New showcase exhibition at the Montcada venue: Collecting in the colony. The Baux/Núñez de Prado collection

In the hall, and spaces adjoining the museum reception area, you can visit a small exhibition of the pieces that make up the Baux/Núñez de Prado collection, accompanied by historical and contextual information.

Miguel Núñez de Prado y Susbielas (1882-1936) was governor of the Spanish territories in the Gulf of Guinea from late 1925 until the first few months of the Second Republic, in 1931, and acquired a number of objects during his mandate. In October 1936, after he was executed by Franco’s side, his widow, Maria Luisa Baux, sold them to the Generalitat de Catalunya and they were given to the ethnological section of the Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya. Later, the collection was transferred to the Museo Etnológico y Colonial, created in late 1948 and the forerunner of today’s Museu Etnològic i de Cultures del Món.

Curated by the Collections Department, with this exhibition the museum aims to disseminate the research work that has been carried out on part of its collections. In-depth knowledge of the collections is the first step in a necessary process of critical reflection on the origin and acquisition methods of the pieces on display, as well as an in-depth knowledge of the colonial context in which they were made, used and, finally, extracted.

This exhibition has been curated by the Collections Department, and aims to disseminate the research work carried out on part of its collections. In-depth knowledge of the collections is the first step in a necessary process of critical reflection on the origin and acquisition methods of the pieces on display. This process also implies a solid investigation of the colonial context in which the objects were made, used, and finally extracted.