The cultural centres of the Alicante Provincial Council held this weekend the International Museum Day with the visit of some six thousand people2,000 more than in 2018. The MARQ, the MUBAG and the Gil-Albert Institute have commemorated this anniversary with a wide-ranging programme of fun and educational activities for the whole family, including open days with free admission, workshops, games, competitions, guided and dramatised visits, among other proposals.
The Archaeological Museum of Alicante and the sites of Lucentum and the Illeta dels Banyets have doubled last year's figure with more than 5,000 people. The animated visits to the archaeological parks, interpreted by the Association of Historical Reconstruction Hispania RomanaThe exhibition was particularly well received by the public and sold out. In addition, the museum's international exhibition Iran. Cradle of Civilisations'.The museum's impressive collection of almost 200 objects covers the history of this fascinating culture from the earliest human remains to the 18th century.
