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CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

MONUMENTAL COMPLEX OF THE ALHAMBRA AND GENERALIFE

18th to 21st May 2017FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.alhambra-patronato.es

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18th mayINTERNATIONAL

MUSEUM DAY

FREE CULTURAL

ACTIVITIES PROGRAM

For the International Museum Day, the Council of the Alham-

bra and Generalife, and the Museum of the Alhambra and

the Granada Fine Arts Museum have developed an activity

program to better acquaint the public with its collections and understand their preservation

and restoration, while enjoying this heritage with music.

Experience the International Museum Day in the Alhambra

and Generalife monumental complex!

YOU CAN ALSO VISIT…In the palace of Charles V enjoy the temporary exhibi-tions of the Council of the Alhambra.

Every museum in Granada offers opening hours, ex-hibitions and special suggestions we encourage you to enjoy.

The Portal de Museos de Andalucía (Museum Portal of Andalusia) provides information on the activity pro-grams and opening hours of the Regional Government of Andalusia´s museum network.

DID YOU KNOW THAT…?The International Council of Museums (ICOM), consul-tative body of the UNESCO, promotes the celebration of the International Day of the Museums annually on the 18th of since 1977, to educate the public in general on the role museums play in the development of society.

In 2017 the event revolves around the theme “Museums and controversial stories: Saying the unspeakable in museums.” The museum collections incarnate memories and represent history.

It also encourages museums to play an active role in peacefully addressing traumatic histories through me-diation and multiple points of view.

For more information, please visit: http://icom.museum/actividades/dia-internacional-de-los-museos/L/1/

THE GRANADA FINE ARTS MUSEUM Most collections in the Granada Fine Arts Museum come from the expropriation of Church property carried out by Álvarez de Mendizábal in the 19th century. It was then completed with collections from the Regional Government of Andalu-sia dating from the 19th and 20th centuries and with acquisitions of important artworks of contemporary Grenadians, such as Manuel Ángeles Ortiz, Manuel Rivera and José Guerrero.

OPENING HOURS: Tuesday through Saturday, from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Sunday, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Mondays closedLOCATION: Palace of Charles V (top floor). Monumental complex of the Alham-bra and the GeneralifeADMISSION: Free entry 18th May. For any other day, please visit the website.MORE INFORMATION: www.museosdeandalucia.es/cultura/museos/MBAGR

TEMPORARY EXHIBITION: Scars of History. The prints of the destruction of the Grenadian heritage in the Fine Arts Museum.Following the theme that the International Council of Museums has proposed for this year (Mu-seums and controversial stories: Saying the unspeakable in museums), this exhibition revisits, through the collection of artworks (usually stored), key historical events in the transformation of the city, characterized by having caused traumatic episodes in the destruction of heritage.

DATES: 18th May to 4th June 2017OPENING HOURS: same as the museumLOCATION: Granada Fine Arts Museum

INVITED WORK: Fernando Marín Chaves, tour of the Alhambra from the Camino del Avellano, ca. 1800.This artwork, property of the Council of the Alhambra and Generalife, will be exhibited to complement the exhibition “Scars of History.” It offers a view of the city prior to the destruction of the religious buil-dings caused by the ecclesiastic expropriations that took place in the 19th century.

DATES: 18th May to 4th June 2017OPENING HOURS: same as the museumLOCATION: Granada Fine Arts Museum

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ACTIVITIES IN THE MONUMENTAL COMPLEXEXHIBITION: The skin of the AlhambraAccessible educational exhibit that presents the characteristics of the main materials with which the Alhambra was decorated, the techniques used to work on it and the main decorative motifs.

DATE: 18th MayOPENING HOURS: 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Optional guided tours every half hourLOCATION: Casa de las Mimbres. Educational Area (next to the ticket office)

GUIDED TOUR: The restoration in the AlhambraLearn all about the restoration of objects and buildings in the Alhambra from their restorers.

DATE: 18th MayOPENING HOURS: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.MEETING POINT: Casa de las Mimbres. Educative Area (next to the ticket window)RECOMMENDED AGE: 16 and olderADMISSION: booking through the website or scanning the QR code

GUIDED TOUR + WORKSHOP: The Nasrid plasterwork and its restoration Get to know the plasterwork restoration workshop of the Alhambra and create your own plaster carving inspired by Nasrid decorations.

DATE: 18th MayOPENING HOURS: 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.MEETING POINT: Casa de las Mimbres. Educative Area (next to the ticket window)RECOMMENDED AGE: 9 to 14ADMISSION: booking through the website or scanning the QR code

MUSIC RECITAL: Resounding Legacy. The Alhambra of the artists The guitarist David Martínez will perform pieces by Ángel Barrios with the composer’s guitar (an ins-trument that belongs to the legacy of this Alhambra musician, and is part of the artistic collections of the Museum of the Alhambra), as well as pieces by Manuel de Falla and Isaac Albéniz.

DATE: 18th MayHOURS: 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. (the same pieces will be performed in both sessions)LOCATION: Nasrid house next to the Bath of the Mosque/Museum of Angel Barrios. Real de la Alhambra StreetRECOMMENDED AGE: 12 and olderADMISSION: Free until seating is completed. Tickets will be handed out at the door on a first-come-first-served basis

MUSEUM OF THE ALHAMBRA The Museum of the Alhambra presents the visitors with a unique chance to view artistic objects dating from the beginning of the Hispano-Muslim period (Emiral period) to the Nasrid period. Visitors will be presented with works of great value from these periods coming from the Alham-bra. Andalusian music will be played in the Museum of the Alhambra from the 18th to 21st of May as a complement to the tour.

SPECIAL OPENING HOURS:

Thursday 18th, 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.Friday 19th, 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.Saturday 20th, 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.Sunday 21st, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

ADMISSION: Free LOCATION: Palace of Charles V, Monumental Complex of the Alhambra and Generalife.MORE INFORMATION: www.alhambra-patronato.es Research Museum of the Alhambra

TEMPORARY EXHIBITION: Reflections of Egypt. The Fatimid ceramic collection of the Museum of the AlhambraThe exhibition studies golden glaze ceramics of Egyptian origin, preser-ved in the collections of the Museum of the Alhambra and direct prece-dent of the Nasrid golden glaze ceramics. Amid the exhibited collections, the visitors will be walked through figurative, epigraphic, vegetable and geometri-cal themes.

DATES: 18th May 2017 to 5th May 2018OPENING HOURS: Same as the museumLOCATION: Room 7 of the Museum of the Alhambra

VIRTUAL TEMPORARY EXHIBITION: Draw, research, and classify your favorite piece of art of the Museum of the Alhambra 2017Awards ceremony for the three activity/contests “Draw in the Museum of the Alhambra,” “Re-search and classify your favorite piece of art” and “Draw in family,” and the inauguration of the virtual exhibition of the works carried out in the call of 2017.

DATES: 18th May 2017 to 5th May 2018OPENING HOURS: 8:30 a.m. to 20:00 p.m.LOCATION: Main Hall of the Palace of Charles VONLINE EXHIBITION: visit the museum website or scan the QR code

ACTIVITIES IN THE MUSEUM OF THE ALHAMBRAGUIDED TOURS: Museum of the AlhambraFor the International Museum Day, the cultural volunteers in the Museum of the Alhambra will help the visitors who request it at the museum. They will explain the permanent exhibitions, in Spanish, French, English, or German.

DATES: 18th to 21st MayOPENING HOURS: From 10 a.m. until Museum closing hoursLOCATION: Museum of the Alhambra

MUSICAL RECITAL: Makam, and Sufi and Ottoman melodies. The Alhambra of the artistsThe ney player (the most common instrument in Sufi music) Hamza Castro will perform makam (spontaneous improvi-sations of the traditional Turkish and Persian music) and Sufi and Ottoman melodies weaving a dialog with pieces of the Museum of the Alhambra.

DATE: 18th MaySESSIONS: 8:30 p.m. and 21:00 p.m. (two sessions of 20 minutes each)RECOMMENDED AGE: 12 and olderADMISSION: free, until seating is completed. Tickets will be handed out at the door on a first-come-first-served basis

TALK ON THE PIECE OF THE MONTH: The Fatimid ataifor of the elephant, by Elena Gómez García.

DATE: Saturday 20th MayOPENING HOURS: 12:00 p.m.LOCATION: Hall 4 of the Museum of the AlhambraRECOMMENDED AGE: 16 and older

THEMED TALKS: The Bimaristan. Buildings and hospitable function in the Nasrid period, by Ms. Inmaculada Ávila Rojas.

DATE: Sunday 21st MayOPENING HOURS: 12:00 p.m.LOCATION: Room 4 of the Museum of the AlhambraRECOMMENDED AGE: 16 and older

*ALL ACTIVITIES ARE FREE UNTIL SEATING IS COMPLETED, AND FOR ALL AGES UNLESS IT IS INDICATED OTHERWISE | THE ORGANIZING ENTITIES RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MODIFY OR CHANGE THE PROGRAM ACCORDING TO CLIMATOLOGICAL OR ORGANIZATIONAL NECESSITIES