{"id":1710,"date":"2016-05-18T15:46:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T15:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hostemplo.com\/en\/?p=1710"},"modified":"2020-01-30T17:58:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T16:58:49","slug":"celebrating-international-museum-day-visit-the-best-museums-in-barcelona-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostemplo.com\/en\/celebrating-international-museum-day-visit-the-best-museums-in-barcelona-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating International Museum Day: Visit the best museums in Barcelona for free!"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are one of those who believe that culture is priceless and that you can never know too much, it might be your lucky day today, 18th May, as we celebrate the International Museum Day<\/strong>, and we do it, as it is actually called, internationally. So, if you happen to be in Barcelona in the next few days, take pen and pencil and note down, you have an appointment with culture today!<\/p>\n

INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY: WHAT SHOULD YOU BE AWARE OF?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The International Museum Day takes place every 18th May since 1977<\/strong>. Once a year, culture has, eventually, the leading role. It is the ideal occasion to visit the museums opening with an appealing activity offer, to make us conscious of how important these institutions have been to our society\u2019s development.<\/p>\n

The whole world celebrates this initiative thanks to the International Committee of Museums (ICOM), whose purpose is to make people aware of the museums\u2019 role in our society. Every year, the organization selects a particular theme for celebrating the DIM. For 2016, the event will be on the topic ‘Museums and Cultural landscapes’<\/em><\/strong> highlighting the existing link between museums and cultural heritage and the idea of the museums as local centers for an active protection of our cultural landscape. Isn\u2019t it interesting? That\u2019s why, from Hostemplo, we would like to underline the calendar for the upcoming days in Barcelona.<\/strong><\/p>\n

CULTURE OPEN DAY<\/strong><\/p>\n

The most popular event on this day is the open day for museums, with free entrance<\/strong>. Many of these museums also offer special activities such as historical role-plays, conferences, guided tours, concerts and workshops. What\u2019s going on in Catalonia?
\nIn Catalonia, there are 114 museums, which means a total of 225 museum facilities and 389 collections of a variety of themes open to the public. Museums of art, archeology and history, author museums, ethnology, paleontology, ceramics, zoology, and cinema or design ones\u2026 Nothing better than this video to sum them up!<\/p>\n