The newspaper La Prensa of the day April 29 2011 published this news brief about a press conference conducted by the Director of the Ministry of Culture Heritage :
"Even without data reopened museum / After a year in the National Archaeological Museum was intervened by order of the former minister Yugar Zulma, the director of Cultural Heritage, Marcos Michel archeologist, announced yesterday that there will be a reopening of the center. Of course, the authority could not say when it will happen this reopening.
During a meeting with the press, Michel gave a lengthy explanation about how they had dealt with archaeological exploration in the country over the past two centuries. Indicated, among other things, his nationalist and almost all investigated had links with the Tiwanaku culture, but was not conservation.
"We have no professional or the circumstances to preserve our heritage," he argued Michel, who later added that "there is a good statement of our values \u200b\u200barchaeological museum."
PLACEBO . Thus, as a way to overcome the lack of standards related to museology and heritage conservation, the latter protected from the Constitution, who heads the division agreed to a future reopening of the National Archaeological Museum, which in future will have a character multinational, "considering the elements of modern museology and museum."
Michel admitted that there was good care of the pieces together the repository situated at Tiwanaku, so that the immediate task after evaluating staff and define their situation, is to "clean and condition The museum, which accumulates problems long ago. "
At first it will be only an exhibition of the treasures Tiwanaku. "We do not know how much longer will be closed, (because) there should be an inventory. We will have the same staff (in number of items) and a budget with support from foreign governments and institutions "such as the UNESCO."
The truth is that the Ministry of Culture does not have a plan or clear timetable for resolving this issue, as always, everything is so far prevailing scheme of negligence, irresponsibility and improvisation.
Heritage Director says nothing about the audit and the results that emerged from the intervention. What will be done with respect to documents and missing parts? What is the process to ex-directors?. So far, former Director of the Museum continues camper and teaching the boys of the School of Archaeology, UMSA, an institution whose ethics and educational values \u200b\u200bare surprising and increasingly demoralized.
How we selected the current Director of the museum? What merit is required for this position in the field of museology, museum studies, conservation or management of archaeological heritage? Still salary being so impoverished in relation to responsibility and the tasks that must be met there?; Is this one of the causes of corruption that prevailed for so many years?; What does the statement concerning the absence Michel in Bolivia ; professionals in conservation? if you recently have been in Tiwanaku said the best specialists in this field in Bolivia? Michel
not talking about the role which you have to have the museum meet the new changes in cultural policies (as NCPE), the state structure and responsibilities of the autonomous regional and municipal governments, also talks about what has been done in this area in these three months in office in charge of the Directorate General of Multinational Government Heritage. Does
Salguero Minister will be happy with what is being done?
Too many gaps in the answers and too many unanswered questions
What we can conclude is that: There is much to do and seems to be still doing little
Too many gaps in the answers and too many unanswered questions
What we can conclude is that: There is much to do and seems to be still doing little
Carlos Lemuz http://arqueobolivia.blogspot.com 
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