| The opening hours are the usual, from Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 18:00, and on Sundays from 10:00 to 14:00 | The Roman Theater Museum in Cartagena has its usual opening hours during the month of November from Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 a.m.
to 6:00 p.m., and on Sundays from 10:00 a.m.
to 2:00 p.m.The museum tour begins with the Museum, whose entrance is located in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento in front of the Palacio Consistorial, and is a journey back in time through its exhibition rooms that culminates with the unexpected appearance of the imposing stands of the Roman Theater.
The Museum has the novelty of incorporating and linking buildings allowing the visitor to bridge a notable difference in elevation between the Port and the Theater.
Therefore, it is proposed as an itinerary from the sea to the high elevations, culminating the visit with the unexpected appearance of the imposing Theater bleachers.
This route, in the words of Rafael Moneo, is a museumized “promenade”.Guided visits to the Museum and Theater during the week are scheduled on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 11:00 a.m.
and 12:30 p.m.
and in the afternoons on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 4:30 p.m.
Saturdays at 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m.
and 4:30 p.m.
And on Sundays at 11:00 and 12:30 pm with no added cost to the entrance.On Saturdays the family visits "Theatrum: Spend a theater morning" are scheduled.
Participants will be able to learn about Roman society through theater, its religion and politics, what the great entertainment buildings were like in the Roman Empire; the types of plays that were performed or the people who acted in them.
The activity and visit to the Museum and Roman Theater of Cartagena will begin at 11:30 am.The ticket can be purchased online.Guided visits also continue to the temporary exhibition "The Roman Theater of Cartagena: future projects", which shows the visitor the journey of the Museum since its inauguration on July 11, 2008, and its future projects.The exhibition is divided into three thematic blocks, the first one collects through photographs the evolution of the Museum after its inauguration.
The second block is dedicated to future projects and the current state of knowledge of the post-scaenam porticus, said space is located at the back of the scenic building.
The Fundación Teatro Romano de Cartagena's future project is to undertake the archaeological excavations of this space and its enhancement, and the third is dedicated to the mural painting located in the intervention carried out in the western sector of the portico in 2006, which allowed to verify the existence of two rooms that partitioned the interior gallery, whose collapsed levels presented a rich pictorial program.These guided tours take place in the Temporary Exhibition Hall, on Tuesdays at 5:00 p.m.
and Thursday at 11:30 a.m.
in November and December, with free admission.Finally, the artist Belén Orta, a sculptor and multidisciplinary creative, will guide her proposal for a Contemporary Holographic Museum on Tuesdays and Fridays.
The exhibition uses mobile devices to display his works in a virtual museum visible with a QR code.It takes place in the Temporary Exhibition Hall on Tuesdays at 11:30 am and Friday at 5:00 pm in November, also with free entry to the exhibitions.It is recalled that the Museum has reduced the capacity, having to respect the safety distance of two meters and having hydroalcoholic gels and hygienic bins available to visitors.
The use of masks is mandatory.For more information and reservations: Museum of the Roman Theater of Cartagena.
Plaza del Ayuntamiento nº 9.
Telephone 968 50 48 02.
Email: fundacion@teatroromanocartagena.org
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena