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On Tuesday, June 18, will be offered to the media specific pass which will show restauaración work carried out on the prototype of the submarine Peral on the premises of the Naval Museum of Cartagena.
The press pass will take place at 11 am and it will be the Councillor for Culture, Rosario Montero, and the director of the Museum, Pablo Zarate.
As you may recall the Naval Museum open tomorrow future interpretation room of Isaac Peral, located in the former boiler shop Arsenal, for people who wish to follow closely the work of restoration of the submarine, which is fulfilled in September, the 125th anniversary of its launching.
On 15 December, the Isaac Peral moved from the promenade to the museum in order to regain his helmet and still prolonging exposing without deterioration.
Starting tomorrow, t ll Tuesdays and Thursdays, the museum saw sitas concerted organized by reservation for groups up to 15 people in times of 12:30 to 14:00 hours, and in which a guide will explain to the public the actions performed in situ on this key piece of industrial archeology, as well as additional work carried out in various workshops to add all the items lost.
After the analysis begun in January hull condition and the most appropriate intervention procedures, the provisional opening coincides with the cleaning phase.
The goal is to return the submarine its original image, transformed by successive overpainting, suffered cuts and transfers.
They retain most of the silver surface primer that has served as steel guard and remove the plastic consistency film consists of several layers of paint accumulated over decades.
Finally, in the most damaged areas apply products to stop oxidation inhibitors.
The Institute of Cultural Heritage of Spain (IPCE) under the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports has advised restoration technically, part of a large project that involved the Navy, the City of Cartagena and foundations Juanelo Repsol and Turriano.
At the initiative were also local institutions such as the Naval Technology Center, Technical University of Cartagena, Polytechnic Institute and Training Center of the Salesians.
The museology of the new hall will be completed with the release of Isaac Peral, personal items, collections of drawings and other funds linked to the inventor and the submarine, naval museums owned.
A large glass arch 90 meters close this space, so that the submersible always remain visible from the outside.
The official opening will be around September 8, in the commemoration of the 125th anniversary of the launch.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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