The Archaeological Museum of Alicante has closed this Sunday, after two days of open doors with free admission, the international exhibition Etruscans. The dawn of Rome'.. The exhibition concludes its stay in Alicante after having been visited by a total of 77,478 people since it opened on 26 August, a figure that exceeds all public expectations.
The First Vice-President and Member of Parliament for Culture, Julia Parraexpressed her satisfaction with the good reception and highlighted that, "during the open doors weekend alone, the centre received 2,547 visits, 1,143 on Saturday and 1,404 on Sunday, figures that recover the flow of visitors to the museum on free entry days before the pandemic period". These figures, according to the deputy, "confirm the interest aroused in the public with first class cultural proposals that we are committed to maintaining so that the MARQ continues to be a museum of national and international reference".
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Since the beginning of the exhibition, the following have been organised a total of 909 guided passes in which they have participated 10,456 people. Schoolchildren have been one of the most interested groups. to get to know this culture, with 367 groups that total 5,049 students who have enjoyed this collection of Etruscan art in the three temporary rooms of the museum. MARQ's Educational Unit has also carried out 90 workshops on the civilisation that preceded Rome, which have been taught to 1,147 children.
In terms of the origin of the visitors, the following have passed through the museum 5,716 people from other countries and around 72,000 from Spanish provincesAmong them, behind Alicante with 64,454 visitors, Madrid with 2,126, Valencia with 1,346, Murcia with 820, Castilla-La Mancha with 634 and Castilla y León with more than half a thousand.
The exhibition 'Etruscans. The dawn of Rome' consists of 150 artefacts from the most important excavations in the world.s of Ancient Etruria, composing the largest monographic exhibition in Spain in the last decade on this culture. It also includes a selection of original artefacts from the National Archaeological Museum of Florence (MAF) and the Museo Etrusco Guarnacci of Volterra which trace the history of Etruscan civilisation from its origins in the 9th century BC to its gradual absorption by the Romans in the 1st century BC.
The exhibition was curated by the director of the Archaeological Museum of Florence, Carlotta Cianferoniand has been completed with the exhibition Etruscan footprints in Alicante'.curated by the director of MARQ, Manuel Olcina. This last collection brings together 22 pieces that show the imprint of the ancient Italic culture in Alicante and reveal the importance of rituals related to goldsmithing and wine in the Iberian period.
Both exhibitions will begin the dismantling and moving process today, which will be carried out under the strictest supervision of the MARQ archaeological team and the collaborating museums. The temporary exhibition space is being prepared to house the next international exhibition 'Gladiators, Heroes of the Coliseumwhich is scheduled to open its doors to the public next year. 13 April.
