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Museus increase the number of foreign visitors

| 29 February 2024
International visitors grew by 28.58% in 2023 compared to the previous year, according to data from the records of access to the Cau Ferrat and Maricel museums, the Stämpfli Foundation and the Palau de Maricel. This is a significant leap in the internationalization of museums, in a year in which...view ›

An installation of 11 flags designed by Peter Stämpfli in the 90s takes the center stage in the Foundation's new proposal

| 16 February 2024
The Stämpfli Foundation is launching a new artistic proposal: these are eleven flags designed by Peter Stämpfli in the 90s and which until recently had not been exhibited in public again. The sample carries by title In the wind and can be seen in Room 3, while Rooms 1 and 2 offer around thirty...view ›

Sitges Museums commemorates the 90th anniversary of the death of Miquel Utrillo by highlighting his work

| 19 January 2024
The cultural and heritage history of Sitges cannot be understood without the figure of Miquel Utrillo Morlius (Barcelona, 1862 - Sitges, 1934). Artist, engineer, decorator, art critic and cultural promoter, his role was crucial and decisive in the construction of the Maricel complex, commissioned...view ›

Maricel Museum exhibits the most complete collection of the Old Museum of Artistic Reproductions

| 18 December 2023
Maricel Museum presents the exhibition Beauty models. The old Museum of Artistic Reproductions , an exhibition that brings together 200 pieces of furniture, glass, painting, sculpture, porcelain, ceramics, enamel, plaster and mosaic, which made up this collection created at the end of the 19th...view ›

The exhibition 'Unexpected visits' invites six works by contemporary artists to talk with six others from the Maricel Museum

| 24 November 2023
The Maricel Museum opened the exhibition Unexpected visits today , an exhibition where six works that come from art galleries talk with six other pieces from the collection of the same museum. Unexpected visits is a joint initiative of Sitges Museums and the Catalonian Art Gallery Association. The...view ›

Guided tours take center stage at the museums of Sitges during the celebration of Artist's Day and the 48h Open House festival

| 17 October 2023
After the European Heritage Days, the Sitges Museums' agenda doesn't stop. This coming weekend, there are scheduled activities within the programs of Artist's Day and the 48h Open House Barcelona architecture festival. In both cases, there will be guided tours, along with two live drawing sessions...view ›

The European Heritage Days program four activities for diverse audiences

| 3 October 2023
Museus de Sitges is committed to guided tours and open doors on the occasion of the European Heritage Days, which are celebrated throughout the country between October 13 and 15. The European Heritage Days are an initiative of the Council of Europe and the European Commission that has been held...view ›

Sitgestiu exceeds number of visitors and meets expectations thanks to a program with new proposals

| 26 September 2023
Sitgestiu 2023 achieved 100% attendance in its proposals and which made possible to draw up a program in which guided tours, concerts, family workshops and new experiences of dissemination and exploration of heritage live side by side. The set of events scheduled during the months of July and...view ›

Sitgestiu 2023 is a cultural program that caters to 32 activities in different spaces aimed at a diverse audience

| 28 June 2023
Sitgestiu 2023 has scheduled 32 cultural activities arranged around different formats filling the July and August agenda. Opera recitals, classical and jazz concerts, castanet auditions, heritage tours, guided tours, cinema, sensory experiences, wine tourism dinners and family workshops make up an...view ›

The Bertran Collection brings to Sitges works of Hispanic and European Baroque art, including paintings by El Greco and Goya

| 23 June 2023
El Greco, Goya, Zurbarán, Alejo Fernández or ceramic pieces, all works from the 16th to the 19th century make up the selection of the Bertrán Collection, one of the private collections of Hispanic and Baroque art most relevant of European art in Catalonia, which is on display from today until...view ›

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