this thursday, 18 MayHEMuseums around the world opened their doors for free to commemorate the 20th Anniversary. International Museum DayEmphasizing the importance of these assets through various events since the International Council of Museums (ICOM) introduced it in 1977.
In this issue, where venues from all points of the map, from China to Cuba, through Italy or Germany, participated, this issue adopted the slogan “Museums, sustainability and well-being”.
Anniversaries were the protagonists of history in Chile, among which the Chilean Museum Committee (ICOM Chile) stood out. Organized a webinar commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Mesa de SantiagoFinal report of the roundtable meeting titled “The Development and Role of Museums in the Contemporary World” organized by UNESCO.
Free admission days for children and youth in Ecuador, in the cities of Manta and Bahía de Caráquez, Night visits in Guayaquil And celebration of live painting events in Lojamovie screenings, a concert by Wilson Castillo and theatrical performances.
Uruguay will extend Celebrating throughout the month with the ‘Montevideo + Museums’ eventMore than thirty activities in twenty-two museums, such as the Historias del arte Uruguayo cycle at the National Museum of Visual Arts (MNAV), a visit to the archives and workshops of the National Museum of History, or a collection of recycled art toys at the Museo El toy shop.
With exhibitions, conferences and other experiences dedicated to the sculptor and ceramist Marta Arjona (1923-2006), who is considered one of the most important directors of rescue and recovery efforts, there will also be recycling workshops in Cuba’s commemoration week. The care of Cuban cultural assets.
Likewise, conservation is the backbone of the Puerto Rico Center for Conservation and Restoration (CENCOR) conferences throughout the month with webinars and educational presentations, which will be accompanied by a “Behind the Art” discussion. Former San Juan Arts League.
In the case of Spain, the biggest event of the day was the responsibility of the Reina Sofia Museum. Hosted over twelve hours of concert hosted by Radio 3 stationwhere all genres parade, from rock to flamenco to electronic music, and among Natalia Lacuna anyone silvia perez cruz and groups like Polish girl, Bogota burns anyone Capsule.
Italy concentrated most of its activities in RomeCasal de Pazzi Museum offers workshops on how Prehistory can teach sustainability; The Napoleon Museum took a leisure tour between the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 20th century, and the Museum of the Roman Republic and the Garibaldi Monument are ‘Occhio al trucco!’, which explains how history can build community. launched the projection. .
Made note of celebration with Germany an organ concert by keyboardist Jörg Joachim at the Musical Instrument Museum in BerlinAllied Museum invited visitors to follow the footsteps of the US garrison around the museum, while the Lipstick Museum offered to try different lipsticks under the guidance of a make-up artist.
In the UK, the hall music concert presented by the Royal Academy of Music marked the day. (London) is a place where the historical evolution of keyboard sound can be appreciated, accompanied by string quartet and opera singers.
The Fujian Museum in eastern China became the country’s main venue for the day, with an exhibition on the Maritime Silk Road celebrating the founding years of the New Silk Road (BRI).