Keywords
Museums
Museology
Research
Museography
Conservation
Restoration
Cultural Management
Museum of Guadalipe
Zacatecas.
Abstract
Rosa María Franco Velasco
Por Lucero Miguel Hernández
With extensive experience in museums, cultural management, and museology, Rosa María Franco Velasco is an art historian and a specialist who graduated from the technical program in Applied Museography at the Manuel del Castillo Negrete National School of Conservation and Restoration of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) with the final project: Archaeological Museum of the Palenque area, Chiapas.
She has worked on museum scripts, research, teaching, and exhibition coordination, as well as collaborating on community projects through the General Directorate of Popular Cultures.
On behalf of the DGCP, her museological activity allowed her to coordinate the project for the creation of the National Museum of Mexican Popular Art (MUNAP), and a multidisciplinary team worked on her comprehensive museological project.
She has been a representative on the Steering Committee of ICOM-Mexico and a founding member of the Association of Museum Professionals in Mexico. She was also part of the first generation of senior management at ITAM–Getty Foundation Museums and participated in the development of the National Museum of Mexican Popular Art (MUNAP) project.
Her career includes technical work in applied museography, teaching in museology programs, and participation in research for the Book of Museums of Mexico, consolidating her as a leading figure in the country's museum field.
Keywords: Museums; Museology; Research; Museography; Conservation; Restoration; Cultural Management; Museum of Guadalipe, Zacatecas.
References
• Franco Velasco, R. M. (2009). Participación en el libro Biblioteca conventual, Orden de San Agustín. Salamanca, Guanajuato.
• Franco Velasco, R. M. (2015, junio 20). Participación en la presentación del libro Agustín Víctor Casasola, el fotógrafo y su agencia. Zacatecas.
• Franco Velasco, R. M. (2017). Comentario del libro Que besa su mano… Cartas de mujeres a religiosos franciscanos en el siglo XIX. Zacatecas.
• Franco Velasco, R. M. (2018). Participación en la presentación del libro Compendio histórico del Colegio Apostólico de Propaganda Fide de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Zacatecas. Ciudad de México.