The lighting of the MARQ tree will welcome this year's Christmas festivities with a recognition of the work carried out by the health sector in the face of the Covid-19 crisis. The alaucaria that presides over the museum's gardens will be illuminated this evening at 18:00 and will give way to fun cultural activities for the whole family to enjoy.
The President of the Diputación de Alicante, Carlos Mazónand the first vice-president and deputy for culture, Julia Parrawill take part in the event, which will be hosted by the President of the College of Physicians, Maribel Moyaand by the vice-president of the College of Nursing, Francisco Gómezwho will receive the tribute on behalf of both groups.
Children's drawings, the wishing well, the royal letterbox and the mascot's ball Llumiq will fill the evening with music and colour, which will also be attended by the managing director of the Fundación Marq, José Alberto Cortésthe Museum's director, Manuel Olcina and the director of the Department of Culture of the Diputación de Alicante, María José Argudo.
This year the Didactic Unit of the MARQ Foundation has programmed, together with the Culture Department, sessions of Christmas children's theatre and face-to-face workshops for children aged between 5 and 12 to learn how to make a Christmas flower, a bonbonniere and a Three Kings' crown. In addition, they will also be able to access other online activities where they will be able to build a Christmas mobile and original Christmas cutlery trays. The full programme will run until 5 January and can be consulted at www.marqalicante.com.
The exhibition is currently on display in the museum foyer. The Knight of Ifach. The decline of the medieval city'., consisting of a fragment of wall with a unique graffito, which reveals important information about the society that inhabited La Pobla Medieval Pobla de Ifach in Calpe in the 14th century, and on Tuesday 22nd December the exhibition 'La Pobla Medieval de Ifach' will be opened.Cova de l'Or: Site Museum. Research, protection and opening of a sanctuary from the 6th millennium BC'..
