Today, International Museum Day is a very special day. On the one hand, they can already be visited in person and this is always excellent news. Although yes, you have to continue doing it with all the precautions and in most you have to book an appointment. Many Spanish museums have prepared a whole program to visit with the family, which extends throughout the week and the weekend.
On the other hand, and along the same lines, the motto chosen in this edition is: The future of museums: recover and reimagine. This approach is intended to enhance museum innovations, towards digitization and the creation of new forms of experience and cultural diffusion. With these two key ideas we give you some ideas on how to celebrate this International Museum Day.
Visit the state ones on the International Museum day
During this day everyone visits the state museums will be free. Most of them have organized virtual meetings, downloadable activities to do at home, guided tours. Be careful, the Costume Museum is closed for improvement works! But you can check what they have prepared in your city.
El Museum of America proposes to the whole family, for children between 6 and 12 years old the workshop Reframing the museum, reframing the world. It will be next Saturday, May 22. There will be three screenings, at 10:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 13:00 p.m. Although the registration period ended on May 5, there are still places left.
El Sorolla Museum has a special programming, in which discover a new species of rose. This rose is inspired by the one seen in Clotilde's painting in a black suit. The Sorolla Museum, located in the Chamberí neighborhood, is very pleasant for families because of its garden, full of vegetation, fountains, orange trees and now a new species of roses.
Visiting artists in their museums
If what you want is to meet a specific artist and also take advantage of this day, to see other places, we are going to give you some ideas, which they can also be done on weekends. Some of them are ad hoc for International Museum Day, but others are held throughout the season.
In Fuentedetodo, Zaragoza, is the Francisco de Goya House-Museum. You can visit his birthplace, the Engraving Museum, and the Zuloaga room. For children, the Fuendeverde space is very interesting, the Fuendetodos nature space for environmental awareness and education. Check their activities for the next weekend.
Malaga is linked to Pablo Picasso, and his museum in the city has thought of the whole family when organizing the visit. The proposal is that while the elderly see the rooms, minors, from 4 to 10 years old, can do a workshop to create your own works. At the end, the whole family gets together to check the creativity of the little ones.
Virtual International Museum Day
If last year we were forced to do all the virtual museum visits, this year is an option. But it is a comfortable way, in which museums have reinvented themselves. For example, him El Greco Museum he will mix painting with literature, doing a poetry reading together with the Lope de Vega House-Museum.
El Altamira National Museum and Research Center will launch its TikTok channel with videos on sustainability. Throughout the day, Throughout the day, through social networks, you and your family can send your questions to the Cerralbo Museum, an aristocratic residence from the XNUMXth century, which we also recommend visiting as a family.
Additionally the National Museum of Underwater Archeology ARQUA, in the city of Cartagena, dedicates this day to families. You can follow his storytelling of mermaids, ghosts, monsters and other legends on his YouTube channel. And before we forget, tell you that the European Night of Museums has moved to Saturday, July 3.