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April 2019
Introducing a new historical beer, Sabacios
Free entrace. Limited capacity.
The other face of Bacus
Bacchus was a god with many names and origins that embraced multiple traditions. This Olympic god, with its obscure and uncertain past, is one of the most controversial divinity of the classical era. Its history is full of enigmas, many related to the wine but also, surprisingly, with the beer! Come discover the fascinating, and unknown, links between the god of wine and the oldest drink ever. You will also taste the reconstruction of an elixir as mysterious as Bacchus…
Find out more »The origins of wine in Catalonia
Free entrance. Limited capacity.
7 pm.
We will discover the beginnings of cultivating the vineyard in our land from the study of seeds, especially those that appeared in the Iberian settlement of the Font de la Canya in the Penedès. This site was a merchandise center of antiquity that provides the archaeological evidence of wine production and vineyard cultivation in the 7th century BC. Nowadays, it is the archaeological site that is providing more data on the beginnings of this plant originally from Asia that has…
Find out more »Ethics for immortality: the symbol of the four seasons and the wine
Free entrance. Limited capacity.
7 pm.
We will explore the symbolic, iconic and, above all, textual role of the vine and wine, from ancient times to the present, with a special emphasis on the representation of the passage of seasons and their value. By Joan Gómez Pallarès, Professor at the UAB. In occasion of the exhibition about Bacchus that can be seen in the Museum until June 9th and the Roman festival of Badalona, Magna Celebratio.
Find out more »May 2019
The importance of the Baetulo wine
Free entrance. Limited capacity.
7 pm.
The cultivation of the vineyard and the production of wine in the territory of Baetulo, turned this city into a great center of commercialization and export of Laietania wine. This activity caused that Baetulo lived at that time its maximum splendor. By Montserrat Comas, archaeologist and collaborator of the Badalona Museum. On the occasion of the exhibition about Bacchus that can be seen in the Museum until June 9th.
Find out more »Oh Museums!… My archeological experiences in Badalona and Tiana
Free entrance
7 pm
By Josep Maria Padrós, Director between 1951 and 1954 of the excavation campaigns in the Roman villa of Can Sentromà (Tiana), during the years 1953 and 1954 was part of the team that excavated in Badalona and found the Roman Baths and directed the Museum of Badalona between the years 1971 and 1975. Author of several publications such as How was born Tiana 2000 years ago (1961), awarded with the Jocs Florals prize, or more recently The unknown Tiana. Treasures…
Find out more »Presentation: the stamp of Bacchus
Hall of the Museum. Limited capacity
7 pm
Presentation of the stamp dedicated to the sculpture of Bacchus recovered in the archaeological intervention of the side of the C-31. After the presentation, Esther Gurri, curator, will make a brief guided visit to the exhibition Bacus, the masks of the god. By the Philatelic Group of Badalona.
Find out more »July 2019
Donation of the archive of the Gymnastic Union
Roman baths-Decumanus space. Museum of Badalona
7 pm. Free entrance. Limited capacity
The Gymnastic and Sports Union, an entity created in 1926 to promote sport, and especially athletics, donates its historical archive, which includes both documents and photographs, at the Museum of Badalona. For this reason, on Thursday, July 18th, at 7 pm, at the Museum (Roman baths-Decumanus space) will formalize the donation, at a meeting open to the public. The event will be attended by David Gallego, president of the entity, and Oriol Lladó, journalist and author of the book Això…
Find out more »October 2019
Lecture and publication: Heritage confiscated in the Civil War
Free entrance. Limited capacity.
7 pm
Lecture and presentation of the publication Heritage confiscated in the Civil War. The art collection of the Muntadas family in Badalona. By Yolanda Pérez Carrasco, author of the book. The author will be introduced by Joan Villarroya, Professor of the UB.
Find out more »Lecture. Cycle of baró de Maldà
Free entrance. Limited capacity
7 pm
Lecture: The baró de Maldà, the first chronicler of the life of Barcelona, and his time. By the professor Carme Rubio Larramona.
Find out more »Lecture. Cycle of baró de Maldà
Free entrance. Limited capacity
7 pm
Lecture: Food and clothing at the time of the Enlightenment. By the archaeologist and museologist Joan Santacana.
Find out more »Book about Doctor Bassols
Free entrance. Limited capacity
7 pm
This year marks the centenary of the birth and sixty years after the death of Ramon Bassols Genís (1919-1959), the well-known doctor Bassols, who gives name to one of the main avenues that cross the district of Llefià in Badalona. Although he was born in Sabadell and raised in Barcelona, his memory is kept alive specially in the city of Badalona. In the year 1948 Bassols began to act as a doctor in La Salut, a very vulnerable neighborhood and…
Find out more »Lecture. Cycle of baró de Maldà
Free entrance. Limited capacity
7 pm
Lecture: Badalona at the time of the baró de Maldà By the historian and curator of the Museum of Badalona M. Dolors Nieto.
Find out more »November 2019
Book about Doctor Bassols
Free entrance. Limited capacity
7 pm
This year marks the centenary of the birth and sixty years after the death of Ramon Bassols Genís (1919-1959), the well-known doctor Bassols, who gives name to one of the main avenues that cross the district of Llefià in Badalona. Although he was born in Sabadell and raised in Barcelona, his memory is kept alive specially in the city of Badalona. In the year 1948 Bassols began to act as a doctor in La Salut, a very vulnerable neighborhood and…
Find out more »December 2019
Opening of the exhibition The diamond of Badalona
150 years of Anís del Mono
7 pm. Free entrance. Limited seat
The Anís del Mono factory is one of the oldest ones that works in Badalona, and its product is one of the best known and appreciated in the world. The famous label that identifies it has the date of 1870 written – although probably production began earlier – and, therefore, 2020 will celebrate the 150th anniversary. For this reason, the Museum presents a small exhibition that highlights the image of Anís del Mono, the first that was packed in a…
Find out more »January 2020
Presentation of the book The Catholic Labor Press during the Franco’s regime
Free entrance. Limited seats
7 pm
Presentation of the book Catholic Labor Press during the Franco's regime. The HOAC media by the historian Emili Ferrando. The presentation will be held by Manel Simó, journalist and historian. Free entrance. Limited seats.
Find out more »Journalism and local journalists at the end of the Franco regime and during the Transition
Free entrance. Limited capacity
7 pm
By Santiago Vilanova, journalist and director of La Voz de Badalona between 1973 and 1976. In the framework of the exhibition Enric Giralt journalist of the Transition that can be seen at the Museum until February 16th, 2020. Download flyer
Find out more »The television news programs of TVE Catalunya from the Transition to the present day
Free entrance. Limited capacity
7 pm
By Esteve Crespo, journalist and associate professor of the Department of Publicity, Public Relations and Audiovisual Communication of the UAB, and Pere Buhigas, director of LAB 24, and former director of the news programs of TVE-Catalunya. In the framework of the exhibition Enric Giralt journalist of the Transition that can be seen at the Museum until February 16th, 2020. Download flyer
Find out more »Presentation of the book The neighborhood movement in the Barcelonès Nord (1954-1987)
Free entrance. Limited capacity
7 pm
Presentation of the publication The neighborhood movement in the Barcelonès Nord (1954-1987) by José Miguel Cuesta Gómez, within the framework of the exhibition dedicated to the Transition that can be seen at the Museum from November 21st to February 16th. The book is the result of careful research that collects and analyzes the neighborhood movement in the towns of Badalona, Sant Adrià de Besòs and Santa Coloma de Gramenet. To do so, the author consulted several written sources and conducted…
Find out more »February 2020
Lecture. Anise: effects on the body and on the spirit
Free entrance. Limited seats
7 pm
Within the framework of the exhibition The diamond of Badalona commemorating the 150 years of Anís del Mono, that can be seen at the Museum until March 15th. By Abel Mariné, Professor Emeritus of Nutrition and Bromatology of the UB. View flyer
Find out more »Lecture: The roman villa of the Estrella, new data on wine production in Baetulo (1st century BC-IV AD)
Museum of Badalona. Free entry
Limited seats. 7 pm
Presentation of the first results of the intervention on the site of the old Estrella factory, in the Coll i Pujol district, which took place from October 2018 to September 2019. During the excavation works a large villa for wine production was discovered, which ran from the first century BC to the fourth century AD, as well as other agricultural elements with a chronology dating to the eighteenth century. By Inaki Moreno, archeologist of the company ATICS, SL and Clara…
Find out more »Lecture. The Poster Competition of the Anís del Mono
Free entrance. Limited seats
7 pm
Within the framework of the exhibition The diamond of Badalona commemorating the 150 years of Anís del Mono, that can be seen at the Museum until March 15th. By Núria Casals, historian. View flyer
Find out more »Lecture: The Eco of Badalona, dean of the local press
Museum of Badalona. Free entry
7 pm. Limited seats
Montserrat Carreras, historian and head of the Historical Archive of the City of Badalona, will offer us the lecture El Eco de Badalona, dean of the local press, on the occasion of the presentation of the digitalization of this magazine, founded in 1868. In February the Eco will be available in the Museum's website. The Eco, which had a weekly character, is an essential source for learning about the history of Badalona from the end of the 19th century until…
Find out more »March 2020
Margarita Xirgu, the most universal Catalan actress
Museum of Badalona. Free entry
Limited seats. 7 pm
To celebrate the Year Xirgu, which commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the death of the Catalan actress Margarida Xirgu, Dr. Francesc Foguet, coordinator of the Master's Degree in Theater Studies at the UAB, will offer us the lecture Margarida Xirgu, the most universal Catalan actress, in which he will review the professional and personal ties of this famous actress with our city, of which she was named adoptive daughter in 1933. After the lecture, the Friends of the Zorrilla Theater…
Find out more »Lecture. The arrival of Darwinism in Catalonia
Free entrance. Limited seats
7 pm
Within the framework of the exhibition The diamond of Badalona commemorating the 150 years of Anís del Mono, that can be seen at the Museum until March 15th. By Dr. Agustí Camós, historian of science. View flyer
Find out more »Lecture: The alliance of sea and wine
POSTPONED ACTIVITY
7 pm. Limited seats
The alliance of sea and wine, key in the prosperity of Baetulo, by Clara Forn, archeologist of the Museum. As part of the 5th cycle of conferences Anar a mar, organized by Marina Badalona.
Find out more »October 2020
Banking and bankers in nineteenth-century Barcelona. The figure of Evarist Arnús
7 pm. Free entrance
Limited capacity
By Yolanda Blasco Martel, professor of economic history at the UB. Lecture organized to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Evarist Arnús i Ferrer. Download flyer of the exhibition (in catalan) Evarist Arnús. Josep Cortinas/Museu de Badalona. Arxiu J.M. Cuyàs
Find out more »Evarist Arnús and music: The Lyrical Theater of Eixample (1881-1890)
7 pm. Free entrance
Limited capacity
By Montserrat Guardiet Bergé, doctor in art history. Lecture organized to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Evarist Arnús i Ferrer. Download flyer of the exhibition (in catalan) Clock tower that was located in the gardens of the Teatre Líric de Barcelona now located in Ca l'Arnús. Albert Cartagena/Museu de Badalona. AI
Find out more »Evarist Arnús i Ferrer (1820-1890), a singular character
7 pm. Free entrance
Limited capacity
By Marçal Font Espí, philologist and great connoisseur of the figure of Arnús. Lecture organized to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Evarist Arnús i Ferrer. Download flyer of the exhibition (in catalan) Portrait of Evarist Arnús. Unknown/Museu de Badalona. Arxiu J.M. Cuyàs
Find out more »November 2020
The artistic legacy of Evarist Arnús in Badalona: the Torre Arnús
LECTURE ON LINE THROUGH YOUTUBE LIVE
By Anna Hernández Tudela, art historian and doctoral student. Lecture organized to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Evarist Arnús i Ferrer. Download flyer of the exhibition (in catalan) Exterior view of the Torre Arnús, in Badalona. Josep Cortinas/Museu de Badalona. AI. Fons Josep Cortinas
Find out more »December 2020
Opening of the exhibition Ramon Casas visits Badalona
ACTIVITY CANCELED
Opening of the exhibition Ramon Casas visits Badalona which includes a set of paintings, drawings and posters from several museums and collectors, which have been lent for the occasion. During the event the professors of the Conservatory of Badalona Rocío Martínez, soprano , and David Malet, piano, will perform four songs by Enric Granados. Gabriel Pinós will then give a lecture on this artist. Admission is free but places are very limited, for this reason, you must register in advance…
Find out more »Lecture: Ramon Casas
ACTIVITY CANCELLED
Limited capacity
By Gabriel Pinós, art historian. Due to the fire that has affected two industrial buildings today in Tortosa Street in Badalona and that has caused the death of three people, this activity is canceled. Self portrait of Ramon Casas FLYER OF THE EXHIBITION
Find out more »Lecture: Ramon Casas and the Codina family from Badalona
Prior registration is required at the Museum: 933 841 750
7 pm. Limited capacity.
By Jordi Sánchez, historian. Prior registration is required at the Museum: 933 841 750. Limited capacity. The event can be followed live on the Youtube channel of the Museu de Badalona: https://www.youtube.com/user/MuseuBadalona Portrait of Josep Codina Prat, Ramon Casas's brother in law FLYER OF THE EXHIBITION
Find out more »January 2021
Lecture: Ramon Casas
Free entry with prior registration
7 pm
Lecture by Gabriel Pinós, art historian, as part of the exhibition Ramon Casas visits Badalona which can be seen at the Museum until Sunday January 31st. During the event the professors of the Conservatory of Badalona Rocío Martínez, soprano , and David Malet, piano, will perform four songs by Enric Granados. Admission is free but prior registration is required at the Museum: 933 841 750. Limited capacity. You can follow the lecture in streaming on our Youtube channel. The realization…
Find out more »February 2021
Publication: History of Mauthausen
Museum’s auditorium. 7 pm
Free entrance. Prior registration is required at the Museum
The Museum presents the adaptation and translation into Catalan of the book Histoire de Mauthausen. Les cinq années de déportation des républicains espagnols, written by Josep Borràs from Badalona, in which he recounts his experiences in the Mauthausen concentration camp, where 1,094 catalans lost their lives. Josep Borràs (1917-1997) went into exile in France after the Civil War and at the beginning of World War II he was deported to the Mauthausen camp. His father, Pere Borràs Milà, was a…
Find out more »March 2021
Roundtable: The dress of the Our Lady of Sorrows
Museum. 8 pm
Free entrance. Prior registration is required at the Museum
Roundtable with Àngel Acedo, graduate in Humanities; Rosa M. Martín, former director of the Textile Museum of Barcelona and Carme Bassols, seamstress. Moderator: Joan Rosàs, historian. Museum. 8 p.m. Free entrance. Limited capacity. This activity may change because of the arising from the health alert of COVID-19.
Find out more »70 years of the esbart Sant Jordi
Prior registration is required at the Museum
Free entrance. Limited capacity
On the occasion of the centenary of the Orfeó Badaloní and the 70th anniversary of the Esbart Sant Jordi, which is linked to it, this exhibition will be presented on the first floor of the Museum, where a round table will be held on the present and future of traditional dances. Prior registration is required at the Orfeó by telephone (93 384 37 13) or in person at c / Enric Borràs, 19-21 from Monday to Friday from 9 am…
Find out more »Presentation of the book Badalona on wheels
Prior registration at the Museum of Badalona: 933 841 750
Live on the Museum’s Youtube channel
Presentation of the book Badalona on wheels, published by the publishing house EFADÓS, and which allows us to trace the history and evolution of our city with land transport as a guiding thread. The book, written by Margarida Abras and M. Dolors Nieto, includes 170 photographs from the Image Archive of the Badalona Museum. The presentation will take place in the Museum's auditorium and also live on the Museum's Youtube channel. Free admission with prior registration at the Museum of…
Find out more »May 2021
Open Doors Day to the House of the Ivy
Sunday May 2nd. From 10 am to 2 pm
Free entrance. Limited capacity. No reservations are made
The Roman city of Baetulo keeps growing. This Spring, once the musealisation works has been completed, we have inaugurated the House of the Ivy, a domus from the ending of the 1st century BC that will be added to the offer of visitable spaces from the Roman era offered by the Museum. The house bears many similarities to the neighboring domus of the Dolphins, with a work area with wine tanks and several rooms distributed around an atrium. It also…
Find out more »Open Doors Day to the House of the Ivy
Saturday May 8th. From 10 am to 2 pm and from 5 to 8 pm.
Free entrance. Limited capacity. No reservations are made
The Roman city of Baetulo keeps growing. This Spring, once the musealisation works has been completed, we have inaugurated the House of the Ivy, a domus from the ending of the 1st century BC that will be added to the offer of visitable spaces from the Roman era offered by the Museum. The house bears many similarities to the neighboring domus of the Dolphins, with a work area with wine tanks and several rooms distributed around an atrium. It also…
Find out more »Open Doors Day to the House of the Ivy
Sunday May 9th. From 10 am to 2 pm
Free entrance. Limited capacity. No reservations are made
The Roman city of Baetulo keeps growing. This Spring, once the musealisation works has been completed, we have inaugurated the House of the Ivy, a domus from the ending of the 1st century BC that will be added to the offer of visitable spaces from the Roman era offered by the Museum. The house bears many similarities to the neighboring domus of the Dolphins, with a work area with wine tanks and several rooms distributed around an atrium. It also…
Find out more »Presentation of the book: L’ou com balla. L’efímer, el Corpus i la Catedral
Tuesday May 25th, 7 pm
Free. You must register in advance on this page
The ou com balla is one of the popular manifestations about which more has been written and less studied. While it is true that finding out the origins of our folklore is complex, it is also true that the mistakes of the past have been repeated without any rigorous work being done on the subject. In this publication, the work of the historian and folklorist Nil Rider, an attempt is made to shell out the documentary information on this genuine…
Find out more »June 2021
Premiere of the short movie Haunting day (Between Light and Shadows)
Tuesday 8th June, 7 pm
Free entry with prior registration
Premier of the short movie Haunting Day (Between Light and Shadows), a harrowing suspense story shot on the incomparable setting of Can Miravitges. The film, which is in the distribution phase, has already received 8 international awards: Audience Award in Los Angeles, Award for Best Thriller in Port Blair, Award for Best Actor and Honorable Mention in London, Award for Best Editing in Toronto, Outstanding Achievement Award in Tagore, and Honorable Mentions in Seattle and Duluth. He has been a…
Find out more »September 2021
Lecture: Rovira and his models
Thursday 16th September, 7 p.m.
Free activity. Prior registration is required
By Ivan Costa. As part of the exhibition Pedro Rovira, 1921-1978, which commemorates the centenary of the birth of this well-known seamstress from Badalona and which can be seen at the Museum until Sunday 12th December. Limited places. Pre-registration on this page. The activity will be broadcast live on the Museum's Youtube channel. The performance of this activity is subject to possible changes arising from the health alert of COVID-19.
Find out more »Lecture: Photographing Pere Rovira
Thursday 23rd September, 7 p.m.
Free activity. Prior registration is required
By Antoni Bernad, internationally recognized fashion photographer. As part of the exhibition Pedro Rovira, 1921-1978, which commemorates the centenary of the birth of this well-known seamstress from Badalona and which can be seen at the Museum until Sunday 12th December. Limited places. Pre-registration on this page. The activity will be broadcast live on the Museum's Youtube channel. The performance of this activity is subject to possible changes arising from the health alert of COVID-19.
Find out more »October 2021
Roundtable discussion. Pere Rovira’s workshop: the invisible creators
Thursday 7th October, 7 p.m.
Free activity. Prior registration is required
Roundtable discussion. Pere Rovira's workshop: the invisible creators With Joan Simó, Daniel Barbajosa, Josep Casamartina and seamstresses from Pere Rovira's workshop. As part of the exhibition Pedro Rovira, 1921-1978, which commemorates the centenary of the birth of this well-known seamstress from Badalona and which can be seen at the Museum until Sunday 12th December. Limited places. Pre-registration on this page. The activity will be broadcast live on the Museum's Youtube channel. The performance of this activity is subject to possible…
Find out more »Lecture: The international presence of Pere Rovira
Thursday 14th October, 7 p.m.
Free activity. Prior registration is required
A càrrec de Josep Casamartina i Parassols, cocomissari de l'exposició i autor del llibre del mateix títol. As part of the exhibition Pedro Rovira, 1921-1978, which commemorates the centenary of the birth of this well-known seamstress from Badalona and which can be seen at the Museum until Sunday 12th December. Limited places. Pre-registration on this page. The activity will be broadcast live on the Museum's Youtube channel. The performance of this activity is subject to possible changes arising from the…
Find out more »Presentation of the book “Derivacions modernistes. Rehabilitació arquitectònica. Joan Amigó, arquitecte”
Thursday 21st October, 7 pm
Free activity with prior reservation on this page
The book Modernist Derivations. Architectural rehabilitation. Joan Amigó, architect studies the work of Joan Amigó i Barriga (1875-1958), the most notable and representative architect of modernism in Badalona. The author of the book, also the architect Pere Casajoana, wanted to approach the issue from a strictly architectural perspective, different from the most common approaches that have been taken since the history of art. The event will include the participation of the author, Pere Casajoan, Marcel Riera, poet and translator, Josep…
Find out more »November 2021
Presentation of the central panel of the altarpiece of Saint Sebastian
Tuesday 2nd November, 7 pm
Free entry with prior registration on this page
Presentation of the central panel of the Gothic altarpiece of Saint Sebastian, from the monastery of Sant Jeroni de la Murtra, which has recently been acquired by the Museum of Badalona. This exceptional piece was part of the altarpiece that decorated the chapel that the monks of La Murtra erected, in the late 15th century, in honor of San Sebastián as a result of a plague epidemic. Two parts of the original altarpiece are currently known: the predella, which belongs…
Find out more »Book presentation: Una manera de veure el món. Teresa Lleal Galceran, 1940-1988
Thursday November 4th, 7 pm
Free activity with prior registration
Presentation of the book A way of seeing the world. Teresa Lleal Galceran, 1940-1988, by Emili Muñoz. The work is the result of intense research that has allowed the author to make available to us the biography of a person as interesting and full of concerns as Teresa Lleal, who played an important role in areas such as pedagogical renewal or the teaching of Catalan in our city. The book is, at the same time, a portrait of an era…
Find out more »Book presentation: Una manera de veure el món. Teresa Lleal Galceran, 1940-1988
Friday November 5th, 7 pm
Free activity with prior registration
Presentation of the book A way of seeing the world. Teresa Lleal Galceran, 1940-1988, by Emili Muñoz. The work is the result of intense research that has allowed the author to make available to us the biography of a person as interesting and full of concerns as Teresa Lleal, who played an important role in areas such as pedagogical renewal or the teaching of Catalan in our city. The book is, at the same time, a portrait of an era…
Find out more »Cycle of conferences: Archaeological novelties
Tuesdays 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th November
Free admission with prior registration on the website
In recent years, the urban dynamics of Badalona have intensified and spaces, so far little transformed, have undergone a great change. This fact has led to an increase in archaeological interventions that, consequently, have brought many innovations in the knowledge of the Roman city. It is for this reason that we present a cycle of conferences that will present the main developments in archaeological research in the last two years. In the field of research, the study of marbles from…
Find out more »A first approach to the marbling of Baetulo’s public spaces
Tuesday November 9th, 7 pm
Free admission with prior registration in this website
Lecture: A first approach to the marbling of Baetulo's public spaces. By Anna Gutiérrez Garcia-Moreno, archaeologist (ICAC Research Researcher) and Andrea Collado Padilla The study of marble gives us new knowledge about Baetulo. In this case a unified study and revision of fragments of marble from different excavations of the different public spaces of the roman city is carried out, which allows us to contribute in the knowledge of these spaces, in the marbling of these and in the panorama…
Find out more »Lecture: Pere Rovira and the Cooperativa de Alta Costura
Thursday November 11th, 7 pm
Pre-registration on this website
By Rosa M. Martín i Ros, art historian, specializing in the study of fabric. As part of the exhibition Pedro Rovira, 1921-1978, which commemorates the centenary of the birth of this well-known seamstress from Badalona and which can be seen at the Museum until Sunday 12th December. Limited places. Pre-registration on this page. The activity will be broadcast live on the Museum's Youtube channel. The performance of this activity is subject to possible changes arising from the health alert of COVID-19.…
Find out more »Salve viator! New data on roads and documented remains in the western suburb of Baetulo
Tuesday November 16th, 7 pm
Free admission with prior registration on this website
Lecture: Salve viator! New data on the roads and remains documented in the western suburb of Baetulo during the intervention on Coll i Pujol's street. By Mikel Soberón, archaeologist at Global Mediterrània. During the months of September 2019 and March 2020, an intervention was carried out on the site that until then had been occupied by a block of flats built during the Second Republic and known as the green houses. It is located between Sant Ramon's street, Coll i…
Find out more »The seafront of Baetulo
Tuesday November 23rd, 19 h
Free admission with prior registration on this website
Lecture: The seafront of Baetulo. New data on the walled enclosure and the coastline. By Emiliano Hinojo and Jacinto Sánchez, archaeologists. In 2015 and 2019, two interventions were carried out on the plots of the Via Augusta's Avenue, numbers 18 and 14, respectively. Although some of the results of the first excavation were already presented at the Museum, now, with the new data of the adjacent site, we can give a more complete interpretation of this sector of the Roman…
Find out more »Baetulo, oppidum civium romanorum. New proposal of urban plot
Tuesday November 30th, 19 h
Free admission with prior registration on this website
Lecture: Baetulo, oppidum civium romanorum. New proposal of urban plot. By Clara Forn, Pepita Padrós and Jacinto Sánchez, archaeologists. Baetulo, oppidum civium romanorum is the description used by Plinius(1st century AD) that testifies the founding of our Roman city. Thanks to archaeological excavations we have come to know how and when the city was born, an ex novo foundation dated around 70 BC and located on the coast of Laietana, Tarraconensis province, of clear Roman affiliation not only in its…
Find out more »January 2022
Opening of the exhibition and conference on the altarpiece of San Sebastián
Thursday 13th January, 7 pm
Free admission with prior registration on this website
Opening of the exhibition Altarpiece of Saint Sebastian, 15th century, which brings together the only two original pieces - central table and predella - that have been preserved from the Gothic altarpiece that the monks of the monastery of Sant Jeroni de la Murtra dedicated to Saint Sebastian, and which can be seen on the Museum until Sunday 27 February. As part of the opening ceremony, there will also be a talk on A Recovered Work: The Altarpiece of San…
Find out more »Lecture. Saint Sebastian: from lawyer of the plagues to icon of the gay community.
Thursday January 20th, 7 pm
Free admission with prior registration on this website
Lecture. Saint Sebastian: from lawyer of the plagues to icon of the gay community. By Joan Rosàs, historian. As part of the exhibition Altarpiece of Saint Sebastian (15th century) , which can be seen free of charge at the Museum until Sunday 27th February. Museum. 7 p.m. Free admission with prior registration. The performance of this activity is subject to possible changes arising from the health alert of COVID-19.
Find out more »The secret plan to disembark in Badalona during World War II
Tuesday 25th January, 7 pm
Free admission with prior registration on this website
Neutralizing the Franco regime during World War II was always an option for the Allies. The Americans, however, were the ones who considered it most strongly, to the point that they drew up a plan to land on the Catalan coast using Badalona as the gateway for their troops. Lecture by Pere S. de Argila, historian The presentation will be given by Joan Villarroya i Font, Professor of Contemporary History at the UB.
Find out more »Lecture: Pandemics in the late Middle Ages
Thursday January 27th, 7 pm
Free admission with prior registration on this website
Lecture: Pandemics in the late Middle Ages. Demographic and social consequences. By Josep Hernando, Doctor of Medieval History. As part of the exhibition Altarpiece of Saint Sebastian (15th century) , which can be seen free of charge at the Museum until Sunday 27th February. Museum. 7 p.m. Free admission with prior registration. The performance of this activity is subject to possible changes arising from the health alert of COVID-19.
Find out more »February 2022
Opening of the exhibition and lecture “El dibuixant Santiago Mateu i Pla”
Thursday 3rd February, 7 pm
Free admission until full capacity
Opening of the exhibition The drawer Santiago Mateu i Pla (1891-1935) which can be seen at the Museum until Sunday 6th March. The event will also include a lecture on this artist by art historian Núria Casals i Cortès, which will be presented by Francesc Fontbona, PhD in art history. Museum. 7 p.m. The performance of this activity is subject to possible changes arising from the health alert of COVID-19.
Find out more »Lecture: The enigmas of the altarpiece of Saint Sebastian from la Murtra
Tuesday 8th February, 7 pm
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Lecture: The enigmas of the altarpiece of Saint Sebastian from la Murtra By Jaume Aymar Ragolta. art historian, head of the monastery of Sant Jeroni de la Murtra. As part of the exhibition Altarpiece of Saint Sebastian (15th century) , which can be seen free of charge at the Museum until Sunday 27th February. Museum. 7 p.m. Free admission with prior registration. The performance of this activity is subject to possible changes arising from the health alert of COVID-19.
Find out more »Lecture: The importance of Jerome music
Thursday 10th February, 7 pm
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Lecture: The importance of Jerome music: the manuscript of Sant Jeroni de la Murtra. By Juan Carlos Asensio, specialist in medieval music. As part of the exhibition Altarpiece of Saint Sebastian (15th century) , which can be seen free of charge at the Museum until Sunday 27th February. Museum. 7 p.m. Free admission with prior registration. The performance of this activity is subject to possible changes arising from the health alert of COVID-19.
Find out more »Sant Jeroni at the end of the 15th century
Thursday 17th February, 7 pm
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Lecture: Sant Jeroni at the end of the 15th century. By Carles Díaz, PhD in Medieval History. As part of the exhibition Altarpiece of Saint Sebastian (15th century) , which can be seen free of charge at the Museum until Sunday 27th February. Museum. 7 p.m. Free admission with prior registration. The performance of this activity is subject to possible changes arising from the health alert of COVID-19.
Find out more »Lecture: Clothing and fabrics in the altarpiece of Saint Sebastian
Thursday 24th February, 7 pm
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Lecture: Clothing and fabrics in the altarpiece of Saint Sebastian of Sant Jeroni de la Murtra. By Rosa M. Martín i Ros, weaver and fashion historian. As part of the exhibition Altarpiece of Saint Sebastian (15th century) , which can be seen free of charge at the Museum until Sunday 27th February. Museum. 7 p.m. Free admission with prior registration. The performance of this activity is subject to possible changes arising from the health alert of COVID-19.
Find out more »April 2022
Lecture: Reflections on the Causes and Consequences of the Ukrainian War
Thursday, 21st April, 7 pm
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Lecture: Reflections on the Causes and Consequences of the Ukrainian War Since last February 24th, the war in Ukraine has focused all the information on the media, on social media and also on our streets. Beyond the horror of a war situation, this conflict is having a direct effect on our country, such as rising fuel, food and energy prices and the arrival of refugees. But what do we really know about Ukraine? What is the source of the conflict?…
Find out more »Dressing the Roman house: the fabric that surrounds you
Thursday April 28th, 7 pm
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Lecture: Dressing the Roman house: the fabric that surrounds you. By Laia de Frutos (UB). The Roman house is understood as a container whose architecture, decoration, evolution and sometimes its contents are studied. Research on the Roman house is on archaeological finds, but there are a number of objects that leave no trace, such as textile furniture: pillows, curtains, tablecloths, etc. These elements created comfort in the house and contributed to rest or housework. From the iconography we will know…
Find out more »Ovid and fashion
Friday April 29th, 7 pm.
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Lecture: Ovid and fashion. By Herbert González Zymla (UCM).
Find out more »Presentation of the book: Ahir Roma, avui nosaltres
Saturday April 30th, 6 pm
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Presentation of the book Ahir Roma, avui nosaltres by Isabel Rodà, epigraphist, archaeologist and professor emeritus at the UAB. The cultural heritage of the Roman world is still very much alive in the 21st century. Seemingly contemporary concepts such as interculturality, interbreeding, currency and the single market, vehicular language, waste management or recycling are aspects that already defined Roman society. Emphasizing the importance of this heritage, the author invites us to reflect on its scope and highlights the need to…
Find out more »Let’s get dressed to take the photo! Vestiges of personal identities in Roman sculpture and painting.
Saturday April 30th, 7 pm
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Lecture: Let's get dressed to take the photo! Vestiges of personal identities in Roman sculpture and painting. By Montserrat Claveria Nadal, professor of UAB. It is true indeed that in the Greek and Roman times photography did not exist, but there was the intention of commissioning an image of oneself, dressed in a certain way, which would serve to show oneself to others. In that period, sculpture and painting were widely used and appreciated means to make these images. This…
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Lecture: the mosaics of Baetulo
Wednesday May 18th, 7 pm
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Baetulo's buildings were richly decorated with marble sconces, murals, and pavements of several kinds, especially mosaics. Due to the restoration and inclusion of some of them in the exhibition Baetulo Roman city, a review of more than 30 decorated pavements from the excavations has been carried out. The result of this study has made it possible to create a catalogue in which the pavements will be displayed in their contexts, as well as their characteristics, chronologies and iconography. By Clara…
Find out more »Documentation, extraction and restoration of the mosaics of the domus on the side of the C-31
Tueday May 31st, 7 pm
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Lecture: Documentation, extraction and restoration of the mosaics of the domus on the side of the C-31. By Agustín Gamarra, María José García and Clara Forn. During the excavations on the side of the highway C31 (2016-2017), two domus of the upper part of the city were documented: the domus of the larari and the one of the balnea. In both houses, the mosaics of the rooms that gave them their name stood out. Due to their exceptionality, they were…
Find out more »June 2022
Lecture: The labor movement before the Civil War
Thursday June 2nd, 7 pm
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Lecture: The labor movement before the Civil War. By Joan Villarroya i Font, Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Barcelona (UB). On the occasion of the exhibition The lost factories on the seafront that can be seen at the Museum from May 26th to September 25th. J. Danglà i cia/Museu de Badalona. AI
Find out more »The mosaic of Pujol’s street
Tuesday June 7th, 7 pm
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Lecture: The mosaic of Pujol's street By Sílvia Llovet and Esther Gurri In the intervention of Pujol's street (2018), part of a large domus was located. The triclinar room of this house was decorated in the central part with a mosaic with bakic motifs. Due to its uniqueness, it was extracted and restored for the Bacus exhibition. The masks of the god produced by the Museum of Badalona in 2019. On this occasion we will be able to know the…
Find out more »New floor plan of the Roman city of Baetulo
Tuesday June 14th, 7 pm
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Lecture: New floor plan of the Roman city of Baetulo. By Clara Forn, Pepita Padrós and Jacinto Sánchez, archaeologists. The large volume of archaeological interventions carried out in the city of Badalona in the last twenty years, has provided us with a large number of data that allow us to review and propose the urbanism and the organization of the Roman city of Baetulo, founded in l around 70 BC, while allowing us to propose a new model of urban…
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Lecture: The process of decontamination of the maritime front of Badalona
Thursday September 8th, 7 pm
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Lecture: The process of decontamination of the maritime front of Badalona. By Pier Berglund, agronomic engineer, founder of the company DAC ENVIRO SL. On the occasion of the exhibition The lost factories on the maritime front that can be seen at the Museum from May 26th to September 25th. Desconegut/Museu de Badalona. AI. Fons Ajuntament
Find out more »Poetry recital: La punxada del passat
Tuesday September 13th, 7 pm
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La punxada del passat. Marcel Riera's poems recited by the same author On the occasion of the exhibition The lost factories on the maritime front that can be seen at the Museum from May 26th to September 25th.
Find out more »Lecture: The transformation of the western strip of the maritime front
Thursday, September 15th, 7 pm
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Conferència: The transformation of the western strip of the maritime front and the projects of the 3 chimneys. By Xavier Salvà and Rafael Argelich, architects. On the occasion of the exhibition The lost factories on the maritime front that can be seen at the Museum from May 26th to September 25th. Desconegut/Museu de Badalona. AI
Find out more »Lecture: The Industry and the train on the maritime front of Badalona
Thursday September 22nd, 7 pm
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Lecture: The Industry and the train on the maritime front of Badalona. By Xavier Nubiola, engineer. On the occasion of the exhibition The lost factories on the maritime front that can be seen at the Museum from May 26th to September 25th. Desconegut/Museu de Badalona. AI. Fons Ajuntament
Find out more »Lecture: the farmhouse of Ca l’Andal. History and architecture
Thursday September 29th, 7 pm
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Presentation of the work carried out by students of the Master's Degree in Diagnosis and Intervention Techniques in Existing Buildings of the Higher Technical School of Building in Barcelona, by Clàudia Sanmartí, architect and professor at the UPC, with an introduction historical by M. Dolors Nieto, historian of the Museum of Badalona. From 5 pm you will be able to see the exhibition on the same subject, in the auditorium of the Museum. Free entry until capacity is reached. …
Find out more »October 2022
Roundtable tribute to Joan Soler i Amigó
Thursday October 13th, 7 pm
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Tribute dialogue to the pedagogue, writer and scholar of popular culture, Joan Soler i Amigó (1941-2022) with the participation of Jan Grau -specialist in popular and traditional culture-, Joan Mayné -anthropologist, museologist, former director of the Museum of Badalona - and Fina Niubó -Catalan language teacher-, moderated by Emili Muñoz, historian who is working on a biography of Joan Soler i Amigó. The event will have the collaboration of students from the Conservatori Professional de Música de Badalona, who will…
Find out more »November 2022
Donation of the photographic collection of Josep M. Bendicho to the Museum
Thursday 10th Novembre, 7 pm
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Donation ceremony of the photographic collection of the photographer Josep M. Bendicho Esteban (1969-2016). The event, which will be attended by the Vice President of the Museum, Anna M. Lara, will include the intervention of Ceci Fímia, designer and friend of Josep M. Bendicho who has classified his photographs, and Josep M.’s niece. , the writer Núria Bendicho. Josep M. Bendicho’s hobby started when he was only 17 years old and still a teenager. Later he started doing occasional jobs…
Find out more »Novelties about wine in Baetulo
Tuesday, November 15th. 7 pm.
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Museum archaeologists, Clara Forn and Esther Gurri, will present a summary of the new developments that have been explained during the III International Archeology Colloquium dedicated to Wine in Antiquity in the Mediterranean, which was held at the Museum on October 19th, 20th and 21st this year. Among the 75 investigations presented at this meeting of specialists, eight were related to several aspects of the production, distribution and consumption of wine in the city and territory of Baetulo. The lecture…
Find out more »Between Licinius and Minicius: last news about the most important family of the Roman Baetulo
Tuesday, November 22nd 7 p.m.
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The lecture will deal with the significance of the Licinius and Minicius families in the city of Baetulo and the importance of both in the general framework of the Roman Empire and especially in Rome. A new reading of a pedestal, very deteriorated, preserved in the Museum, allows us to present some hitherto unknown data that contribute to placing the society of the small Roman city of Baetulo in a relevant position. This exceeds what we had assumed until now…
Find out more »New information about Quintus Licinius’s house
Tuesday, 29th November, 7 p.m.
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The discovery, in one of the rooms excavated in the Clos de la Torre in the 1930s, of the tabula hospitalis, a hospitality pact between the municipality of Baetulo and Quintus Licini in 98 AD, was the first evidence of the possible existence of this building. During the 1950s, the knowledge about it was expanded by the excavations carried out by J. M. Cuyàs, where the remains of a large garden with a central apse pond and a set of…
Find out more »January 2023
Lecture: Perfumeria Parera, the history of a success
Thursday January 12th, 7 pm
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Lecture: Perfumeria Parera, the history of a success. By Núria Casals, historian. On occasion of the exhibition Perfumeria Parera. 100 years of Varon Dandy.
Find out more »Lecture: The Museum of the Perfume of Barcelona (Fundació Planas Giralt)
Thursday January 19th, 7 pm
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Lecture: The Museum of the Perfume of Barcelona (Fundació Planas Giralt) By Rafa Burgos, historian and journalist. Burgos, a great expert on the subject, will share with us the genesis and characteristics of the magnificent collection of perfumery and cosmetic bottles and containers, from various periods and places in the world, which in 1963 became the Museum of Perfume of Barcelona (Planas Giralt Foundation). On occasion of the exhibition Perfumeria Parera. 100 years of Varon Dandy.
Find out more »Lecture: 200 years of Spanish perfumery
Tuesday January 24th, 7 pm
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Lecture: 200 years of Spanish perfumery. By Juanjo Ruiz Crivillé, collector. One of our country's most prominent collectors of perfumery and cosmetic pieces, of varied provenance and chronology, will discover the history of Spanish perfumery, in which Perfumeria Parera, already in the 20th century, had a very important place. On occasion of the exhibition Perfumeria Parera. 100 years of Varon Dandy.
Find out more »Conference: The brand creation process of Perfumeria Parera
Thursday January 26th, 7 pm
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Conference: The brand creation process of Perfumeria Parera. By Enric Bejiga, graphic designer of Perfumeria Parera and workshop master of the Pau Gargallo School of Art. Enric Bejiga's experience at the Perfumeria Parera company will provide us with knowledge of the exciting process that represents the creation of the integral image of different brands, and will also show us that the creation of new products sometimes remains in the land of the proposal. On occasion of the exhibition Perfumeria Parera.…
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Lecture: Advertising of Perfumería Parera before the Civil War
Thursday February 2nd, 7 pm
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Lecture: Advertising of Perfumería Parera before the Civil War By Núria Casals, historian. Drawings, graphics and photographs applied to advertising, often by very talented and not always well-known professionals, will be the protagonists of this lecture. We will find, embodied in advertisements, images that are suggestive, seductive and full of glamour, but also fresh, familiar and youthful, and sometimes with some surprising detail. We will also discover radio advertising of the time. On occasion of the exhibition Perfumeria Parera. 100…
Find out more »Lecture: From the perfumery industry to the craft of perfume
Thursdat February 9th, 7 pm
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Lecture: From the perfumery industry to the craft of perfume. By Esperança Cases, master artisan perfumer. The only master artisan perfumer in the country, specialized in experimental perfumery and with experience at Perfumeria Parera, will take us on a journey to the world of natural essences and share her experiments with us. On occasion of the exhibition Perfumeria Parera. 100 years of Varon Dandy.
Find out more »Presentation of the auca of the third centenary of the Congregation of Sorrows
Friday 17th February, 8:30 pm
Chapel of the Dolors of the church of Santa Maria de Badalona
Presentation of the auca of the third centenary of the Congregation of Sorrows, with text by Joan Vilamala and drawings by Pilarin Bayés. The event will take place in the chapel of the Dolors of the church of Santa Maria de Badalona and will be attended by the authors. In occasion of the exhibition The Congregation of Our Lady of Sorrows of Badalona. 300 years of history. Free entry until full capacity.
Find out more »Lecture: A vision of the 300-year history of the Congregation of Sorrows in Badalona
Thursday 23rd February, 7 pm
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Lecture: A vision of the 300 years of history of the Congregation of the Sorrows of Badalona. By Joan Rosàs, historian and prior of the Congregation of Badalona. In occasion of the exhibition The Congregation of Our Lady of Sorrows of Badalona. 300 years of history. Free entry until full capacity.
Find out more »March 2023
Lecture: Sociological interdependence between the Congregation of Sorrows and the Badalonian society
Thursday, 2nd March, 7 pm
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Lecture: Sociological interdependence between the Congregation of Sorrows and the Badalonian society. By Àngel Acedo, graduate in Humanities and teacher. In occasion of the exhibition The Congregation of Our Lady of Sorrows of Badalona. 300 years of history. Free entry until full capacity
Find out more »Lecture: The restoration of the mannequin of the image of Sorrows of Badalona
Thursday 9th March, 7 pm
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Lecture: The restoration of the mannequin of the image of Sorrows of Badalona. By Mireia Mestre, director of the Furniture Restoration Center of Catalonia, and Pere de Llobet, head of the MNAC carpentry workshop. In occasion of the exhibition The Congregation of Our Lady of Sorrows of Badalona. 300 years of history. Free entry until full capacity.
Find out more »Lecture. Studying death: what does the forensic anthropology tell us about the tomb of Jaume Ramon Vila?
Thursday 16th March, 7 pm
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Lecture: Studying death: what does the forensic anthropology tell us about the tomb of Jaume Ramon Vila? By the archaeologist and PhD in Biological Anthropology, Núria Armentano. The lecture will allow us to learn about the process of excavating the tomb of Jaume Ramon Vila, located in the monastery of Sant Jeroni de la Murtra. Jaume Ramon Vila was a 17th-century priest who devoted himself to the study of medieval Catalan heraldry and who had a strong connection with this…
Find out more »Lecture. The cloister of Sant Jeroni de la Murtra: architecture, iconography, heraldry and history
Thursday 23rd Mach, 7 pm
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Lecture: The cloister of Sant Jeroni de la Murtra: architecture, iconography, heraldry and history, by the doctor in medieval history Carles Díaz who will tell us about the different construction stages of this unique space and how it has evolved over time and what testimonies have survived. Díaz will also talk to us, based on his experience, about the working methodology that researchers follow and what techniques historians use to carry out their research. This conference is part of the…
Find out more »Lecture: The conservation-restoration process of the central table of the altarpiece of Saint Sebastian
Thursday March 30th, 7 pm
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Lecture: The conservation-restoration process of the central table of the altarpiece of Saint Sebastian in the monastery of Sant Jeroni de la Murtra, by Rosa Marina Ruiz, conservator-restorer with a long history and professor associated with the Degree of Conservation-Restoration of Goods Cultural by the University of Barcelona. This art piece had been considered missing until 2019, when the historian Albert Velasco located it at the Modern and Ancient Art Fair in Barcelona (FAMA). After informing the Museum Service of…
Find out more »May 2023
The costumes of the giants, the passing of the years (19th-21st centuries)
Thursday 18th May, 7 p.m.
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Lecture: The costumes of the giants, the passing of the years (19th-21st centuries). By Pau Fernández, clothing designer and cultural manager. The lecture will take place on occasion of the exhibition Anastasi and Maria, 165 years: from the village to the city that can be seen in the Museum until May 28th.
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