The Diputación de Alicante participates for for the eighth consecutive year in the events scheduled for the occasion of the International Museum Day (IMD)that this edition will be held online due to the exceptional situation caused by Covid-19. At MUBAG, the MARQ and the Alicante Institute of Culture exhibition centres run by the City Council, the University, Aguas de Alicante and The Ocean Race will once again join forces.
Following the success of last year's event, with 16,193 visitors and the involvement of 37,000 museums from 158 countries and territories, the organisers hope that, despite the change of format, participation will be massive. Every year since 1977, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) organises the IWD, a unique commemoration for the museum community. The aim is to raise awareness about the importance of these centres for the cultural exchangethe enrichment and development of mutual understanding and its contribution to cooperation and peace between peoples.
Under the slogan "Museums for Equality: Diversity and Inclusion", the International Museum Day 2020 #DIM2020 aims to become an international day for museums. meeting place to celebrate the diversity of perspectives that make up museum communities and staffas well as promoting tools for identifying and overcoming prejudice.
In addition, in the current widespread pandemic situation, the #DIM2020 will be held through the organisation of digital and online activities. For those wishing to organise activities in situ a three-day celebration is proposed as an alternative between the 14 and 16 November, coinciding with the Long Night of Museums, and the 74th anniversary of ICOM.
In Alicante, together with the Provincial Council centres, the MACA, The Cigarrerasthe MUSAthe Exhibition Hall of the Lonja del Pescado (Fish Market)the Nativity Scene Museumthe Museum of Nueva Tabarca, the MUA, the Museum of Alicante Water and the The Ocean Race Museum.
MUBAG
The MUBAG will celebrate the IWD with the activity "Gisbert at the click of a button". designed to allow the virtual visit to the museum from home through a 360º tour to the room dedicated to this painter to discover in detail the five canvases on display that cover his main pictorial genres: portraiture, mythology and history.. The activity is completed with a game with questions and reflections. The exhibition space recreated is "International Recognition", within the permanent exhibition "The 19th century at Mubag. From the formation to the fullness of an artist". Link to the virtual visit available at: www.mubag.com.
MARQ
MARQ has prepared numerous digital activities and online to reflect on such important content as such as gender equality, climate justice, accessibility, and discrimination..
The programme of proposals starts with four short stories set in different historical epochs whose characters will address issues related to the importance of diversity and inclusion (this activity will also be carried out in sign language). In addition, and in order to achieve the objective of prioritising inclusion and taking diversity into account, a small guide to the museum and its sites in pictograms. An essential resource to facilitate cognitive accessibility.
A MARQ of friends will also be present with the different institutions with which the museum works to make the centre a more inclusive and accessible place. They will talk about their work virtually. There will also be a section to reflect on the climate change as one of the greatest challenges of our time.
The incomplete story will give free rein to creativity, inviting participants to be the designers of the work. The boy who wanted to be an explorer. The text will be provided in the absence of the design, which can be done with photos or drawings. A cautionary tale to learn the importance of tolerance towards different ways of life and cultures.
Finally, the MARQ offers the activity 'In search of the lost archaeologist', a game of clues on the work carried out by women archaeologists. A journey into the past with imagination that will place the user in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century in the Near East to learn about Gertrude BellShe was an adventurer who won the respect and admiration of her contemporaries.
GIL-ALBERT
The Instituto Alicantino de Cultura has also launched two online activities to commemorate the IWD with two different activities. arts and humanities content which can be enjoyed on the channels of Faceboock, Twitter, Instagran and the centre's website.
On the one hand, the visualisation of the project has been programmed as an exhibition. Epiphany from Miriam Martínez Guiraoselected in the III Art Competition at the Casa Bardin, which was cut short due to the state of alarm. It is a journey curated by Álvaro Aroca Córdova that confronts art, nature and the individual.
Secondly, and under the title My memories of Juan Gil-AlbertThe IAC will offer an interview with Guillermo Carnero (1947) a Francisco Brines (1932). A meeting around the work and figure of the Alcoy-born author, an indisputable reference in 20th century Valencian literature.
