Resumen: En este trabajo se presenta el camino que recorrieron las colecciones arqueológicas y paleontológicas conformadas inicialmente por Don Dámaso Arce y que actualmente se encuentran en un depósito municipal en la ciudad de Olavarría, provincia de Buenos Aires. A esta colección original se le sumaron otras provenientes de las investigaciones impulsadas a partir de los años sesenta, cuando el Museo Etnográfico Municipal Dámaso Arce ya estaba funcionando. Con el transcurrir del tiempo, estas colecciones de valor científico, educativo y social pasaron por diversas vicisitudes que provocaron la pérdida de parte de sus piezas, con el consecuente desmembramiento del conjunto. El análisis de la trayectoria que sufrieron las mismas permite plantear que la causa principal de su actual estado dentro de un depósito cerrado al público es el desconocimiento de su valor por parte de muchos de los sucesivos gobernantes y, en menor medida, la falta de responsabilidad en relación a este patrimonio por parte de los investigadores y profesionales de museos. En este trabajo se recopila información para analizarlas en clave histórica y a la luz de las normativas y principios éticos que las amparan, con el propósito de visibilizar su estado e instar a su salvaguarda. Palabras-clave:Colecciones arqueológicas y paleontológicas. Museos. Conservación. Patrimonio. Abstract:This article presents the trajectories of the archaeological and paleontological collections initially formed by Dámaso Arce and currently located in a depository in the city of Olavarría, Buenos Aires province. To this original collection were added others that resulted from investigations since the 1960s, at which stage the Museo Etnográfico Municipal Dámaso Arce was already in operation. With the passing of time, these collections of scientific, educational and social value went through various adjustments which led to some parts being lost and which, eventually, led to the collections' dismemberment. An analysis of the trajectory suffered by these collections could argue that the main causes of their current state, that is, in a warehouse closed to the public, is due to ignorance of their value on the part of those in power, and to a lesser extent, a lack of responsibility by researchers and museum professionals towards their heritage. This article brings together information in order to analyze these collections historically and in the light of the ethical rules and principles that protect them, with the intention of rendering them more visible and urging their safekeeping.
Los museos que poseen restos humanos para su salvaguardia deben adecuarse a un conjunto de normativas y recomendaciones de manejo. El Código de Deontología del Consejo Internacional de Museos (icom, por sus siglas en inglés) identifica estas piezas como materiales culturales delicados y tiene una serie de prescripciones al respecto. Bajo tal premisa, en este trabajo se presentan los procedimientos que se están adoptando para acondicionar legal y técnicamente los restos óseos de siete individuos que se encuentran en el Museo Etnográfico Municipal Dámaso Arce (MEDA) de Olavarría, en la República argentina. Actualmente este museo no está abierto al público y sus colecciones arqueológicas se encuentran en un depósito municipal. ____ Museums that keep human remains must conform to a set of regulations and professional recommendations for their safekeeping. The icom (International Council of Museums) Code of Ethics identifies these pieces as sensitive cultural materials and has a number of related guidelines. This will form the premise of this work, which aims to present the procedures that are being adopted to legally and technically condition the human skeletal remains of seven individuals that are located in the Museo Etnográfico Municipal Dámaso Arce (meda, for its initials in Spanish) of Olavarría, in Argentina. Currently this museum is not open to the public and its archaeological collections are stored in a municipal warehouse.
The municipality of Olavarría, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, has a rich, diverse, and ancient natural and cultural heritage, although this is not well known by the local community. For this reason, an itinerant exhibition was developed to promote public access to scientific information and community awareness concerning the importance of local heritage. This project was the starting point of an integral programme of public outreach and science education, whose main goal is to facilitate intellectual and physical access to academic knowledge by local communities. After seven years of development, several lessons have been learned, including the need to increase stakeholders' participation and the exploration of new strategies of communication in order to engage different segments of the public.
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