The Roman festival of Badalona returns, the Magna Celebratio, which in this edition – which will take place from April 28th to May 1st – will focus on clothing in Roman times.
Come to the Museum and travel to the Roman Baetulo with demonstrations and recreations of historical reenactment, lectures and shows that will bring you closer to the daily life of our Roman ancestors.
As usual, this year the Museum will join in the celebration of the Night of the Museums, one of the most important activities organized on the occasion of International Museum Day (May 18th). Thus, on Saturday 14th May, from 7 pm to 1 am, you can visit the Roman Baths and the Decumanus space (in the Museum building), the Dolphins House and the House of the Ivy. Free of charge.
General view of the House of the Ivy. Foto: F. Garcia / Museu de BadalonaThe Museum is working on an exhibition about the industries that inhabited the city’s seafront from the second half of the 19th century to the 1940s.
The exhibition will be open to the public free of charge from 26th May to 25th September in the Museum’s temporary exhibition hall, although it will be closed during the month of August.
The Museum’s website adds a new online resource with the digitization of the publications Revista de Badalona (1941-2012) and Reforma de Badalona (1976-1977) which are preserved in the Historical Archive of the City.
Revista de Badalona – transformed into Reforma de Badalona for less than a year – is the city’s longest-running journalistic newspaper. It began to be published in 1941 until 2012. It is therefore 70 years of Badalona history, collected in the form of a weekly, most of which – from 1941 to 1989 – are now on our website.
The digitization of the Revista de Badalona has been a long-term project that is now culminating and that fulfills two important objectives. On the one hand, it promotes the preservation of the original publication and, on the other hand, it makes available to researchers, scholars and the general public the information gathered in this first-rate historical source on aspects as diverse as politics. society, culture, entertainment, business or sports.
In compliance with the new provisions approved by the government of the Generalitat de Catalunya in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, from next week the activities scheduled in the auditorium will recover 100% of the capacity. As a result, we have new tickets for conferences scheduled for the next few days. If you are interested in attending, just sign up on our website.
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We also take this opportunity to remind you that these talks will be broadcast live on our youtube channel.
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
On the occasion of the exhibition Altarpiece of San Sebastián, 15th century, which opens at the Museum today, Thursday, January 13th, at 7 pm, we have organized a complete series of lectures aimed at delving into the history of this magnificent gothic piece and also around of the monastery of Sant Jeroni de la Murtra and the figure of this saint, advocate against the plague and epidemics in general.
All lectures -that will be broadcast on our youtube channel- will take place in the Museum’s auditorium and are open to the public but require prior registration on this website. Capacity is limited.
As part of these activities we will also have the opportunity to attend an exceptional concert on 15th century music by Schola Antiqua, with Javier Artigas on organ and Juan Carlos Asensio on conducting.
Thursday 13th January, 7 pm. Opening and lecture:
Una obra recuperada: el retaule de Sant Sebastià de Sant Jeroni de la Murtra
By Albert Velasco. Sold out
Thursday 20th January, 7 pm. Lecture:
Sant Sebastià: d’advocat dels empestats a icona del col·lectiu gai
By Joan Rosàs. Conference registration.
Thursday 27th January, 7 pm. Lecture:
Les pandèmies a la baixa edat mitjana. Conseqüències demogràfiques i socials
A càrrec de Josep Hernando. Conference registration.
Tuesday 8th February, 7 pm. Lecture:
Els enigmes del retaule de Sant Sebastià de la Murtra
By Jaume Aymar. Conference registration.
Thursday 10th February, 7 pm. Lecture:
La importància de la música dels jerònims: el manuscrit de Sant Jeroni de la Murtra
By Juan Carlos Asensio. Conference registration.
Sunday 13th February, 12 noon. Concert organized in collaboration with the Conservatori Professional de Música de Badalona and the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya:
Reconstruint litúrgies a l’entorn d’un retaule. El Cantoral de Sant Jeroni de la Murtra
A càrrec de Schola Antiqua. Javier Artigas, orgue. Juan Carlos Asensio, direcció. Concert registration.
Thursday 17th February, 7 pm. Lecture:
Sant Jeroni a final del segle XV
By Carles Díaz. Conference registration.
Thursday 24th February, 7 pm. Lecture:
Indumentària i teixits al retaule de Sant Sebastià de Sant Jeroni de la Murtra
By Rosa M. Martín i Ros. Conference registration
Next Saturday, January 15th, at 12 noon, the presentation of the book Pedro Rovira, 1921-1978 will take place at the Museo del Traje in Madrid. The book was designed and published by the Museum of Badalona on the occasion of the exhibition of the same title that could be seen at the Museum from June 4th to December 12th last year.
The event will feature the participation of Margarida Abras, Director of the Museum of Badalona, Josep Casamartina i Parassols, author of the book and director of the Antoni de Montpalau Foundation, by Lorenzo Caprile, creator of one of the most renowned firms in the state , by Juan Gutiérrez, head of the contemporary fashion collection at the Museo del Traje, and José Luis Díez, president of the Asociación de amigos del Museo.
Attendance at the event is free and open until capacity is reached.
This December 22, in the afternoon, it will not be possible to access the Roman Baths-Decumanus space, due to the assembly of the Christmas Concert.
Thanks for your understanding.
During the Christmas festivities, the Museum will be closed on Friday 24th December in the afternoon, on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th and on Friday 31st December in the afternoon. For the new year, the Museum will be closed on Saturday 1st January, Wednesday 5th January in the afternoon and Thursday 6th January.
The Christmas festivities will also affect the opening hours of the City’s Historical Archive, which will be closed on Tuesday, December 28th, Wednesday, December 29th, all day, and Wednesday, January 5th, in the afternoon.
