Real Madrid

The Real Madrid Foundation administers the Club's Heritage Centre, which has thousands of written, photographic and audio-visual documents, as well as many objects including trophies, flags, Club Member Cards, posters and other memorabilia.

Its objective is to establish an Archive Centre with state-of-the-art technology to serve the interests of the Club and to work as an important source of information for specialists, academics and investigators. There are currently over 210,000 catalogues objects including trophies, flags, audio files, artwork, medals, slides, photographs, books and newspapers.

The Heritage Centre serves to:
• Recover Real Madrid's historical-documentary heritage.
• Receive Madridista souvenirs through donations or temporary loan.
• Organize exhibitions.
• Bring to light the history of Real Madrid via the club's internal media sources (television, internet, publications, Bernabeu Tour, etc.).

Memorabilia and documents have been loaned to the club for various exhibits and events including:
• The Bernabeu Tour.
• Alfredo di Stéfano Biography: "Historias de una leyenda". 2010.
• Raúl Biography: "El triunfo de los valores". 2010.
• "Santiago Bernabéu, un presidente para la historia" Exhibit (December 2008-June 2009). 220,130 visits.
• Bernabéu "Cuna y Alma"-30 Years in Almansa Exhibit (June 2008-June 2009). 13,000 visits.
• Traveling exhibit of trophies and posters to Real Madrid supporter club headquarters (March 2008-December2009). 200,000 visits.
• Tribute to Alfredo di Stéfano (February-September 2008). Book, exhibit, documentary and statue.
• "Pasado y Presente del Real Madrid" exhibit in Granada, Alicante and Burgos. 2008.
• Documentary and book for 60th Anniversary of the Stadium. (December 2007).
• "La Dimensión Europea del Real Madrid" Exhibit at European Parliament (June 2007).
• Decoration of Real Madrid facilities (Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Real Madrid City, Palacio Vistalegre and Caja Mágica.
• "La Saeta" airplane unveiling.
• "Real la película" movie.
• European Cup exhibit (2005).
• Insignia presentation to members.
• "El Rey de Europa. Historia del Real Madrid de baloncesto" book. 75th Aniversary of Real Madrid basketball team.
• "Cien momentos inolvidables en la vida del Real Madrid" book. 2002.
• Fifth European Cup won by Real Madrid located on site, for the Champions League fina in Athens. 2007.
• Real Madrid History exhibit at Universidad Europea de Madrid.
• Poster replicas given as gifts during luncheons with Board members of opposing teams.

Through their Foundation, Real Madrid are determined to recover their history and make it readily accessible for all Madridistas in a great museum.

To achieve this goal, the Foundation asks for support and collaboration of anyone who has any historical objects to donate, temporarily loan or lend to the Foundation to digitalize.

The Foundation gives each donor a donation or temporary loan certificate, committing itself to carefully preserving the donated objects until they become part of the Museum.

Some objects will go on to form part of the permanent exhibition of the Museum, while others will be used for temporary exhibits of a monographic nature: posters, flags, documents, photographs, etc .

Among the donations is a collection of memorabilia and documents belonging to D. Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, which was given by his family and that includes the vehicle used for personal matters.

Thanks to your generosity other Madridistas will be able to appreciate your contribution as you contribute to the grandeur of our Club.

Telephone: +34 91 453 29 00
Fax: +34 91 453 29 06
E-mail: ggalindo@realmadrid.es