The first night that the Prado Museum has opened its doors has been a "total success", where the Central Gallery, the only one open, has been filled with a heterogeneous public, mainly young people, who had to wait in a long queue to to access.

Miguel Falomir, director of the museum, has been

"very excited, with the tremendous reception" that the initiative has had"

, as he has stated on the Instagram account of the Madrid art gallery, where he has highlighted that

most of the Visitors were people under 30 years of age "approaching the museum for the first time"

.

According to data from the museum,

2,314 people accessed this first night

. This Saturday was the first time that the Prado Museum has extended its hours, and it will do so on the first Saturday of each month with

El Prado at night

from 8:30 p.m. 11:30 p.m., with the aim of promoting visits and getting closer to the public.

Although the Central Gallery was opened on the first night, where you can see pieces by Tintoretto, Titian or Rubens, Falomir pointed out that other parts of the museum will open later, including temporary exhibitions, and recalled that although it is free

in this weekend schedule, the rest of the days from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00

p.m.

The director of the Prado has expressed satisfaction that

the initiative has attracted people who can only go to the museum on weekends

, in a city that receives many visitors, and that has captured the attention of young people at night, "where they have a greater desire to go out", and added that the more opportunities the museum gives, "people will make use of them". "What he likes is that the museum is full of people. The night

gives

a sensation of exclusivity and a singular activity".

and once the closing time approached, the museum staff had to notify them of the capacity limitation so that they would not remain waiting, according to Efe.

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