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The Night of the Museums celebrates its eleventh edition on Saturday, May 18, coinciding with the celebration of the International Day of Museums and under the theme 'Museums as cultural hubs: The future of tradition'.
The International Museum Day is celebrated worldwide since 1977. The long night of museums was born, under that name, in the city of Berlin that same year.
Since then, many other European cities (http://nuitdesmusees.culture.fr) join this initiative promoted by the Council of Europe joining the commemorative events of ICOM (International Council of Museums) within the International Day of Museums.
The museum spaces, tourist centers and entities, will have special opening hours, offering the visitor a rich cultural, historical and archaeological heritage, throughout the day and night and placing Cartagena, once again, as the epicenter of culture in the region.
In this eleventh edition, The Night of the Museums has more than 200 activities between exhibitions and performances and in which it is worth highlighting 36 routes and guided tours, in the morning and afternoon, with a total of one thousand one hundred places;
34 exhibitions and more than 20 children's workshops.
Among the different spaces that make up this edition, fifty-four in particular, the Councilor for Culture of the City of Cartagena, David Martinez, stressed that attendees will find as novelties "the opening of the Roman Amphitheater, which in the light of the moon will recover its ancient splendor and it will go back to us in the middle of the first century.
C - showing a show of combats between expert gladiators conveniently equipped and accompanied by fire dancers - the Autopsy Pavilion, the San José Gates, the Caja Mediterráneo Foundation or the House of the People of Llano del Beal that this year collects the exhibition ' Victoria Cave, the Jewel of the Pleistocene ', about the origin and evolution of this site ".
Another new feature is the free opening during the day of Augusteum and Casa de la Fortuna, which due to capacity problems will not open during the night.
With respect to the gladiatorial battles in the Roman Amphitheater, the Councilor for Culture explained "that a space marked with posters and with good lighting will be delimited so that visitors are safe".
Visits to this place will be made in the morning and in the afternoon, in six shifts of 30 people, while in the evening, there will be a fight and dance show with fire.
The Carthaginians and Romans will repeat the location in the Dock of Alfonso XII, which through more than twenty interpretive rooms will make known to the visitor the historical relationship of each of the Troops and Legions with the Festivities.
Also, the official poster of the XXX edition of the Fiestas de Carthagineses y Romanos will be known.
A cultural offer that accommodates a wide variety of artistic disciplines such as dance, theater, music, performance and StreetArt among others, also opening to the participation of bars and galleries, such as Bambara Gallery, Enrique's Workshop Navarro Carretero, Club Athenas, CaféLab, 4.70, El Champanico, El Viejo Almacen and Rincón del Perlita.
The little ones will also be protagonists that night.
A program specially designed for them has been drawn up, in compliance with the commitment that this City Council signed when it became a 'Child Friendly City'.
Children's programming has children's workshops, guided tours and activities aimed at the whole family.
Opening today the term of those that need prior registration.
The mayor of Culture has pointed out that the youngest can enjoy numerous workshops such as "'Escipición versus Aníbal.
Start the Battle ', in the Museum of the Roman Theater,' Create your prehistoric ceramics ', in the Municipal Archaeological Museum,' Do we create a graffiti ?, in the MURAM or 'Food travelers', in the ARQUA ".
In the same way, the special program of easy reading is adapted, adapted for those with intellectual disabilities and made possible thanks to the collaboration of Plena Inclusión Murcia and the SOI - Inclusive Leisure Service - as well as the Data Processing Center of the City of Cartagena that has made possible an accessible space in the web portal of the Night of the Museums.
ROUTES AND GUIDED VISITS
With regard to the routes and guided tours include the expected visit to the Roman Amphitheater, in which participants will know first hand the heritage and historical importance of this monumental building of the Roman Cartagena.
The route through the Windmills will be another of the surprises of the day thanks to the collaboration of the Rural League of Campo de Cartagena.
The visits to the Base of Submarines and Historical Military Museum 'Real Park of the Artillery' that this year open their doors to Cartagena and visitors so that they know the tradition and military patrimony of our city;
or the visit to the Lighthouse of Cabo de Palos, fruit of the collaboration between the Port Authority and the City of Cartagena.
David Martinez explained that although they have occupied about 600 seats "there are still some free so that visitors can sign up."
The Night of the Museums of Cartagena has reached such a dimension that it is capable of awakening the interest of the numerous visitors from outside our city.
For this reason, the organization of the event in collaboration with the Association Agrup Hotels, will offer visitors who stay overnight in the city, a guided tour of all the rooms and works of art of the Palace Hall, building summit of Modernism in Cartagena.
To facilitate commuting, Alsa urban buses will offer a circular bus service from the Municipal Archaeological Museum to the Glass Museum, every 15 minutes, from 7 pm to 1 am, as well as an uninterrupted extraordinary schedule in a large number of its urban lines.
VOLUNTEERS
A cultural event that would not be possible without the selfless and always necessary help of volunteers, anonymous people who belong to a number of entities and programs such as the Implica2 Program of the Youth Council, the Vice-Rectorate of Students, University Extension and Sports of the UPCT, students of the branch of History of the UNED, the Association of Museums Guides, the Feast Federation of Carthaginians and Romans, CIFP of Hospitality and Tourism, the Youth Correspondents, the volunteers of the Cartagena Free of Rumors program and others particular.
That night will also have the participation of social groups such as the SOI Foundation, ÁPICES, the Galactyco Collective and the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Cartagena.
A day of activities that will make Cartagena display its cultural heritage and that would not be possible without the collaboration of museum spaces, interpretation center and other collaborating entities, to which we invite all citizens and visitors who want to live one of the nights most magical of Cartagena.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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