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The secret passageway in the Villanueva Building
Manuel Montero Eugenia, Head of the Art Handling Staff, 1986-What's onThe secret passageway in the Villanueva Building
Manuel Montero Eugenia, Head of the Art Handling Staff, 1986-What's on
One of the things that most interests me is the history of the Villanueva Building. At one point I’d read so much about it that one night I dreamt that Villanueva had designed a mezzanine floor which was completely unknown and there was no way into it. A bit like the pyramids in Egypt, with hidden walls, unknown tunnels… So Villanueva had designed an imaginary mezzanine which in my dream was located between the first and ground floor of the Museum. Furthermore, I remember this really clearly, it was decorated with sculptures a bit like a Roman circus and I remember really enjoying that dream. It was one of the times I’ve been most annoyed to wake up as I would like to have told Villanueva my idea.
He works at the Museum as a gallery attendant, although he spends most of his professional career working for the Museum's Art Handling Staff.
Interview recorded on June 18, 2018
Interview index
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The Museum in 1986 -
Ensuring the security of the works -
The 1987 strike -
From museum guard to member of the Art Handlers team -
The works of art in our hands -
Moving Las Meninas -
Technical evolution of the team -
The Museum’s dynamic -
The great Velázquez exhibition -
The Embarkation of Saint Paula by Claude Lorrain and other works -
On the other side of the mirror -
The legacy of great colleagues -
The secret passageway in the Villanueva Building
- Collective
- Art Handling
- RDF
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Theme
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Voces del Prado