An exhibition on Amaiur's democratic memory opens at the Laboratorium museum in Bergara.

See guided tours below

From 20 June, the Laboratorium Museum in Bergara will be hosting the exhibition 'Amaiur 1922-1936 Democratic Memory'. It is a temporary exhibition that narrates the historical trajectory of this reference place of memory in our history. It will be in Bergara between June 20 and September 11.

The exhibition is organized by the Laboratorium Museum, the Olaso Tower Foundation and the Bergara City Council, and curated by the Aranzadi Science Society. Representatives of the four entities participated in the presentation made at the laboratorium.

The deputy mayor of Bergara, Ainhoa Lete, has made reference to the social nature of the Museum and the collaboration between the different agents. "At Laboratorium we are used to holding science-related exhibitions and we associate our activity especially with science, innovation and technology, but the museum also goes beyond that, and makes room for our history, art... making many other subjects available to the public through dissemination. In relation to this exhibition, I would also like to highlight the idea of collaboration that we have mentioned on so many other occasions.

The Mayor of Bergara, Gorka Artola, links the exhibition to the work being carried out by Bergara Town Council in the recovery of memory. "We are working to build the Bergara of the future, but to move forward it is essential to look back, to know the history, to recognise it, to recover memory. In Bergara we are working in this sense, among others, with Aranzadi, and now we are going to make room for the history of Euskal Herria through the museum."

The Laboratorium received the proposal for this exhibition through the foundation the Olaso Tower Foundation. Maite Aristegi, member of the Foundation's Board of Trustees, said that "Amaiur is an essential symbol of the Basque narrative, which explains how far we Basques are willing to go in defence of our freedoms. As Lauaxeta said, everything mus be given to the beloved freedom, and that is what the members of the Amaiur battalion did in the Amaiur castle and did again in the war of 1936"

Maite Errarte, from the Aranzadi Science Society, explained the details of the exhibition. She stresses that the construction of the Amaiur monolith or the fact that "a battalion of the Basque Army that is called Amaiur is no coincidence. Amaiur is a space present in our collective imagination and this exhibition aims to go to the roots and to the reason for the formation of that memory. Places of memory emerge between history, truth and myth, from which each of us creates our own narratives obout them."

Amaiur, a place of memory

Every country in the world has places of memory around which, for various reasons, feelings of all kinds are concentrated, sometimes conflicting, but which arouse the interest of citizens. Amaiur is one of them. It is when a historical place arouses so many different feelings that it acquires its full symbolism and dimension as a place of memory.

The aim of this exhibition is to present in a synthetic way how Amaiur was understood by a generation that fought for the defence of democratic freedoms and the Republic at the beginning of the 20th century. This is the case of such important figures in history as the humanist and politician Arturo Campión (1854-1937); the writer and politician Telesforo Monzón (1904-1981); or the politician and feminist Bittori Etxeberria (1908-1997)

Likewise, one of the battalions that took part in the resistance during the Civil War was given the name of "Amayur"; this was an act of homage to the resistance that defended the castle of Amaiur against the best militarily trained troops and was loyal to the legitimate regime, in the context of the conquest of Kingdom of Navarre.

This exhibition aims to be a humble gesture of reparation to recognise the suffering and the violation of the human rights of all those people, mostly anonymous, who assimilated the resistance of Amaiur to their resistance to Franco's military uprising. This was undoubtedly the generation that made Amaiur a place of memory.

The exhibition is supported by several organisations

It has the collaboration of the Gaztelu Society of Amaiur, the village of Amaiur, the Baztan Town Council, The Ministry of Culture and Sport of the Spanish Government, the Sabino Arana Foundation, Irujo Etxea, the Javier Ciga Foundation, the Department of Basque Studies of the University of Nevada and the University of the Basque Country.

Guided tours

During the months of July and August, 11:00 and 12:30. This offer will be added to the 5 options offered by the Bergara tourist office and it will be up to the people who are there at the time to choose which one to take. They can also be expressly requested in advance, like the rest of the guided tours.

2019/2020an, museoak anbizio handiko erakusketa egin zuen Taula Periodikoari buruz, asmakuntzaren urteurrenarekin batera. Erakusketa horretan, bisitariek gure mudua osatzen duten osagai kimikoak eta horien antolaketa ezagutu dezakete, elementu kimikoek gizakiarekin eta naturarekin daukaten harremana ikasten dute, eta kimikarien aurkikuntzen historiaz jabetu daitezke ere.

Aurten erakusketa hori berreskuratu dugu, eta, aipatutakoaz gain, panelei eta jolas didaktikoei esker, Dimitri Ivanovich Mendeleiev zientzialari errusiarrak, 1869an, gaur egun erabiltzen dugun taula periodikoa sortu zuela gogoratuko dugu. Taula Periodikoaren asmakuntzak izan duen garrantzia azpimarratzen dugu, eta, aldi berean, Elhuyar anaiak omentzen ditugu, 1783an Wolframa isolatu baitzuten, 1778an Real Seminario Patriótico Bascongadoko elkarteak Bergaran sortutako Laboratorium Chemicum-ean.

1. Aretoa: Taula periodikoaren bilakaera

Taula periodikoaren sorrera zientziaren historiako jazoera adierazgarrietako bat da. Lehendabiziko aretoan taula periodikoa dago erakusgai modu interaktiboan. Hala, haren funtzioa eta haren bilakaera azaltzen dira egun duen konfiguraiora iritsi arte. Gainera, hura osatzen duten elementu kimiko bakoitzaren ezaugarraik ageri dira.

2. Aretoa: Wolframaren aurkikuntza eta Elhuyar anaiak

Ikerketa zientifikoak gertaera, datu, erlazio edo lege berriak ematea proposatzen du. Bergaran Elhuyar anaiek wolframio isolatzea lortu zuten 1783. urtean metodo zientifiko bat erabiliz. Bigarren eremu honetan wolframioaren aurkikuntza eta Bergarak aurkikuntza horretan izandako garrantzia jorratzen dira.

3. Aretoa: Oparotasunaren taula

Azken areto honetan ezagutuko dugu Kimikako Europako Elkarteak (EuChemS) sortu eta Europako Parlamentuan 2019an aurkeztutako Oparotasunaren Taula. Taula periodiko horretan elementu kimiko naturalak jasotzen dira eta horietako bakoitza Lurrean oparoa ala urria den islatzen da. Oparotasunaren taula lagungarri izango zaigu zein baliabide babestu behar ditugun ulertzeko, izan ere, datozen urteetan horien hornidura arrisku larrian dago.

IN THE AROZTEGI HALL:

Tuesday to Friday: 18:00-20:30
Saturdays: 12:00-14:00 eta 18:00-20:30
Sundays and public holidays: 12:00-14:00

The exhibition 'Ilustraciencia 7' is a selection of 40 works by participants in the sevents edition of the International Award for Scientific and Nature Illustration organised by the National Museum of Natural Sciences of Madrid (MNCN-CSIC) and the Catalan Association of Scientific Communication. The initiative also has the collaboration of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) and the 'La Caixa' Foundation.

The travelling exhibition shows visitors the work of professionals in scientific and naturalist illustration. An animal, a mineral or the reconstruction of a landscape from millions of years ago can be represented by means of an illustration, using different techniques, but always with scientific rigour.

In 2019, 500 works were submitted to the competition, of which the professional jury selected 40 for this travelling exhibition. Two students from the UPV/EHU master's degree in Scientific Illustration, in which the Laboratorium Museum collaborates, were selected: Amaia Torres and Mikel Rodríguez.

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The Laboratorium has prepareed an exhibition on the sculptor Lorenzo Ascasibar, which can be seen in the Aroztegi hall until 20 June. This exhibition coincides with the tribute that the City Council will pay to this artist who was trained in Bergara on 8 June, and with the book written by Miguel Ángel Elkoroberezibar: Lorenzo Ascasibar: Eskultore baten testigantza. Testimony of a sculptor.

Is considered to be one of the greatest exponents of Basque figurative sculpture in the second half of the 20th century, but he still largely unknown to the general public. Lorenzo Ascasibar, author of more than 700 works on a vide range of themes, treatments and materials, can be considered one of the sculptors with the most precise detail and mastery of figurative technigue. Ascasibar is the last of the classics of the era of Higinio Basterra, Ricardo Iñurria, Joaquín Lucarini, Nemesio Mogrobejo, among others.

In this exhibition we have brought together works from throughout his artistic career, produced in various formats and materials, as well as photographs of part of his public work in the United States. In short, an anthological compendium of his fruitful production.

The inauguration took place on 28 May in the Aroztegin hall in Bergara.

In addition, a working group of people from Bergara who have participated in this initiative since its inception, offers guided tours of the church of San Pedro to get to know the Pietà by Lorenzo Askasibar. On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays there will be someone at the church to give explanations to visitors. The calendar can be consulted by calling the Aroztegi room.