Portal de Cartagena
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26-Nov-08.
Opened today in Cartagena, Murcia, the National Museum of Underwater Archaeology ARQUA, a state museum unique and pioneering in many ways in which the Ministry of Culture has invested a total of 20,300,128.37 euros.
The opening ceremony was presided over by Her Royal Highness the Infanta Cristina, who was accompanied by Culture Minister Cesar Antonio Molina and numerous personalities of the political and cultural life of the Region of Murcia.
Underwater Archaeology and technological resources
For the first time a museum open to the public whose business focuses on underwater archeology.
There are maritime museums, naval, archeology, or Mediterranean sea but as an institution ARQUA-axis of the National Plan for the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage by the Ministry of Culture launched in 2007 - is a pioneer in its submission to the Citizenship this matter.
Now, from a strictly scientific point of view but with an appealing and understandable language for all, the public can learn what exactly the Underwater Cultural Heritage, how it protects, is excavated and preserved, which gives us knowledge about our past, and all illustrated with a selection of major archaeological materials preserved by the Museum, among which the remains of the Phoenician era vessels found in Mazarrón, an outstanding collection of elephant tusks also Phoenician times, a large group of amphorae several times, anchors, bars ... and other parts that are unique example of the richness and diversity of our heritage under the sea.
The use and variety of new technologies that come with these pieces in the permanent exhibition of ARQUA is another of the highlights of the museum.
To facilitate understanding and be attractive are used innovative interactive resources, audiovisual productions, sets and manipulated elements, designed exclusively for the museum in order to be used and be of interest to a wide variety of audiences.
The museum immerses visitors in a sea of 250 LED screens that make this facility the largest European production applied to a museum.
The central element of the set of the museum is the great play of the wreck of Mazarrón, at 1:1, which shows the remains of the ship, its objects as found, and part of the safe that was built for conservation.
Faced with these resources also has a space dedicated to naval architecture contains four sections of ships handcrafted, true to the original assembly of the era, built with wood from sustainable.
The proposed narrative culminates in the skylight, the large window overlooking the plaza of the Museum, is suspended from the ceiling where the iron structure of two large vessels: a Kyrenia Greek and medieval coca.
A unique, interactive and accessible
This is a proposed museum in which new technologies are combined with a careful presentation of the collections, to be interactive and accessible.
The building has a total construction area of 5912.00 m2.
The usable area is 5375.06 m2 of which 1,587 m2 are a permanent exhibition, 492.39 m2 185.31 m2 temporary exhibition and visited a store, making a total of 2264.7 m2 for exposure.
The museum is exemplary in its commitment to full accessibility, incorporating all aspects of their relationship with the public resources to be accessible, in their space and content, both the general public, as one who has disabilities.
It has no physical barriers in public areas, technological devices available to remove barriers to communication, and is provided incorporating a brief audio guide service and signoguías that have special tours in sign language for the hearing impaired and audio descriptions for visually impaired people.
The building itself is another attraction, designed by architect Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra.
The project was selected for its architectural quality to be shown at the MOMA in New York in On site: new Spanish architecture exhibition on Spanish contemporary architectural projects, which was then in Madrid.
The location of the building on the seafront of the city of Cartagena and its very conception, with a space program designed to ARQUA not only an exhibition space but also cultural meeting point, they greatly facilitate their integration into urban life and the relationship with citizens.
The Museum has the spaces of an institution of these characteristics as showrooms, warehouses, administration, research, maintenance, restoration, etc.
It has a large public plaza with a large reception area, a spectacular light and space with spectacular views over the bay of Cartagena, for café and restaurant, a conference hall equipped with all the technological resources that make it possible to conclude from Congress to theater, space for activities and educational workshops, a wide and versatile temporary exhibition gallery and a shop.
To serve scholars and researchers, the museum also has a modern and comprehensive specialized library, and some of its stores conceived as visited.
Board Meeting
Before the inauguration, Minister of Culture, César Antonio Molina, chaired the inaugural meeting of the board of the Archaea, which consists of:
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Carlos Martínez Alonso, Secretary of State for Research, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Maria Jesus Figa Lopez-Palop, undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, San José María Victoria Villaco, undersecretary of the Ministry of Defence, María Dolores Carrión Martín Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture, Jose Jimenez, Director of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture, Francisco Javier Velázquez López, director general of police and Civil Guard, Ministry of Interior, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, President of the Region Murcia, Pedro Alberto Cruz Sánchez, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports of the Region of Murcia, Pilar Barreiro, Mayor of Cartagena, Adrian A.
Viudes, president of the Port Authority of Cartagena and Rafael Azuar, director of Arch.
Members appointed
Carmen García Rivera, director of the Andalusian Center for Underwater Archaeology, Javier Nieto Prieto, director of the Center for Underwater Archaeology of Catalonia Catalunya Archaeological Museum, Manuel Martín Bueno, Department of Aging Science, Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Zaragoza, José Pérez Ballester, Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Valencia, Asunción Fernández Izquierdo, director of the Center for Underwater Archaeology of Valencia, Jose Miguel Celdran Noguera, Department of Prehistory, Archaeology and Ancient History Faculty of Arts at the University of Murcia and J. Mariano
Aznar.
Source: Delegación del Gobierno
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