On the occasion of the celebration of the next Saturday 18 May from "International Museum Day" the cultural centres in the city of Alicante have joined forces to offer a full programme of fun and educational activities. The MARQthe MUBAGthe Volvo Ocean Race Museumthe MACAthe MUAthe Museum of Nativity Scenesthe MUSAthe Museum of Aguas de Alicante and The Cigarreras participate in this initiative which includes among its proposals workshops,competitions, games, guided tours or open days with free admission.
In addition, the nine cultural centres have coordinated to set up a new website –www.museosdealicante.com-which provides users with information on the news and activities carried out by each of the associated museums. In addition, through this space, which is due to be extended to include other museums in the province.In addition, the public will be able to follow the DIM2013 in the rest of the world.
The Member of Parliament for Culture Juan Bautista Roselló has presented this morning, together with the Councillor for Culture of the Alicante City Council Miguel Valorthe vice-chancellor of the UA Carlos Cortés and the coordinator of the Volvo Museum Jorge RodríguezThe proposals programmed for this celebration, which will take place throughout the weekend and whose motto this year is "MUSEUMS (memory+creativity) = SOCIAL PROGRESS".
Roselló explained that Alicante's cultural centres have worked together to design a complete programme of activities. The aim is to offer citizens the chance to take part in different initiatives with the aim of bringing culture closer to them and disseminating the artistic values promoted by the city..
In addition, as an innovative proposal, a visitor's card which will be stamped at each of the centres to which the citizen goes and which will allow the citizen to obtain a prize when it has travelled to five of the nine Alicante complexes. that are part of this initiative.
Alicante has a very significant wealth of heritage and art that will be disseminated through this new website which, as well as bringing together the nine centres in the city, will also be able to house information on the rest of the museums in the province.He said.
Archaeological Museum of Alicante
The MARQ will commemorate the "International Museum Day" by celebrating open days on saturday 18 -which will extend its opening hours and will be open for visits from 10:00 to 00:30 hours- and the Sunday 19 May -on timefrom 10:00 to 14:00 hours-.
The archaeological museum has also organised educational workshopsa drawing and writing competition for the youngest children and SEARCH GAMES "The magic word and "The Mysterious ObjectThe whole family will be able to take part. In addition, the Saturday 18 at 19:00 the managing director of the centre Manuel Olcina will give the conference "Memory + Creativity = Social Progress: The Example of MARQ".
For the hearing impaired peoplethe complex has programmed for the Sunday 19 at 10.30 a.m. a fun cultural and educational activity in which they will have to put their research skills to the test.
