Carlos Ramirez Sandoval
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Carlos Ramirez Sandoval was born in Morelia
in the state of Michoacán
, Mexico
. He studied at the National Autonomous University of Mexico
(UNAM) as well as the San Carlos Academy (now known as the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas). He later obtained his Ph.D from the University of Paris
. He has been part of Mexican cultural activities since the 1960s as museographer, curator, administrator, teacher, writer and communicator among other positions. His major projects include installing some of the first exhibition galleries in the Academy of San Carlos, the planning and museography of the Museum of Technology of the Federal Electricity Commission (Comision Federal de Electricidad, C.F.E) in Mexico City of which he was the first director, setting up the Coloquio de Invierno along with Victor Flores Olea and Javier Wimer (among others) as well as helping plan the 'Espacio Escultorico' in the UNAM among others. He has directed several museums and cultural centres including the defunct National Education Library, the Museum of Technology, and currently the Trotsky Museum
which he has helped restore and improve in the past years. It is only until recently that he has been widely acknowledged as an innovator within Mexican cultural circles.
Morelia
Morelia is a city and municipality in the north central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital of the state. The main pre-Hispanic cultures here were the P'urhépecha and the Matlatzinca, but no major cities were founded in the...
in the state of Michoacán
Michoacán
Michoacán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. He studied at the National Autonomous University of Mexico
National Autonomous University of Mexico
The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México is a university in Mexico. UNAM was founded on 22 September 1910 by Justo Sierra as a liberal alternative to the Roman Catholic-sponsored Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (National Autonomous...
(UNAM) as well as the San Carlos Academy (now known as the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas). He later obtained his Ph.D from the University of Paris
University of Paris
The University of Paris was a university located in Paris, France and one of the earliest to be established in Europe. It was founded in the mid 12th century, and officially recognized as a university probably between 1160 and 1250...
. He has been part of Mexican cultural activities since the 1960s as museographer, curator, administrator, teacher, writer and communicator among other positions. His major projects include installing some of the first exhibition galleries in the Academy of San Carlos, the planning and museography of the Museum of Technology of the Federal Electricity Commission (Comision Federal de Electricidad, C.F.E) in Mexico City of which he was the first director, setting up the Coloquio de Invierno along with Victor Flores Olea and Javier Wimer (among others) as well as helping plan the 'Espacio Escultorico' in the UNAM among others. He has directed several museums and cultural centres including the defunct National Education Library, the Museum of Technology, and currently the Trotsky Museum
Leon Trotsky Museum, Mexico City
The Leon Trotsky House Museum is a museum honoring Leon Trotsky and an organization that works to promote political asylum, located in the Coyoacán borough of Mexico City. The center of the complex is the house in which Trotsky lived with his wife from 1939 to 1940, and where the Russian dissident...
which he has helped restore and improve in the past years. It is only until recently that he has been widely acknowledged as an innovator within Mexican cultural circles.