Entertainment in Spain Essential Guide to What's on when and where in Spain Spanish Fiestas, Concerts, Festivals, Events
Spain and the
great museum fiesta
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Spain and the great
museum fiesta 18 May 2008 In May, museums all around the world are getting ready for a party. 18 May sees International Museums Day, and just a few hours later, Museums Night - an original initiative in which 1,200 cultural institutions around Europe take part. Come and live this huge art fiesta in Spain, and take part in the activities programmed for the two sessions "Museums and universal heritage". This is the slogan for International Museums Day 2007, an annual event promoted by ICOM (the International Council of Museums) in 145 countries. Its main objective to make museum collections easily accessible to visitors of all ages, and to make people aware of the fundamental role played by museums in the cultural panorama. On 18 May, Spain's galleries and museums hold an open-day. You can visit all the venues you like free of charge, and take a close look at unique creations from different periods and styles. If you are in Madrid, then don't miss the Prado National Museum, with the best of the Spanish, Italian and Flemish schools; the Thyssen-Bornemisza, with canvasses by the great universal masters of all time, and the Reina Sofía National Art Centre, dedicated to contemporary art with works by brilliant artists such as Miró, Dalí and Picasso, amongst others. The Picasso Museum in Barcelona, dedicated to the great master of Cubism; the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres (Girona province); the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the IVAM in Valencia, both dedicated to the most avant-garde art, are other galleries not to be missed. |
Besides free
admission and guided tours, there is much more on offer. You can see
works that are not usually on display, access rooms that are generally
closed, attend conferences and talks, enjoy concerts and theatre
performances, film projections, workshops, competitions, games for
children, dance shows...
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