Recuerdo de nuestro primer paseo: A Madrid Exhibition of Early 20th-Century Fashion and Social Life

This exhibition showcases a postcard from March 25, 1911, depicting an elegantly dressed family and their nursemaid during a stroll in Madrid's Parque del Oeste. It highlights the social custom of park visits and the fashion of the early 20th century.

The exhibition 'Recuerdo de nuestro primer paseo' centers around a specific postcard dated February 25, 1911, with the title 'Recuerdo de nuestro primer paseo por el Parque del Oeste, Madrid'. The image captures a group of elegantly dressed women and a nursemaid with a baby in the recently inaugurated Parque del Oeste. This display contextualizes the postcard by referencing the popular leisure activity of park strolls among Madrid's social classes in the early 20th century, emphasizing the opportunity to display fashionable attire and social status. Within the museum's programming, this installation is presented alongside a 'spoken and walked lecture' and includes a selection of fashion accessories and contemporary documents designed to recreate the reality captured in the photograph. A digital catalog of the furrier 'Le Renard Blanc. Torres y Fontanet,' circa 1910, is made available. Visitors are encouraged to recreate the scene by taking their own photos, sharing them on social media with the hashtag #MiPrimerPaseoMT, and participating in a catalog giveaway.

Entry is free until capacity is reached. Visitors are encouraged to participate in a social media campaign by sharing photos related to the exhibition theme.