Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen
The Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen ( Spanish for Museum of Word and Image ) is a Salvadoran cultural museum in San Salvador that emerged from a citizens' initiative in the early 1990s. Nowadays the museum is established as a non-commercial foundation.
Since 2004, the museum has presented important examples of Salvadoran cultural and historical assets in various exhibitions that are in danger of being forgotten. The titles of the exhibitions were for example "Legado de Salarrué ", "Memoria de los Izalcos ", "1932", "De la Guerra y la Paz" or "Patria Peregrina - Pedro Geoffroy Rivas ". The objects are classified and digitized step by step. The collections contain manuscripts, photographs, sound and video recordings, objects and publications that have been donated to the museum. These partly unique exhibits are available to researchers, lecturers and students for study purposes and serve to understand the socio-cultural development of the country and the preservation of the Salvadoran cultural heritage.
Collections
- Collection: De la Guerra a la Paz : A collection of manuscripts, photos, audio recordings, films, objects, diaries and publications from the time of the Salvadoran Civil War (1981–1992).
- Collection: Salarrué : Holds a multitude of objects and the personal library of the most important Salvadoran artist of the 20th century .
- Collection: Roque Dalton : manuscripts, photos and publications of the socially critical poet and fighter.
- Collection: Prudencia Ayala : A collection on the struggle for women's rights in El Salvador.
- Collection: "1932" : copy of the collection from the Moscow archives with interviews of the survivors of the massacre of 1932 in El Salvador .
Archives
In addition to the historical collections, the museum has important archives that form the basis of the museum's publications:
- Filmothek : With its recordings of the civil war, Salvadoran film productions and recordings of television programs, the Filmothek is one of the most important video archives in the country.
- Photo library : Contains over 35,000 images from 1872 to the present on the most important Salvadoran personalities and events.
- Audio library : Contains broadcasts from Radio Venceremos , as well as recordings on cultural and historical topics such as B. Testimony on the situation of human and women's rights in El Salvador.
- Social Science Library : Specializes in historical research and social science topics in El Salvador and Central America .
The museum in San Salvador
On the premises of the museum in the capital and in traveling exhibitions, topics relating to the country's identity, culture and historical memory are presented. There are various exhibition halls as well as a cinema hall. In addition, the Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen produces books, magazines and documentaries and organizes numerous educational and cultural events.