DIM 2022

INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY

MARQ DIM 2022 PROGRAMMING

"The power of museums".

With the slogan: "The the power of museums".International Museum Day, proposed by ICOM, aims to show us in 2022 how museums have the power to transform the world around us. How these "incomparable places of discovery and knowledge" teach us about our past and open our minds to new ideas, two essential steps towards building a better future. In the face of such an uncertain present, full of confrontation and armed conflict, the proposal is none other than to present museums as points of encounter, dialogue, inclusion and peaceful coexistence.

MARQ will focus these days on getting to know our past, that of our province, but also that of other cultures and civilisations, such as the Iron Age castreña with the opening of the exhibition "The Atlantic Warrior", in collaboration with the National Museum of Archaeology of Portugal. We will also learn about a very important aspect of Roman civilisation with the international exhibition "Gladiators. Heroes of the Coliseum", bringing us closer to the exciting world of the Gladiators, all with different accessibility resources such as easy reading, 3D reproductions, Sign Language, Braille, etc., which make it accessible to all types of public and, especially, to people with disabilities.

For this reason, we have prepared a varied programme of free activities that includes animated visits, educational workshops, storytelling and historical recreations in collaboration with the "Hispania Romana" Association, which will allow us to discover our past in a closer and more playful way. We will also count on the participation of local and provincial Associations and Institutions related to people with disabilities and social responsibility that are part of the MARQ family. All the information about timetables, seating capacity and registration at www.marqalicante.com.

WEDNESDAY 18 MAY

OPEN DAY AT THE MARQ, ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND MONUMENTS DURING NORMAL OPENING HOURS.

Location: MARQ

Tomorrow

10:00h to 12:00hGuided visit to the MARQ's Middle Ages Room and workshop ".Work like a medieval potter"with the participation of the Training and Employment group of the Alicante Down's Syndrome Association.

11:00h to 12:00h: Workshop "My Gladiator shield" where the youngest members of the Hospital Pedagogical Unit of the Paediatrics Service of the Hospital General Universitario Dr. Balmis in Alicante will learn about aspects related to the weapons and ways of fighting of the Roman gladiators and will reproduce a small circular shield.

12:30h: Presentation to the media of the exhibition "The Atlantic Warrior"in the MARQ Assembly Hall.

14:00h.: Opening to the Public of the Exhibition "The Atlantic Warrior". in the Sala Noble of the MARQ Library, free and open to the public throughout the day and during the Museum's opening hours.

Afternoon

17:30h to 19:00hWe will visit the recently inaugurated temporary exhibition ".The Atlantic Warrior"The activity will be held at the MARQ Library and will focus on the Castreña culture of the northwest of the peninsula, mainly Galicia and northern Portugal. The children participating in the activity will also take part in a workshop in which they will work on a decorative motif typical of this Iron Age civilisation. This motif will be printed on a T-shirt, imitating the decoration that adorned the warrior's tunic... Would you like to participate? General public. Recommended ages: children from 6 to 12 years old. Registration by telephone in advance by calling 965 149 000.

SATURDAY 21 MAY

OPEN DAY AT THE MARQ WITH SPECIAL OPENING HOURS FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 10:00 P.M. SITES AND MONUMENTS IN THEIR USUAL TIMETABLE

Location: MARQ

Tomorrow

11:00h to 13.00h: Animated visit/workshop "My pirate history": After a visit to the Modern Age room and the thematic rooms of the MARQ, the participants in the activity will discover details of a period that is very close to us, although also quite unknown. During this period a large number of historical events took place, such as the incursions of corsairs, mainly between the 16th and 17th centuries, which conditioned our landscape with the construction of watchtowers on the coast and defence and refuge towers inland. Afterwards, in the didactic workshop, each child will make their own characters, in the form of puppets, to create their own "pirate" story. ASPANION will take part in the workshop.

11:00h to 13:00h: We will visit the temporary exhibition "The Atlantic Warrior"The activity will be held at the MARQ Library and will focus on the Castreña culture of the northwest of the peninsula, mainly Galicia and northern Portugal. Participants in the activity will also take part in a workshop in which they will work on a decorative motif typical of this Iron Age civilisation. This motif will be printed on a T-shirt, imitating the decoration that adorned the warrior's tunic. ASPALI will be taking part in the workshop.

13:00h to 14:00h: Protect the Gladiator" workshop: Our friends participating in the activity will witness the process of organising wrestling shows, we will learn about the different types of gladiators and their equipment, the rules of combat and we will make a small circular shield. Recommended ages: children from 6 to 12 years old. Registration by telephone by calling 965 149 000.

Afternoon

17:30h to 19:00hWe will visit the exhibition "The Atlantic Warrior"The activity will be held at the MARQ Library and will focus on the Castreña culture of the northwest of the peninsula, mainly Galicia and northern Portugal. Participants in the activity will also take part in a workshop in which they will work on a decorative motif typical of this Iron Age civilisation. This motif will be printed on a T-shirt, imitating the decoration that adorned the warrior's tunic... Would you like to take part? General public. Recommended ages: children from 6 to 12 years old. Registration by telephone in advance by calling 965 149 000.

19:00h to 20:00hWorkshop "Start the show in the Colosseum": Participants in the workshop will learn about the Roman gladiators and discover the amphitheatres, their different buildings and infrastructures built specifically for the shows. Will you be able to build an amphitheatre? We are sure you will! Recommended ages: children from 6 to 12 years old. Registration by telephone by calling 965 149 000.

20:00h to 21:00h: Munera Gladiatorum (gladiatorial combat). Explanation and recreation. With the Association "Hispania Romana" we will attend a gladiatorial combat, we will learn about their rules and we will enjoy the development of a confrontation in the "arena" of the MARQ. General public. MARQ Gardens. No prior registration is required.

SUNDAY 22 MAY

OPEN DAY AT THE MARQ, ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND MONUMENTS DURING NORMAL OPENING HOURS

Location: MARQ

10:00h to 12:00h: Visit/Workshop "Journey to Antiquity". Guided visit to the Iberian and Roman rooms of the MARQ and workshop of "Tile by tile ". We will visit the room of Iberians and Roman culture showing the characteristic aspects of this period. Then we will carry out the mosaic workshop where our participants will reproduce a geometric mosaic with tesserae. We will have the participation of APSA.

11:00 a 12:30: Visit/workshop "The Atlantic Warrior". We will visit the exhibition "The Atlantic Warrior"The activity will be held at the MARQ Library and will focus on the Castreña culture of the northwest of the peninsula, mainly Galicia and northern Portugal. The children participating in the activity will also take part in a workshop in which they will work on a decorative motif typical of this Iron Age civilisation. This motif will be printed on a T-shirt, imitating the decoration that adorned the warrior's tunic... Would you like to participate? General public. Recommended ages: children from 6 to 12 years old. Registration by telephone in advance by calling 965 149 000.

12:30h to 13.30h: "The Matron's Dressing Table". We will attend a performance by the Historical Reconstruction group of the "Hispania Romana" Association, where they will show the grooming and beauty utensils of a Roman midwife. At the start of the day, in a Roman domus, every day there was the commotion of the slaves closest to the family running to help their dominus before he went out into the streets on his way to the forum or to the gladiatorial games. The Roman matron had to groom and dress appropriately, the more influential her household was, and especially at public events, where she was to appear alongside the paterfamilias. For this purpose, she had a wide range of tools and products for her hygiene and beauty, as well as one or more specialist slaves who were called ornatrix. General public. MARQ Gardens. Registration is not required.