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200 TEHIC Towards a European Heritage Interpretation Curriculum 7.4.6. Museum of La Rinconada, Seville. Permanent exhibition and programme of activities. Brief description Since 2009 the Museum hosts an archaeological and palaeontological collection. This initiative was born as a municipal response to citizen’s request, after a secondary school teacher, Mr. Francisco Sousa, handed over an archaeological collection of lithics and Palaeolithic fossils gathered by his students and local people, mainly workers in the aggregate industry, who drilled the terraces of the river Guadalquivir. The Museum opened in 2009 and became the only cultural heritage institution in the municipality. Since the beginning, and in addition to the contents of the collection itself, the Museum has been promoting broader and cross-cutting programmes and activities related to gastronomy, identity, democratic memory (vindication of the Spanish Civil War victims) and in- dustrial heritage. The permanent exhibition is highly visual, as well as thematic, with a good hierarchy of information. “Adiós a la libertad” (“Goodbye freedom”) exhibition opening. A participative event with secondary school students. Picture by La Rinconada Museum. Educational activities at La Rinconada Museum. Picture by La Rinconada Museum.