Carlos Ramírez Sandoval

Carlos Ramirez Sandoval (4 November 1939 - 29 January 2016) was born in Morelia in the state of Michoacán, Mexico. He studied at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) as well as the San Carlos Academy (now known as the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas). He later obtained his Ph.D from the University of Paris.

He has been part of Mexican cultural activities since the 1960s as museographer, curator, administrator, teacher, writer and communicator among other positions. His major projects include installing some of the first exhibition galleries in the Academy of San Carlos, the overall plan and museography of the Museum of Technology of the Federal Electricity Commission (Comision Federal de Electricidad, C.F.E) in Mexico City of which he was the first director, setting up the "Coloquio de Invierno" along with Victor Flores Olea and Javier Wimer (among others) as well as bringing together the group of artists who collaborated on the 'Espacio Escultorico' at the UNAM. He has directed several museums and cultural centres including the defunct National Education Library, the Museum of Technology, and the Trotsky Museum which he helped revive and restore. It is only until recently that he has been widely acknowledged as an innovator within Mexican cultural circles.

Following a prolonged battle with Parkson's Disease, Dr. Ramirez Sandoval died in Mexico City on the 29th of January 2016.

References

• 'Proyecto para la Biblioteca Nacional de Educacion'. Mexico: SNTE, 1997.
• Leon Trotsky Museum Web Page: http://www.museocasadeleontrotsky.blogspot.com