museum is dedicated to the documentation of the terror waged by the state during the Uruguayan military dictatorship (1973–1985) and the struggle of the people against oppression.
history
The MUME was founded on October 17, 2006 and opened to visitors on December 10, 2007. Social and human rights organizations were involved in the establishment and founded the “Association of Friends and Friends of MUME”. The museum is located in the former residence of the dictator Máximo Santos . The building is located in the Prado district and has a unique architectural style. The museum grounds include a large garden with 80 exotic plant species, a grotto and a private zoo.
The property on Av. de las Instrucciones / corner of Bulevar José Batlle y Ordoñez, was acquired by Silvestres Pérez Brabo in 1725. On January 5, 1877, it was sold to Santos for 4000 pesos. It was adjacent to the residence of Lorenzo Latorre .
In addition to this property in Montevideo, Santos owned the Palacio Santos , in which the Uruguayan Foreign Ministry is located. At that time there was a simple house on the property. Santos had this building demolished in order to have a more splendid residential building built, which is characterized by architectural elements of the 19th century.
collection
In addition to a permanent exhibition, the museum also has solo exhibitions on various topics. The permanent exhibition deals with the subjects of "Human rights crimes and the disappeared", "The road to dictatorship", "Popular resistance", "Prisons", "Restoration of democracy" and "Exile".
- Human rights crimes and disappearances: A collection of personal belongings from people who disappeared or were murdered during the dictatorship, newspaper articles and publications that document the struggle of the relatives of the disappeared for legal clarification. In addition, stickers, leaflets, information sheets and video recordings that should draw attention to the disappearance.
- The road to dictatorship: Various objects are exhibited that are related to the military dictatorship in Uruguay (1973–1985).
- Popular resistance: The dictatorship had an impact on the private lives of many citizens, family reunions or social events were suspected of resisting the regime. The collection shows exhibits from this era of Uruguayan national history.
- Prisons: objects that document the life of prisoners. These are personal objects as well as objects made by the prisoners such as playing cards, combs, shoes or copies of documents.
- Restoration of Democracy: exhibits that testify to the period of restoration of democracy in Uruguay .
- Exile: Objects from the time when Uruguayan citizens were in exile.
Publications (selection)
- Roberto Saban, María Eugenia Grau: Exposición Deportados Roberto Saban . MUME, Museo e la Memoria, Montevideo 2012, OCLC 930946816 .
- Isabel Collazo, Rossana Passeggi, María de los Àngeles Fein, Ana Sosa Aldacor: Los niños del reencuentro . MUME, Museo e la Memoria, Montevideo 2014, ISBN 978-9974-8465-4-8 (The Children of Reunification).
- Juan Raúl Ferreira: Ser Iglesia en dictadura testimonio y residencia solidaria de la iglesia metodista en el Uruguay . MUME, Museo e la Memoria, Montevideo 2014, OCLC 951231664 .
Web links
- Consulate General of Uruguay: Los Niños del Reencuentro
Individual evidence
- ↑ Equipo del MUME - Museo de la Memoria. mume.montevideo.gub.uy, accessed July 29, 2018 (Spanish).
- ↑ Museo de la Memoria. mume.montevideo.gub.uy, accessed July 29, 2018 (Spanish).
- ↑ MUME Institucional. Museo de la Memoria, 2013, archived from the original on December 6, 2012 ; Retrieved August 3, 2018 (Spanish).