Américo Castilla

Américo Castilla is the Director and Founder of Fundación TyPA. Secretary of Cultural Heritage of Argentina (2016), and previously National Director of Heritage and Museums of Argentina (2003-2007). Director of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (2005-2007), where he succeeded in modifying its operating structure. He was the Director of the Cultural Program of Fundación Antorchas (1992-2003). Co-chair of the World Conference: Museums and Libraries in an Era of Social Participation, Salzburg, 2011. As a visual artist he represented Argentina in biennials such as São Paulo and Paris, and received, among others, the First National and Municipal Awards on Etching. Since 2013 he is the Academic Director of the TyPA Lab on Museum Management. He is Honorary Professor at the Career of Museum Studies of the University of Leicester (UK). He directed the book El Museo en Escena. Política y Cultura en América Latina (Ed. Paidós, Buenos Aires, 2010).

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