Conference about the first democratic city councils

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the constitution of the first democratic city councils, this Wednesday at the Museum we’ll have the lecture “From the Transition to the first democratic city council”, which will be led by Margarida Abras, director of the Museum and author of some works on this period of our recent history.

The conference, centered in the city of Badalona, ​​will talk about the second half of the 1970s -from the death of dictator Francisco Franco- and for the years 1979-1983, which correspond to the government of the first town council chosen in a democratic way since the time of the Republic.

It was a period with numerous local demands, which culminated in the municipal elections of April 3, 1979, with which the composition of the council was completely renewed and that meant the beginning of a new stage of intense work to solve the numerous deficiencies of the city.

The event will be held on the 1st floor of the Museum of Badalona and will be presented by the mayor of Badalona, ​​Excm. Mr. Álex Pastor.

The Transition by Enric Giralt Paulí

Enric Giralt Paulí (Badalona 1945-2012), journalist of the Transition is the title of the exhibition that the Museum dedicates to the photographic work carried out by this journalist from Badalona, in the late 1970s and early years of the decade of the eighty

The exhibition uses the photographic material of this journalist, a collection that has been incorporated into the Archive of the Images of the Museum last year and, in fact, is the only preserved documenting that short but intense period of political transformation and restlessness of a city that wanted to take control of its future.

This album is just a sampling of the total images that can be seen in the exhibition – more than 350 – and, even more, are not always the most meaningful ones. Although you have the chance with this gallery to look at this amazing pictures on your screen, don’t miss the exhibition at the Museum that will be on until February!

The photographs of this collection, like all those that have been published in this series of galleries (and this is already the fifty gallery!), can be consulted in the Archive of Images of the Museum of Badalona.

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FOTOGRAFIES D’ENRIC GIRALT PAULÍ

Donation of the recordings of the Grup Estrop to the Museum

The Group Estrop, a band created in Badalona in 1963 in the midst of the effervescence of Nova Cançó, has donated to the Museum a set of original musical recordings from the group’s early years.

The set of recordings have been recovered thanks to an intense research work that has sought to vindicate the importance of this music band from Badalona.

To make this material known, a public audition will be held at the Museum on Thursday 19th November at 7 pm with the participation of some members of the group who will perform some songs live.