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The countdown begins for the Maya leave Alicante and the MARQ has organised a OPEN DOORS WEEKof the 2 to 7 January, in which the laggards will be able to enjoy and learn first-hand one of the the world's most fabulous civilisations. In addition, the museum has everything ready to receive the European Year of Cultural Heritageofficially unveiled in Milan on 7 December.
Last May, the Alicante society gave a warm welcome to "Mayas. The enigma of the lost cities".Now, seven months after the expectation in the province, the museum is preparing to bid farewell to one of the international exhibitions that has aroused most interest in the province, which has been awarded the EMPORIA DE ORO for Design, as the Best Exhibition of 2017 in Spain. The exhibition occupies a total of four rooms, decorated with a spectacular exhibition design. In the first one we find a surprising recreation of the origin of this civilisation through the monumental architecture of the pyramids and the mysteries of the hieroglyphic writing arranged on stelae or lintels. It is precisely this room that has attracted the most attention from the public, who have shown particular interest in the interactive panels and the mysteries of the Mayan calendar.
In the second room, a Mayan temple reproduces the heyday of the culture in the so-called Classical Period with the development of large cities such as Tikal and CalakmulThe second room contains the monumental palaces and the importance of the deified king and his court. The third room houses the great stone realisations: stelae, panels and monumental sculpturesThe paintings of San Bartolo, which bring us closer to the profound beliefs of this civilisation through an understanding of the paintings of San Bartolo. Among them, the figure of a man with the attributes of a jaguar which has garnered praise from the visitors. Finally, in the Library, and under the suggestive title "Mayas up close", surprising contributions by the Spanish archaeological missions in Guatemala and, in particular, that of the teams of Valencian researchersThis is a fundamental tool to deepen the knowledge of the roots of this fascinating Mesoamerican world.
On the other hand, the solidarity collection for the benefit of the Alicante Food Bank and the MARQ's programme of activities The activities that have been developed during this week will be extended to the 5th of January, a day on which there will be educational workshops for children from 5 to 12 years of age, related to the Christmas theme and the exhibition of the Mayas.
The timetables The museum's opening times for the next open week will be from 2 to 4 January from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.the 5 and 7 January from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.while the 6 January the centre will remain closed.
