Preserving the objects of Cuban post-1959 daily life before they disappear

ArchCuS is a living archive and a museum in waiting, preserving Cuban material culture from the second-half of the twentieth century.
The uniforms, ration books, toys, and documents used between 1959 and 1989 are vanishing. ArchCuS is the only archive preserving this material history for the future.

Preservar la materialidad de la Cuba posterior a 1959 antes de que desaparezca

ArchCuS es un archivo virtual y un museo en construcción, dedicado a preservar la cultura material cubana de la segunda mitad del siglo XX.
Pronto no quedarán huellas de los uniformes, libretas de abastecimiento, los juguetes y la papelería que circularon en Cuba entre 1959 y 1989. ArchCuS es el único archivo dedicado a preservar esa historia material.
Photo by Xavier Tavera

1959–1989

Period covered

Periodo que abarca

10,000+

Object inventory

Inventario de objetos

500+

Objects catalogued

Objetos catalogados

1

Archive of its kind

Archivo único

THE NEW SCHOOL

New Challenge Award for Social Innovation, 2015

Granted to Cuba Material

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

Digital Humanities Seed Grant 2021–2022

NYU Libraries, Center for the Humanities

University of Miami

Collaboration, 2024

Cuban Heritage Collection

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Latin American & Caribbean Studies Guide

FIU Libraries

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