Voces del Prado

Support from Miguel Zugaza

Javier Docampo Capilla, Head of the Library, Documentation and Archives Area, 2005-2016

The change in the area took place under the management of Miguel Zugaza. Two essential changes were organized. First of all, the Study Centre was started up, in which the Library was to play a fundamental role, and, secondly, the Cervelló Library was purchased, comprising 1,500 volumes going back in the centuries. It was a small collection, very select and interesting for the Museum, because it covered matters related to the History of Art and documents related to research, such as books on festivities, travel and architecture.
It also included a collection of 7,000 volumes from modern times, an interesting contribution to make up for things that the Museum was lacking. The Cervelló Library was the first large economic investment dedicated to purchasing reference materials. At the time the Library needed to appear as something present and profitable, so to say. These two factors triggered the project of building up the Museum's Library and Documentation Centre.