The Archaeological Museum of the Provincial Council of Alicante (MARQ) has made available to the public on its website seven videos that allow you to virtually visit the exhibition '.Alicante. Archaeological treasures of the MARQ', which remains in the National Museum of Iran (NMI), the driving force behind this initiative.
As confirmed by the vice-president and deputy for culture, Julia ParraHe added that "this opens up a new way to see the exhibition, which will undoubtedly contribute positively to the process of internationalisation of the MARQ". He thanked the MNI team for "the great work carried out to allow a wider public to get to know the Alicante exhibition through its website and the MARQ website with images and pieces from the collection by prestigious experts".
From this week onwards, MARQ shares the virtual tours to his exhibition at the NMI headquarters in Tehran commented by archaeologists and specialists from the Iranian museum accessible to Middle Eastern audiences in original version in Farsi. This week they are also being translated into English to include Spanish subtitles on the exhibition channel '.Iran. Cradle of Civilisations' of the website www.marqalicante.com.
They are seven audiovisuals, six of which are in 3Dguided by the director of the NMI, Jebrael NokandehThe Deputy Director in charge of Cultural Affairs and Head Curator of the Palaeolithic Department, Fereidoun Bigliarithe head curator of the Department of Prehistory, Hossein Azizi and the director of the Museum of Archaeology and Islamic Art of Iran, Karam Mirzaei, who explains that the exhibition is dedicated to the historical links between Spain and Iran. Included are some of the didactic activities by the head of the NMI's Public Engagement, Exhibitions and Education department, Nina Rezaeiwith drawings made by the schoolchildren who have visited the exhibition.
In total 54,672 people have visited the MARQ exhibition in Tehran in person. since it opened on 22 September 2019 until 6 March 2020. There have been 35,738 Iranian visitors and 18,934 visitors from other countries.
In March, the management of the National Museum of Iran informed the heads of the MARQ of the closure of all museums in Iran as of the 12th last month due to the COVID-19 crisis. In view of the new international situation, a request was made for the extension of the exhibition period of 'Alicante. Archaeological Treasures of the MARQ'. to end of JuneThis date extends by more than two months the initial period, which was scheduled to end on 8 April. Following the temporary closure of the MNI due to the coronavirus, the centre's management has authorised the extension of the viewing of the sample.
