RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Sehrt, Jurek A1 Reckling, TobiasYR 2013 T1 Democracy in the museum. The foundation and permanent exhibition of the Museo Adolfo Suárez y la Transición JF International Journal of Iberian Studies, VO 26 IS 1-2 SP 103 OP 111 DO https://doi.org/10.1386/ijis.26.1-2.103_3 PB Intellect, SN 1758-9150, AB Abstract This article examines the recently founded Museo Adolfo Suárez y la Transición – the first Spanish museum dedicated to the Transition to Democracy. Through considering museums as important institutions for the formation of national identities, the article explores the foundation of the museum and its current permanent exhibition in the context of competing narratives of contemporary Spanish history. In doing so, it will be argued that in the context of this museum, the Spanish Transition, as the founding myth for the democratic Spanish nation, also serves to silence the more problematic Spanish history of the twentieth century., UL https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ijis.26.1-2.103_3