International Museum Day

Cristóbal Balenciaga Museoa will join the celebrations of International Museum Day. This year’s Museums and Cultural Landscapes theme highlights the responsibility of museums towards the landscape they are a part of, as they are active protagonists in its preservation, study and dissemination. Applying this concept to the content and surroundings of the institution, the Museum will offer a special schedule of activities that seeks to encourage awareness-raising about the cultural heritage that surrounds it. In addition, on Sunday 22 May there will be a Doors Open Day.

VISIT. The legacy of the sons of the town of Getaria: Balenciaga and Elcano

The Museum, in collaboration with Getaria Town Council, presents an experience offering the chance to discover the figure and the cultural legacy of Cristóbal Balenciaga and Juan Sebastián Elcano. A guided tour of the centre dedicated to the couturier and of the old quarter of Getaria will bring visitors closer to the personalities and cultural landscape of this town.

Date: 21 May.

Time: 12.00 (Basque) and 16.30 (Spanish) The joint guided tour will start at the museum and will last approximately two hours. The scheduled guided tours of the day will be replaced by the joint tour.

Price: Free.

Limited places. Registration required.

Further information and bookings.

  1. +34 943 00 88 40

@. info@cristobalbalenciagamuseoa.com

GYMKHANA. Following the thread of Balenciaga

The participants in this activity will have the possibility of visiting both the museum and the places in the town of Getaria that Cristóbal Balenciaga frequented. This is a gymkhana-style game in which children and those accompanying them must pass a series of tests, thereby enabling them to acquire new knowledge and skills.

Date: 22 May.

Time: 11.00. The activity will last approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Aimed at: Families with children aged 6 to 12.

Price: Free.

Limited places. Registration required.

Information and reservations.

  1. +34 943 00 88 40

@. didaktika@cristobalbalenciagamuseoa.com

 

 

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