TY - JOUR AU - Cristina Lleras Figueroa AB - Critique on the fetish-object in museums has created an apparent dichotomy between the tangible and the intangible. The following text aims to discuss the whole current notion that museums should focus on ideas and experiences, disregarding their collections of valuable items that have been welltreasured for years. Objects are inevitably tied to memory and to emotions as well as to the visitors capacity to have a significant experience. This analysis will be carried out by gathering theoretical approaches about objects and also through the case study of an exhibition called Velorios y santos vivos. Comunidades negras y afrocolombianas raizales that took place at the Museo Nacional de Colombia 2008. BT - Calle 14: Revista de investigación en el campo del arte M1 - 2 N2 - Critique on the fetish-object in museums has created an apparent dichotomy between the tangible and the intangible. The following text aims to discuss the whole current notion that museums should focus on ideas and experiences, disregarding their collections of valuable items that have been welltreasured for years. Objects are inevitably tied to memory and to emotions as well as to the visitors capacity to have a significant experience. This analysis will be carried out by gathering theoretical approaches about objects and also through the case study of an exhibition called Velorios y santos vivos. Comunidades negras y afrocolombianas raizales that took place at the Museo Nacional de Colombia 2008. PY - 2008 SP - 22 EP - 29 T2 - Calle 14: Revista de investigación en el campo del arte TI - ¿Objetos Demodé? Museos y Patrimonio intangible UR - https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/extart?codigo=3232090 VL - 2 SN - 2145-0706 ER -