Demandas comunitarias, respuestas articuladas. Una propuesta de gestión para un museo local en Argentina

This work presents an experience of heritage management in the Museum and Historical Archive of Sierras Bayas as the result of community demand. In order to promote actions that would reverse the institu‑ tion’s state of deterioration, it was necessary to create a collaborative network between different social and insti‑ tutional actors. From its formation, a management plan was developed that prioritised the identification of the stakeholders involved throughout its history, a survey of the general state of the heritage and the elaboration of a situational diagnosis, as a basis for preparing a project toward enhancing its value. This museum was created by residents of Sierras Bayas, as a space with a strong social vocation, hence the importance of its safeguarding, in a town that recognises itself as a mining community and that plans to include its industrial heritage in tourism.