Through the items in archaeological museums’ collections, it is possible to create inclusive narratives and discourses in which different social groups, ethnicities, age groups, and genders can and must be present. With this in mind, we shall focus our attention on some Spanish archaeological museums inaugurated in recent years, with the aim of analyzing how they have represented and represent women, which roles are assigned to women within the collective community, and how gender relations in past societies are illustrated.
LOURDES PRADOS TORREIRA is Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Prehistory and Archaeology at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain). Her research mainly focuses on protohistory of the Mediterranean and in particular, on issues of religion and gender in Iberian culture (sixth–first centuries BCE), as well as on archaeological heritage and museology. She has conducted several research projects whose results have been published in a number of journals and books.