El desierto en una vitrina. Museos e historia natural en la Argentina, 1810-1890

Abstract

In an article published in this journal in 2001, Jens Andermann deftly analysed the incorporation of palaeontology within the ‘museum time’ of Argentine collections as part of a single narrative that culminated in Argentine history and art. But while he concentrated on the ways in which museum displays were experienced and perceived, the authors of the book under review explicitly state that their focus is on the museums as sites of scientific activity. The word ‘scientific’ should be taken in the broadest possible sense: the authors offer a full-page description of the layout of the Museo de Buenos Aires with its portrait gallery, medals, numismatic collections, insects, fossil remains and more, and in the 1850s chinoiseries and other typical Wunderkammer objects were being accessioned by the museum, while other donations – from Tenerife, Vesuvius and Pompeii – emulated...

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