Sensory visits at the Sitges Museum

Olfactory visit to the Cau Ferrat Museum and the Maricel Museum

Welcome to a new way of discovering the Cau Ferrat Museum and the Maricel Museum. This olfactory visit offers a sensory journey that expands the visual experience of the spaces and collections through memory and the evocative power of aromas. Each space along the route has been interpreted through a fragrance specifically created to engage with its architecture, atmosphere, and historical and artistic significance. Marine notes, woods, resins, flowers, and mineral nuances allow us to approach the intimate worlds of Cau Ferrat and Maricel through a new perceptive dimension: that of smell. This experience invites visitors to explore the museums in a more immersive and emotional way, connecting with the Mediterranean light, the creative spaces of Santiago Rusiñol, and the artistic and vital spirit that defines Sitges. The project has been developed with the guidance of the Ernesto Ventós Foundation, an institution dedicated to the research, preservation, and dissemination of olfactory heritage and the relationship between art and smell.

Cau Ferrat Museum

ENTRANCE

Stepping into the Cau Ferrat feels like crossing from the outside world into the artist’s creative realm. The scent blends the slightly rugged freshness of earth and sea with a spicy floral nuance, capturing the transition between nature, the street, and the house-studio.

KITCHEN

The kitchen reflects the Cau Ferrat as a vibrant space for everyday life and social gatherings during the Modernist period. Notes of wood smoke provide warmth and domesticity, while a delicate hint of anise evokes evenings of conversation and shared artistic experiences.

FOUNTAIN

Water is essential in the Cau Ferrat, both in its seaside location and in its architecture. This fragrance captures the damp freshness of a living space animated by a fountain—its sound and movement. Clean, transparent marine notes evoke Mediterranean light and reinforce the bond between the interior and the landscape.

STUDY

In Santiago Rusiñol’s study, the tradition of the “Ram de Tot l’Any” established in 1933, still continues. The carnation aroma—floral and slightly spicy—evokes this constant presence of fresh flowers and the intimate, emotional dimension of the Cau Ferrat.

BEDROOM

The bedroom reveals Rusiñol’s most private dimension within a house filled with artistic treasures. The fragrance opens with a soft, luminous freshness, unfolding into a warm base of wood and amber, suggesting calm, introspection, and the quiet that follows creation.

GREAT HALL

The Great Hall embodies the essence of the Cau Ferrat as a Modernist house-studio. Marine salinity intertwines with resins, wooden notes, and a hint of turpentine, directly evoking the materials of painting—an olfactory synthesis of the Mediterranean landscape and artistic creation.

Maricel Museum

GOTHIC ROOM

Dense, spicy oud woods combined with incense evoke a sense of solemnity and silence, as if artistic creation were an intimate liturgy.

VIEWPOINT

The viewpoint at the Maricel Museum opens onto the Mediterranean. This fragrance recreates the sea’s constant presence: a saline, ozonic breeze—fresh and moist—that connects the space with the landscape of Sitges and its defining light.

Audio visit to the Cau Ferrat Museum

Immerse yourself in a new way of experiencing heritage with the audio visit of the Museums of Sitges. Through sound, narration, and the atmosphere of the spaces, this experience invites visitors to discover the museum from a more emotional, immersive, and accessible perspective. The Soundscapes of the Cau Ferrat Museum transform the visit into an evocative journey through the universe of Santiago Rusiñol and Modernism, turning heritage into an experience open to all the senses.

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