MARQ will expand this Sunday Exhibition visiting hours until 20.00 Legacy of the Qin and Han dynasties, China. warriors of Xi’an Considering the influx of visitors the museum recorded on the first of the two days it was open It is planned to bid farewell to the most visited international fair in its history.
“Visitors this Saturday They filled the museum to the brim, which led us to decide to extend the visiting hours planned for tomorrow, Sunday, by one hour. -the last day to see the exhibition- and thus giving everyone the opportunity to enjoy it, meeting the capacity and guaranteeing the safety of the pieces,” explained Josep Albert Cortés, director of the MARQ Foundation. MARQ will open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday, January 28 will remain open.
In this sense, There were people waiting in line from 7am on Saturday, January 27, and eventually 2,747 visitors entered the museum to see the exhibition. All day long. 400 people who were stuck in the queue due to capacity were told to visit here tomorrow.
exhibition The Warriors of Xi’an reached record numbers and became one of the most visited in MARQ’s history, with more than 260,000 people enjoying the ancient figures. in terracotta during its ten-month exhibition.
To facilitate free access to the exhibition, MARQ had planned open days on January 27 and 28, initially from 10am to 7pm. Cultural Festival. Visitors can tour three rooms and visit Dr. They may be amazed by this extraordinary proposal curated by Marcos Martinón-Torres.Professor at the University of Cambridge and recipient of the National Science Award in China in 2018 for his work on the Mausoleum at the First Emperor Site.
The exhibition, which includes more than 120 works from nine Chinese museums and institutions and shows the history of ancient China, opened last March. Amidst great anticipation, it coincides with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Spain and the People’s Republic of China and with the 49th Anniversary of the discovery of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor. The event was attended by the Chinese Minister of Culture and Tourism, among other officials, and was covered in national and international media.