Garrigós Wells, located inside the Alicante Water Museum, hosted the Commemoration ceremony today. 15th anniversary Besides this area presentation of your new brand image.
The company’s Director of Communications and External Relations, Martín Sanz, attended the event. Main milestones in the development of the museum; Later, the museum’s new logo was presented; A new image compatible with the image published by Aguas de Alicante in 2023; It is in a fun and interactive format and is directed by the director. artist Dalux WizardThe image of the museum and the philosophy it embodies were “revealed” to the participants through a magic show. The event ended with the exhibition of the audiovisual summary of the Museum’s activities in these years.
According to Martín Sanz, “The Alicante Water Museum is a space that has been evolving since its inception and adapting to the new opportunities we have identified in the environment. These years have shown that this is an example of a successful public-private collaboration between the City Council of Alicante and the management company of the integrated water cycle, an example of the commitment to bring citizens and those who visit us closer to the importance of water care. However, alliances have also allowed us to introduce an increasingly relevant cultural dimension to this. This development and diversification of goals over these years has also led us to propose a new development now. brand image”.
Like this museum renovation It is in line with the one presented last year at the 125th anniversary of Aguas de Alicante in 2023 and the philosophy embodied in its concepts. Competence (in management and use of resources), Environment (supporting sustainability as well as their care and respect) and People (central axis of company activity).
On this occasion, the new brand of the museum reflects this idea: The way water flows in a cascade in Pozos de GarrigósA system of cisterns dug into the rock and with a total capacity of 807,000 liters to collect rainwater houses the museum.
Some milestones in the history of the Alicante Water Museum
HE February 5, 2009On the occasion of the celebrations of the 110th anniversary of the founding of Aguas de Alicante, the Aguas de Alicante Museum was opened in the City Council facilities that the partner company has managed since then. He was born with a defined goal above all else: environmental education Citizens gather around the water source, its weight and history in the city, and distribute its contents to the three floors that form it.
Inside, the Garrigós Wells also show visitors what the cistern system looked like at other times. free access, Over all these years more than 230,000 people have visited its facilities and the different types of visits offered, Free admission exploring visitor-friendly venues (citizens of Alicante, tourists from all over Spain and, with the arrival of cruise ships, tourists from all over the world); it went well meeting For groups on the company’s website, a method in which dozens of students visit factories every day, accompanied by environmental education observers from the association.
A few years after its opening, this museum has gradually embarked on content adaptations and adapted itself to its purpose. digitization. Accordingly, it is planned to continue the digital adaptation of everything shown here, including more and more content connected to the visitor’s first-person experience.
Apart from its initial environmental education goals, the Alicante Water Museum has gradually been incorporated into the cultural offering of Alicante. Collaborating with events organized by different institutions and organizationsfor example, as a sub-center of FITCA (Alicante International Classical Theater Festival). In recent years also in the Alicante Water Museum Own Cultural Agenda open to all citizens Alicante comes with all kinds of artistic manifestations, from photography to painting, from film screenings to literary meetings, from concerts in a wide variety of musical genres to theatrical performances, which extend all year round and contribute to placing this area on the cultural map of the city.
Art and Environment Cycle
Another point followed on the cultural side of the Alicante Water Museum is Art and Environment CycleStrongest bet every year since 2019. “Vulnerabilities” It was titled “Cycle of Art and Environment”, an innovative proposal with the exhibition of artists’ sculptural works. José Ángel Uberuaga (UBE) and Rafael Maestroin addition to the cycle of scientific presentations. by name “Hypogene. inner holeIt was followed up with the work “II Art and Environment Cycle”. Aurelio Ayelaa project “site specific art” or the work redesigned for the “Pozos de Garrigós” area.
Later, the display sound art “Winter in Tabarca” for the third edition around the solid heritage of Tabarca Island and Aurora Dominguez Mata. And IV Cycle, “Steel Caves” photography exhibitionfrom international photographer Manuel Alvarez Diestro and in collaboration with the Alicante Provincial College of Architects.
A specific part of the activity of the Alicante Water Museum since January 2023 “Culture in Neighborhoods” program of Alicante City Council and Ministry of Cultureas a cultural offer encompassing all activities taking place around each neighbourhood. Beyond promoting the event through its own channels, the Alicante Water Museum has understood that collaboration is essential to reach citizens here too.
Finally, and beyond all these goals, the Alicante Water Museum is constantly seeking optimization. An area always open to the use of institutions and organizations People who can trust it as a place to work and share projects and presentations, with whom the museum shares its goals and philosophy.
The different rooms of the museum and the Pozos de Garrigos host weekly meetings, meetings of European projects or recordings of television and radio programs, among many other events. All this gave the field a sustained activity for fifteen years; It contributed to the revitalization of the Old Town through coverage, citizen education and culture.