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New calendar of guided tours to the Parish of Sitges

| 18 January 2016
Museums of Sitges has already set visiting dates to the parish and bell tower during 2016. As in the past two years, when those visits became an stable activity in the Annual Calendar of Museums of Sitges, such visits will be carried out a Saurday every month, with the possibility of scheduling...view ›

El Cau Ferrat Museum was nominated for the European Museum of the Year Award

| 17 January 2016
El Cau Ferrat Museum is one of 49 candidates for the European Museum of the Year Award, the prestigious prize awarded by the Council of Europe to distinguish projects and innovative facilities that have demonstrated their ability to "attract the public and meet the expectations of visitors in a...view ›

Peter Knapp’s photography takes over the Stämpfli Foundation

| 11 November 2015
The multifaceted Peter Knapp will be taking center stage at the Stämpfli Foundation’s upcoming exhibition, L’homme est partout , opening on 20 November and which will be picking up the torch from Jacques Monory’s paintings. This will be the Foundation’s sixth exhibit and, for the very first time,...view ›

The museums of Sitges will be present at the Google Art Project

| 29 October 2015
A team from the Google Art Project that came from England, visited recently the Museums of Sitges to start the integration of the museums of Sitges in this online platform dedicated to the world of art. The first stage involved photographing the most representative works of the museums in Sitges...view ›

Maricel Museum received the donation of a sculpture by Pere Jou

| 25 September 2015
The Maricel Museum presents a sculpture by Pere Jou: Female nude with hands on head, which becomes part of the permanent collection thanks to the donation of Mrs. Anni Cercós, from Barcelona. The work will be the main star in the activity The Piece of the Month, to be held on Friday 25 in the...view ›

Guided tours around Maricel Palace are back on Sunday's agenda

| 9 September 2015
Maricel Palace will reopen doors every Sunday from this week. After the summer campaign, and as usual since the beginning of 2013, our flagship building will be open to commented tours. The tours will be at 11am in English and at 12pm and 1pm in Catalan and Spanish. The tour includes Racó de la...view ›

Jazz and art come together at Maricel

| 24 July 2015
Retrio is a jazz and popular music band that offers every Tuesday a selection of traditional pieces from Catalonia and Sitges, but with a Jazz and Swing rhythm. The audition will be at 7pm on the Maricel Museum, taking advantage of the fact that the space reopened doors just over six months ago ...view ›

Sitgestiu Cultural, a program that includes 140 activities for various audiences

| 14 July 2015
Sitges' cultural agenda is again filled with activities during summer months, thanks to the help of Sitgestiu Cultural. The program of Sitges Museums for the months of July, August and early September, presents a varied lineup of 140 cultural events, ranging from jazz to opera, through concerts,...view ›

More than 50,000 people visit the Museums of Sitges during the first six months of the year

| 25 June 2015
The reopening of Cau Ferrat and Maricel Museum, on December 22, meant a significant injection of visitors to facilities managed by the Heritage Consortium of Sitges. On the anniversary marking six months after reopening, 38.112 people visited the two museums, an average of 200 visitors per day,...view ›

Jacques Monory’s blue-toned cinematic universe takes the Stämpfli Foundation by storm

| 3 June 2015
The Stämpfli Foundation presents a retrospective journey to the cinematic universe of Jacques Monory, one of the most relevant artists on the contemporary art scene in France during the second half of the 20 th century. Jacques Monory, mon Cinéma brings together 30 of the artist’s works until...view ›

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