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The rehabilitation and museization of Palau Maricel will update one of the most emblematic buildings of Sitges

| 4 March 2019
The project for the integral reform, rehabilitation, restoration and museization of Palau de Maricel is a key element in the Mandate Plan (2015-2019) that acts as a driving force of the government of Sitges. The project, developed by the Sitges Heritage Consortium with the support of the City...view ›

From Tokyo to Espluga: the traveling works of the Museums of Sitges

| 27 February 2019
The National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo, the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the Mapfre Foundation, the CaixaForum from Lleida and Girona, the Valls Museum, the Rural Life Museum of Espluga de Francolí and the Foundation Josep Pla de Palafrugell have been the recipients of the works cessions...view ›

Vinyet Panyella leaves the direction of the museums after seven years of growth and projection

| 19 February 2019
Vinyet Panyella i Balcells today leaves the direction and management of the Sitges Heritage Consortium, during her 65th birthday. It does so leaving the museums of Sitges with the maximum projection achieved and with different projects on their way to reinforce the map of the heritage of Sitges...view ›

The Stämpfli Foundation receives the works that extend its collection

| 7 February 2019
The facilities of the Stämpfli Foundation have received today 25 works that expand their collection and will be exhibited in the three rooms won with the new enlargement. These are pieces, above all, by Pere Stämpfli, but also by other artists, such as Michel Tysblat, who have arrived from several...view ›

The mermaid of Pere Jou recovers its original condition

| 31 January 2019
The mythical and emblematic sculpture of La Sirena, a work by Pere Jou and which was completed in 1965, is already ready to look like in its origins. The restoration carried out on the initiative of the Council of Culture of the City Council and the Consortium of Heritage of Sitges has allowed to...view ›

The Catalan Government grants Cau Ferrat and the Maricel Museum the status of 'National Interest'

| 17 January 2019
The museums of Cau Ferrat and that of Maricel are already of National Interest. The Government of the Generalitat today approved this entitlement, which had already been approved by the Board of Museums of Catalonia in March. The condition of National Interest will allow Cau Ferrat and Maricel...view ›

The Museums of Sitges appear prominently in the first promotional video of the year

| 14 January 2019
The cultural activities of Sitges and, in particular, the Museums of Sitges focus much of the content of the first promotional video of 2019 . The video, produced to wish a good new year to the users of social networks, takes a snap picture of natural landscapes, the heritage catalog and the...view ›

A guide accompanies the route around the Maricel ensemble

| 20 December 2018
The history, secrets and itineraries around the architectural ensemble of Maricel have been included in a new guide published by the Sitges Heritage Consortium on the occasion of the centenary of the building and the activities that have been programmed around it. The guide is entitled A walk...view ›

Christmas visits the Museums of Sitges with activities for the whole family

| 10 December 2018
The installation of the carp on La Frigate and the lighting of decorative street lamps shows that Christmas has arrived to Sitges. This year's institutional campaign, called Sitges, your Christmas , brings together more than thirty proposals that will be extended until the beginning of January and...view ›

A program of visits to the entire Maricel ensemble allows to size the project ambition of Charles Deering

| 23 November 2018
How was Maricel, once Charles Deering materialized his project devised by Miquel Utrillo? This is what proposes a new activity that the Museums of Sitges have incorporated into their calendar, on the occasion of the Maricel Centenary exhibition (1918-2018) . This is a guided tour of the interiors...view ›

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