Night of the Museums will shine the culture and heritage of Cartagena in a day where Modernism stands as protagonist.
An extensive program of activities will be responsible for carrying workshops, guided tours, shows and concerts to thousands of people each year who gather to enjoy the magic of this night from activities for little ones to evening events for the enjoyment of the rest of citizens who are still open for registration.
On Saturday May 21 from eight in the afternoon at two o'clock, Cartagena illuminate with culture day Night of Museums, with activities not only focus at night, but will offer a program more 150 events throughout the day.
The success of this new museum call is noted in more than 800 enrollees who enjoy a total of 25 activities, which sold out seats for guided tours within days of its being convened, where this year there are new routes centered Campo de Cartagena, besides the participation of over 250 volunteers that will ensure the quality of the event.
Adding to the already common spaces to visit, this year's activities will be held in new locations such as Plaza de los Carros, Plaza Juan XXIII, the modernist courtyard of the Hunt Zapata, College of the Carmelites, Spanish Steps Real, the Gran Hotel, the Casino or the train station among others.
The museums display their history and raison d'etre of Cartagena;
Space Free Expression Artísticallevará art tables with musical performances by local artists;
bars made from children's entertainment to artistic performances adding to the wide range of Night of the Museums.
The goal is to make this nocheuna great event for all citizens and visitors where it joins modernism, culture, heritage and art.
In order to facilitate the movement of users to enjoy activities, a bus line urbanaofrecerá travel overnight from the Municipal Archaeological Museum to the Museum of Glass in Santa Lucia, with stops in El Corte Ingles, Heroes Cavite and Plaza Bastarreche, for just one euro for the night.
In addition, considering the tourist importance of this event, it will be offered for free to all visitors who stay in the city a guided tour on The architects of Modernism in Cartagena, from 17:00 hours on 21, with 1 hour and 30 minutes and made especially for them.
ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNGER
Younger guests can enjoy a range of activities throughout the day to ensure detalleres fun through children that will take place in major museums of the city.
In addition, there are still places to enjoy some of these activities, the reservation can be made via phone 968128859 People's University of Cartagena:
- Light, color and fantasy Modernism, in the Municipal Archaeological Museum Enrique Escudero de Castro
With scissors, paper and acetates colors, light art and modernism it appears as window that illuminates plant forms like spirals inspired by nature, exotic animals, fantastic fairies, elves and dragons, motives of a historical moment like that Gaudi inspired or our Victor Beltrí.
The goal is the creation of small modernist stained glass, using
recycling materials and imagination ...
Start Time: 17:00
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Posters Modernists, in the Palacio Molina.
The activity revolves around creative, expressive and aesthetic possibilities offered full scope of the posters of modernist era.
A whole repertoire of fonts, watermarks, illustrations and graphic-art techniques developed at the pace imposed by the expansion of cities, the industrial boom and trade diversification.
Workshop attendees will be based on all that modernist posters to recreate substrate using techniques such as collage, drawing and painting.
Start Time: 17:00
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
No. of participants 12
- Cutting architecture in Cartagena Train Station.
The workshop is to introduce children emblematic images of facades of buildings in the city, to work with them later giving volume to work.
Start Time: 17:00
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
No. of participants 15
URBAN CULTURE WITH THE URBAN NIGHT CT
Intending to give visibility to the artistic movement called urban culture and artists working this unknown discipline in our city, born an event under the banner of Urban Night Ct, which held an exhibition of urban dance, beatbox, parkour, skater, rap and DJ's, among others.
These artistic proposals will begin at 19:00 hours in the Plaza John XXIII and is still open to registration for group mode, with a maximum of 5 members, and individually, until Wednesday 18 May.
Registration must be physically in the Youth Council, located in the Paseo Alfonso XIII in time from 8.30 to 14.00.
The event will feature the representation of different schools of dance show choreographed dance urbana.Tras this, from 21:00, there will be a DJ session, Skaetrs and exhibition contest urban dance, closing the show at midnight with DJ Jose Sanchez.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena