Los coleccionables del Museo Zumalakarregi

Instalment 11
1880-1890

The first petrol vehicle 1888 was invented, thereby ushering in the era of the automobile. Karl Benz commenced production of a two horsepower car, with three wheels and two seats. It was the first efficient and commercially viable car ever manufactured.

The Eiffel Tower was built for 1889 the Paris exhibition. It stood 300 metres tall and was built from iron and steel.

Vincent Van Gogh painted Sunflowers, a canvas showing the impact 1888 of the brilliant light of Provence, where he lived. This painting symbolised the loneliness of this misunderstood artist hovering on the edge of madness. Two years later, Van Gogh committed suicide.

The company Irizar, from Ormaiztegi 1886 (Gipuzkoa) began building carriages. In fact, the modern-day company, Irizar, S. Coop. is the grandchild of this family carpenter’s workshop. In 1925, the Irizar family moved to an industrial premises where it set up a series of machine tools for machining wood. In 1948 the company built its first metal carriage.

Louis Pasteur discovered a vaccine for rabies, thereby conquering one of
the most feared 1885 diseases of the era.

A Polish linguist invented 1887 Esperanto, known as the ‘universal language’. Its aim was to enable better relationships between the numerous ethnic groups living in Poland, including Russians, Germans and Jews. Esperanto also hoped to make a significant contribution to world peace.

2006 The 19th century in decades. Museo Zumalakarregi Museoa