I went to the Family Museum in Tostado’s house and I with the unpleasant surprise that the pieces in poor condition are still not restored and the number of damages has increased.
The director, a very kind that he had not been able to find someone to do the repairs, in addition to the fact that there was no money for them.
I went out from there stunned. A few months ago a series of repairs were made to the mansion and the house was restored. the garden. I believed that they had also proceeded to restore the damaged pieces. This was not so, unfortunately. All the pieces in that museum are authentic, obtained from the homes of Dominican families, in different parts of the country. more than two years. Getting those pieces back is hard. I understand that, in the IDB project with respect to the city of Ovando, the Alcázar de Colón is going to be intervened, as well as the Museum of the Royal Houses, both in its physical plants and the collections. . so same will be done a museum in the fortress, a fairly old project that was not carried out because, although the government of Joaquín Balaguer issued The check to make the museum, that money was used for other purposes by the Monuments Commission. I have in my possession the list published with the issuance of checks, before the delivery of the government to Antonio Guzmán.
If the IDB is going to allocate part of the money to these museums, it could well be requested that the Family Museum in the Tostado house be included. This with good will could be carried out by the Ministry of Culture, in alliance with the Ministry of Tourism, which is responsible for the administration and implementation of the project.
Museums must be properly cared for and maintained. Unfortunately, this did not happen. in the previous periods of government. Today, it is imperative that this happens. The museums of the Plaza de la Cultura have already been adequately intervened, those of the Colonial City will also be taken care of, but the one in Tostado has not been included in the plans. The IDB project, as it is known, was carried out in the previous government, thus as parts of it were rejected by the citizenry, as happened With an attempt to turn the Ruins of San Francisco into a cement pudding, it could be modified to include El Tostado in the plans and thus have all the museums working in optimal conditions. Citizens would be satisfied and tourists could admire our treasures.