Museums Day | These are the main activities
Madrid joins the celebration of International Museum Day this Thursday with activities ranging from talk visits to baroque and jazz concerts, conferences or a demonstration of 17th-century printing.
The Museum of History organized a visit to Dialogue, in the Garden of the King, from which the interest in nature which the kings of another time, especially Felipe II and Felipe IV, took, and which they left recorded in the meticulous design of his gardens. Villas and palaces, some of which have been converted into public gardens.
Sustainability, ecology, ecology or well-being has already been on the conscience of some Madridists in the past who will become present in this tour of “real” trees, plants and flowers, through pieces kept in this municipal museum. Visits will take place on the 18th and 19th, at 5:00 pm, and on the 20th, at 12:00 pm, the city council said in a statement.
On the occasion of World Museum Day and also to celebrate the end of the jubilee year of San Isidro on the occasion of the fourth centenary of his canonization, the Museo San Isidro, Madrid Originals will present the concert “Ludat Duet”, with Baroque. Musical Program on the Sanctification Pentagram, in 1622, by Isidro Labrador, Ignacio de Loyola, Francisco Javier, Felipe Neri and Teresa de Jesús. It will be performed by La Folía Baroque Musical Ensemble.
In addition, this space has organized, in collaboration with the Autonomous University of Madrid, the conference “Water Journey, from the East to Madrid”: a journey from the United Arab Emirates in the Iron Age to Madrid in the Middle Ages, in which the water collection systems in the East and in the Peninsula will be analyzed Iberia in different historical periods.
The Museum of Contemporary Art is joining Museum Day this Thursday with a concert by the Pedro Ojesto Jazz Quartet, taking place at 7:00 p.m., and the Municipal Printing House – Book Arts with performances, from 12 to 1:30 p.m., of How the 17th Century Press Worked from During the faithful reproduction of this instrument which the Center maintains, in perfect working order and ready to be able to hold hands-on exhibitions in the room.
Since 1977, the International Council of Museums has celebrated this day to raise awareness of the role these spaces play in cultural exchange and enrichment, and in the development of understanding, cooperation and mutual peace between peoples.
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This year, it is being celebrated under the theme “Museums, Sustainability and Wellbeing”, with which it wants to emphasize the work these institutions do in shaping and creating a sustainable future.
In the capital, there are ten municipal museums where you can visit all periods of the city’s history through valuable antiquities, admire wonderful works of art, from the most contemporary frescoes to Goya, delve into the secrets of the universe, visit an Egyptian temple hewn with stones from the Nile countries, learn about the history of printing Or the castle castle from the 15th century, in addition to visiting some of the temporary exhibitions it hosts.
