ABSTRACT
In this chapter the author explores two archives. The first is his own personal history and the threads of personal heritage that brought him to Galicia. The second explores how Galicia performs its cultural and political past. The Library of Galicia is the flagship of Galicia's library system. The strategic plan for the Cidade da Cultura notes that the Library is the face of Galicia's library system for Spain and international organizations. The Archive of Galicia, as the flagship and center of reference of Galicia's archive system, is aimed at receiving, keeping and rendering available to citizens every public or private document in any format that should be preserved due to their value. With a wide Reading room, a powerful wifi network and a service of digital query, the Library and Archive of Galicia is opened to the users as a study area but also as a place to attend to different events: from concerts to audiovisual projections or workshops.
