Auriga Award for the exhibition Bacchus, the masks of the god

In 2019, the exhibition Bacchus, the masks of the God, produced by the Museum of Badalona and curated by Esther Gurri, curator of the same Museum, was distinguished by the magazine Auriga – the only Catalan publication dedicated to classic culture – with the Musa Prize for temporary exhibitions on the ancient world, sharing it equally with the exhibition Archeology in Exile. The Museum of Archeology of Catalonia and the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) of the MAC Barcelona.

Due to the pandemic and the resulting complications, the awarding of this distinction was postponed indefinitely and has now been carried out as part of the 2023 edition.

Bacchus, the masks of the God was inaugurated on March 28th, 2019 in Badalona, and focused on the origins, meanings, worship and symbologies of this god based on a wide display of pieces from various museums Catalans. The exhibition could also be seen at the MAC Empúries (from June 15 to September 15, 2019) and at the Vinseum in Vilafranca del Penedès (from March 20 to August 20, 2020) and arrived , thus, to thousands of visitors from all over the territory.