Everything you can do in Madrid to celebrate the International Museum Day and the Night of the Museums

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"

" is the motto with which the International Day of these temples of knowledge, art, science and knowledge is celebrated this year.

May

was the date chosen by the

in 1977 to highlight its role in the development and evolution of society.

More than 37,000 museums from

join the initiative, an event that includes those in Madrid, where some of the most important museums in the world are located. For its part, the Night of the Museums is celebrated on the first Saturday following to that date, May

, also with a multitude of activities.

Prado National Museum

The statue of Goya at the entrance of the Museo Del Prado.ANTONIO HEREDIA

The art gallery offers

throughout this day to both the temporary exhibitions and the permanent collection.

Added to this is the

initiative , a project where the visitor accesses new experiences through the simultaneous enjoyment of the visual arts.

performs a musical program that can be heard in room 49 of the Villanueva building at 12:00, 1:00 and 4:00 p.m.

The Prado also joins the

on May 21, with the opening of the

, a large architectural space that forms the backbone of the Villanueva building, and the recently inaugurated

, a space dedicated to expanding the visibility of the sculpture and decorative arts collections, from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

Reina Sofía National Art Center Museum

The great Spanish museum dedicated to 20th-century and contemporary art will have 17 uninterrupted hours (from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.) of live music in collaboration with Radio 3. The plaza of the Nouvel building hosts 48 performances , a whole marathon with guests of the caliber of

or

.

In addition, from 9:00 p.m. to midnight, in the garden of the Sabatini building, an electronic music session is held by the main Radio 3 DJs.

Thyssen Bornemisza National Museum

Exhibition 'American Art in the Thyssen Collection'.EM

The museum offers an open day in which both the permanent collections and Carmen Thyssen can be visited free of charge, as well as the temporary exhibitions:

, Ragnar Kjartansson's

(TBA21), and

.

In addition, the museum proposes an intense day full of activities: between 12 noon and 2:00 p.m., restorers, curators and educators from the Museum bring the public closer to the works from different points of view.

At 5:00 p.m., professional guides offer three

in Spanish and

, curator of

, start one in English through the rooms of this exhibition.

For this activity, it is necessary to book in advance through the museum's website.

As a finishing touch to the celebration, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., a conversation takes place on the Terraces of the Museum around the motto of the day.

Finally, the celebration extends outside the walls of the museum and continues at night in the garden of the Hotel Palacio de los Duques Gran Meliá, where the

piece , created by the artist

, is presented .

Lope de Vega House Museum

The show

offers a fictitious meeting in the garden of the house of the

between the goddess Cibeles and San Isidro, which can also be enjoyed on Saturday.

In addition, it is possible to visit the exhibition

, which commemorates the

, and which deals with the literary and devotional relations of Lope de Vega with the four Spanish saints canonized in 1622 .

Anthropology National Museum

'From El Jable'.

Photography by Carlos de Hita for the immersive exhibition of the National Museum of Anthropology. CARLOS DE HITA

The museum remains open until 11:00 p.m., with free admission and a concert by

, author of the celebrated song dedicated to the institution that has accompanied it since the beginning of the year.

Together with his entire band,

, he puts on some live music starting at 8:00 p.m.

For the Night of the Museums, the immersive sound installation created by

In the context of the temporary exhibition

, a circle of loudspeakers will reproduce the voices -and the magnitudes- of

that for four months changed the landscape of the island of La Palma.

There will be passes at 8:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.

other museums

The

offers the opportunity to reflect on these processes of modification of the landscape and the environment in the past with the guided tour

(at 12:00, 5:00 and 6:00 p.m.) while the

allows visitors a free tour of its collections by the Cultural Mediation team.

In the

You can visit the Royal Armory and the Royal Kitchen for free.

For this second space, the number of guided tours has doubled, with passes every 30 minutes.

The rest of the historic complex remains closed to the public by an official act.

In the monasteries of the Encarnación and the Descalzas Reales (Madrid), admission is free for the guided tour.

The

and

is open from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and the

from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with free admission.

The

celebrates May 18 with music.

Starting at 7:00 p.m., the concert

takes place , in which Ensamble la Danserye performs courtly music from the time of

.

And for the Night of the Museums, it will extend its visiting hours until midnight.

For its part, the

will open its chapel in an extraordinary way during the Night of the Museums, from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

For its part, the

will dedicate Saturday night to an experimental children's workshop in which children will be able to visit the reconstruction of the office of the avant-garde writer

, made from the original objects from his home in Buenos Aires.

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