Carol,

If you read Spanish, my director (Dr. Selma Holo, who happens to be writing
a book about museums in Spain under the new democracy, after Franco),
recommends

Historia de los museos en Espana: memoria, cultura, sociedad.
It is written by Maria Bolaños,
Published by Ediciones Trea, S.L.  The address of the publisher is
Donoso Cortés,7,bajo 33204 Gijón Asturias (Spain)
fax: 011-34-98  513  11 82 .  Written in1997
 has a whole chapter on the
museums under Franco.

Good luck.

Jennifer Jaskowiak
Curator
Fisher Gallery
University of Southern California
>I was recently shown around a museum in Madrid - I believe it was called
>the Anthropology Museum.  The museum was closed to the public and the
>galleries were empty and had been so for many years.  The collections were
>well stored.  I understand that this museum was originally opened during
>the times of Franco and  presented his view (or some official view) of
>Spanish culture and life.  When he died the museum was closed and the
>collection was put in storage.   I believe there is some angst amongst the
>museum community, the government and others (?) about how, or whether,  it
>should be reconfigured.  Can anybody out there give me any information
>about this museum, and or this story (which, I confess, is rather sketchy).
> Please reply off list if you wish.
>Thank you.
>
>Carol E Mayer
>Curator
>
>UBC Museum of Anthropology
>6393 NW Marine Dr.
>Vancouver, B.C. Canada
>V6T 1Z2
>
>Tel: (604) 822-8224
>Fax: (604) 822-2974