ABSTRACT This article discusses, from the perspective of women’s history, the activity of the National Museum of Decorative Arts of Madrid (MNAD) during its first thirty years (1912–1942). This work is mainly focused on the role of the Museum in promoting the artistic education of Spanish women, an undertaking which is only possible in a political and intellectual context dominated by a reforming liberalism and which results in a deep understanding that, for the general good of society, women must be better educated. It also examines the development of the Museum’s textile collection, on the grounds that it is closely related to the appreciation of work done by women, by the Museum’s curators and by the Spanish intellectual élite of the time. The essay concludes with the idea that the MNAD was following the model established several decades before in Britain by the Victoria and Albert Museum, even though it is possible to detect some differences which are unique to this particular case.

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马德里国家装饰艺术博物馆的女性参与（西班牙）：1912-1942

摘要本文从女性历史的角度讨论了马德里国家装饰艺术博物馆（MNAD）在其最初三十年（1912-1942）期间的活动。这项工作主要关注博物馆在促进西班牙妇女艺术教育方面的作用，这项事业只有在改革自由主义主导的政治和知识背景下才有可能，并导致深刻理解，为了大众的利益在社会中，妇女必须接受更好的教育。它还考察了博物馆纺织品收藏的发展，理由是它与女性、博物馆馆长和当时西班牙知识精英对作品的欣赏密切相关。