Sitges Museums presents a spring full of art, activities and cultural experiences

Sitges Museums offers a rich and diverse program for the months of April, May and June that consolidates its role as a living space of culture and heritage. Under the umbrella of the Laboratorio de les Arts program, this quarter of April, May and June combines exhibitions, participatory activities and proposals for all audiences, inviting to rediscover the collections from new perspectives.

Among the exhibitions, Absences and presences stand out. The artists of Charles Deering in the Banc Sabadell Art Collection, which can be visited at the Maricel Museum from May 2 to October 25, 2026, with an opening on April 30 at 7 p.m. with a conference by curator Sebastià Sánchez Sauleda and art historian Patxi Ocio Casamartina, and a musical audition by the Mozart duet. This exhibition dialogues with other proposals such as New Acquisitions for New Stories 2025.1 in the Rocamora Room of the Maricel Museum itself, which focuses on inclusion, the gender perspective and the revision of artistic narratives, as well as with the triple proposal of the Stämpfli-Art Contemporani Foundation, which explores contemporary debates on the image, abstraction and artistic formats.

Beyond the exhibitions, the program of activities offers a particularly dynamic and transversal agenda. In April, the proposals linked to literature stand out on the occasion of Sant Jordi's Day, with a family workshop such as Rusiñol and literature, the reading marathon and the meeting of children's readers. It also includes the closing of the Santiago Rusiñol reading club, the literary visit to the Cau Ferrat Museum and the presentation of a second volume of Santiago Rusiñol's articles in L'Esquella de la Torratxa, as well as participatory activities such as Quan la pintura parla!, which connects art and literary creation, within the framework of the Antoni Sella i Montserrat short story literary competition. This month of April started with the singing of the Caramelles Sitgetanes at Racó de la Calma.

In May, the celebration of International Museum Day becomes one of the central moments of the quarter. The facilities offer open days, special guided tours and unique activities such as a night walk through the Palau de Maricel with an audition of the Sitges Canta choir. In addition, family workshops, research activities and conferences are scheduled, as well as proposals linked to heritage and the environment, such as the talk on the impact of climate change on living heritage, within the framework of the transnational project WRENCH. Mediation activities such as the Club de la mirada and the Peça del mes sessions also continue.

June is marked by a clear commitment to diversity and contemporaneity, within the framework of Sitges Art Pride. The program includes activities such as a tour of Catalan LGTBIQ+ literature by the writer and translator Sebastià Portell, the contemporary art workshop Memòries dissidents with Albert Potrony and Roser Sanjuan, as well as the ballroom performance El ball dels monstres (allò que no es veu) by the artist Jayce, and the Peça del mes, by the art historian Víctor Ramírez Tur and the drag performer Norma Mor. In addition, the small-format exhibition Noves adquisicions per a nous relats 2025.2 will open in the Sala Rocamora of the Maricel Museum, which continues to review heritage with an inclusive and current perspective. There are also traditional activities such as the Corpus Christi workshop or the tradition of L’Ou com balla in the courtyard of the Palau de Maricel, which connect heritage and popular culture. At the same time, there are wellness and health activities, community projects and accessible experiences, such as a sensory visit to the Cau Ferrat Museum.

Guided tours and experiences continue to be one of the pillars of the program. Every Sunday the doors of the Palau de Maricel open, with guided tours in Catalan, Spanish and English, and one Saturday a month the Cau Ferrat Museum and the Maricel Museum, in Catalan and Spanish. As for practical information, the Cau Ferrat Museum and the Maricel Museum are open from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 am to 7 pm, and are closed on Mondays and May 1. The Stämpfli Foundation - Contemporary Art can be visited on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am to 2 pm. In addition, open days are organized on the first Wednesday of each month, facilitating free access to the heritage.

With this program, the Sitges Museums reinforce their commitment to cultural dissemination, inclusion and innovation, offering a complete experience that combines exhibitions, activities and citizen participation, and that invites you to experience the heritage in an active and contemporary way.