Restoration of the Saint Sebastian altarpiece (inv. MB 18975)

The conservator-restorer specialized in painting, Rosa Marina Ruiz, has carried out the restoration of the altarpiece of Saint Sebastian from the old monastery of Sant Jeroni de la Murtra, acquired by the Museum of Badalona in October 2021. It has been a careful and painstaking work that has lasted for two months of intense occupation.

The line of work has consisted, first of all, of an exhaustive study of the work and analysis to learn about the technique and the materials used by the artist. Afterwards, the surface was cleaned and the layers of pictorial and gilded preparation were fixed, as well as some gaps were reintegrated. The reverse side of the piece has also been cleaned and the wood has been disinfected.

This action, the details of which will be published in an article in the magazine Carrer dels Arbres, published by the Museum, consolidates and ensures the conservation of the piece in the best conditions for future years.

We hope to be able to show it again soon and that we can all enjoy it.

 

The façade of the Museum becomes a showcase of Roman heritage

From tomorrow, July 20th, the façade of the Museum will be transformed into a privileged window through which, periodically, the most emblematic pieces of the Roman Baetulo will show up. The initiative responds to a new communication strategy in the form of large banners with which it wants to achieve a greater advertising impact with the environment.

The Badalona Museum preserves more than 6,200 registered pieces from the Roman era, of which 800 can be seen in the permanent exhibition Baetulo Ciutat romana. The project we are now presenting will allow some of the most representative objects of this classic legacy to see the light of day and be known to the citizens who pass by the Museum on a daily basis. In this way, the façade of the building becomes a promotional showcase that will arouse the interest of pedestrians and invite them to discover the treasures that the Museum preserves in its subsoil and that represent the historical and patrimonial legacy of one of the most important Roman cities in Catalonia.

 

The new issue of Carrer dels Arbres 2022 magazine, online

The new issue of the magazine of the Museum of Badalona, Carrer dels Arbres, digital magazine of history and heritage of Badalona, corresponding to the year 2022, is available on our website. We hope that you enjoy the articles It includes.

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Last minute change in the Summer Nights program

For reasons beyond out the Museum’s control, the Duo Enol, which was scheduled to play at the Museum’s Summer Nights at the factory of the Anís del Mono on Friday, July 15th, will not be able to perform. In its place, we will have the presence of the Claret Cello Duo.

This cello duet, formed by the Andorran performers Jordi and Daniel Claret, will present a classical repertoire with an unusual format in the current stages, but which has been very successful with critics and audiences where it has performed thanks, above all, to the his complicity on stage.

 

 

 

Panel of the ceramist Cuní recovered

In recent days, a building located on Carrer dels Arbres with a mural by Cuní (Eduard Alonso Cuní), a potter born in Mollet del Vallès in 1927, has been demolished.

The good disposition of the architect and the person in charge of the demolition has allowed the Museum to recover some pieces of the stoneware panels that made up the façade, as well as fragments of the part with more volume of the whole.

The donation to the Museum by Jordi Ballesteros of the piece with the signature of the author that had already been collected by him, will complete the set collected.

These pieces will be incorporated into the Museum’s collection, and will be documented, cataloged and kept in the safety and conservation conditions that guarantee their preservation.

At the same time as this panel, a fragment of the balcony railing of the house on the corner of Carrer dels Arbres / Avinguda Martí Pujol, a modernist house by the architect of Badalona, Joan Amigó, has also been preserved.

 

The tickets for the Nits d’Estiu del Museu on sale from June 14th

This Tuesday, June 14th, from 10 am, the sale of the tickets of the Summer Nights of the Museum at the Factory of Anís del Mono, will begin in our web site.

This year we offer you four different proposals that go from the classical music of Duo Enol to the crazy rumba of the Muchacho & los Sobrinos, and from the popular French music with a spark of American swing of Pierre-Arnaud Quartet to the Latin Jazz of Enma Fernández.

The ticket includes the tour of the factory and the concert, and has a price of €15. There’s a límit of 4 tickets per person.

On this occasion we are offering three different groups of guided tour, in a different schedule, that will get into the factory separately. Two of them will be made in Catalan and one in Castilian. The concert will start as soon as the three groups have finished their visit.

In the following link you will find the list of groups and schedules:

https://www.museudebadalona.cat/esdeveniments/category/nits-destiu-del-museu

 

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The Museum joins the International Archives Week

From 7th to 13th of June, International Archives Week is celebrated on the occasion of the commemoration of International Archives Day on June 9th.

As every year, we join the celebration presenting something new related to the Historical Archive of the City of Badalona (AHBDN).

On this occasion, we make available to users the updated catalog of the Badalona City Council collection. The documentation of this fund covers the period from the 19th century to 1945, and allows us to trace the municipal management, with the many aspects that depend on it, for almost 150 years.

Some of this documentation, such as the record books, is already available online on this website. The rest can be consulted in person on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10 am to 2 pm and on Wednesdays from 5 pm to 8 pm (it is advisable to make an appointment in advance).

Click here to view the catalog

 

Calendar of activities from June to September 2022

Here you can download the agenda of activities of the Museum where you will find our proposals for the coming months.

For further information you can call 933 841 750 or email info@museudebadalona.cat

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The Museum’s Summer Nights arrive at the factory of Anís del Mono

The heat is back and so is a Badalonian summer classic, such as the Museum’s Summer Nights at the Anís del Mono. Once again, we are filling one of the city’s most unique heritage spaces with music, with a unique evening that will allow you to discover the history of this iconic brand and enjoy an outdoor concert in the courtyard.

We will publish the program soon, but meanwhile you can start booking the dates:

Friday, July 1st. Pierre-Arnaud Quartet
Friday, July 8th. Muchacho & los Sobrinos
Friday, July 15th. Duo Enol
Friday, July 22nd. Emma Fernandez

Tickets, which cost € 15 per person, can be purchased directly on this website from Tuesday 14th June.

 

 

Come and discover the archaeological novelties of Badalona with the EAD

This spring we are moving forward with the European Archaology Days (EAD), which will be held on the weekend of June 18th and 19th, with a short series of lectures about archeology in our city.

For three Tuesdays we will review some of the most important interventions that have taken place recently in Badalona and we will know the data and information they have provided about the history of the ancient city of Baetulo. Admission is free until capacity is reached.

Lectures:
Tuesday 31st May. Documentació, extracció i restauració dels mosaics de les domus del lateral de la C-31.
Tuesday 7th June. El mosaic del carrer Pujol.
Tuesday 14th June. Nova planta de la ciutat romana de Baetulo.

 

In addition to the lectures, on Sunday 19th June – in the middle of the EAD weekend – we offer the possibility of visiting a new archeological space, still without musealize, of the last ones that have joined the Museum, in Carrer Coll i Pujol . If you are interested in participating in this visit, you can book your place at the following links.

Sunday 19th June. 11 h.
Sunday 19th June. 11:45 h
Sunday 19th June. 12:30 h.
Sunday 19th June. 13:15 h

Admission is free and places are very limited. Registration from June 1st.