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1997. The Casón closes
Ana Gutiérrez Márquez, Senior Technician of Museums (Conservation of 19th Century Painting), 1975-20181997. The Casón closes
Ana Gutiérrez Márquez, Senior Technician of Museums (Conservation of 19th Century Painting), 1975-2018
In 1997 the Casón urgently needed repairs. It had damp problems, not just because of the downpipes, which were old, but because of the building’s structure. The Casón had been built over a watercourse that ran from the Retiro and there were tremendous problems with damp in the subsoil. So it was decided that the building needed to be totally updated and we were closed for ten years. These were also the years when we could work on exhibitions and restore the whole collection as both we and the restoration studio continued functioning. We optimised the entire collection, which has since been displayed at the Museum in the best possible conditions.
She began working at the Library of the Department of 19th Century Painting, then becoming Conservator in 1987.
Interview recorded on February 21, 2018
Casón del Buen Retiro
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A “homely little museum” -
Library, Archive and Documentation Centre -
The old library at the Casón -
The Museum of yesterday and today -
The Nineteenth Century Collections and the Casón del Buen Retiro -
The challenges of the Library: Relocation and enhancement of the collections -
Guernica. A boost for the Casón -
An incident in the Casón del Buen Retiro -
Water and Fire. An emergency at the Casón del Buen Retiro -
The Casón, finally open to the public -
The 19th-century collection with Guernica. Looking at what you could -
1982. Photography and restoration at the Casón -
Small marvels -
An amazing engineering project -
Electricity During the Night -
1992. The empty gallery -
The Casón, the ugly duckling -
Picasso's Guernica. Working on an iconic painting in the year 1981 -
The Guernica Is Moved -
1997. The Casón closes -
Renovation Works at the Casón: The Collections Are Stored Away Again -
Poring Over Plans Again: The Moneo Extension
- Included in themes
- Expansion work at the Museum
- Collective
- Conservation
- Chronology
- 1990-2000
- RDF
- RDF
Collective
Conservation
José Luis Díez García
Head of the Department of Conservation of 19th Century Painting, 1988-2013
Manuela Mena Marqués
Head of the Department of Conservation of 18th Century Painting and Goya, 1978-2019
Pilar Silva Maroto
Head of the Department of Conservation of Flemish Painting and the Northern Schools up to 1700, 1997-2017
Juan Luna Fernández
Head of the Department of Conservation of 18th Century Painting, 1969-2016
Theme
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Voces del Prado