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Alicante opens museums until 12 on ‘White Night’
FOR another year, the museums and cultural centres of Alicante come together to celebrate the White Night (La Nit en Blanc) on Friday, July 21. The city council, the provincial council, the Ocean Race museum, the university and Aguas de Alicante propose a wide programme of activities that includes guided tours, family workshops, music, film projections and conferences, for all tastes and ages.
ed to offer attractive proposals for all audiences from the cultural centres in order to bring museums closer to people and put within their reach opportunities for learning, entertainment and access to culture as a universal value,” said the deputy for Culture, Juan de Dios Navarro.
dren to participate in this youth programme hosted by ‘Start Play’.
Children between eight and 11 years should be accompanied by an adult, and over 12s can attend by themselves.
The department of youth for Oriheula has provided an email address startplayorihuela@hot mail.com , where reservations are necessary due to limited spaces.
Las Cigarreras and the exhibition hall in the fish market, the university museum, the water museum and the Ocean Race museum are among those who expect a large number of attendees during Friday evening.
The councillor for Culture, Nayma Beldjilali, said “It is excellent news that the White Night can continue to be held for another year, and that the public continues to respond edition after edition in such a positive way. We will work so that, in future editions, the White Night opens up to the city, and more institutions and cultural spaces participate.
“With the programme prepared this year to celebrate White Night, we want
The museum of the University of Alicante (MUA) has designed a programme where university musical talent meets contemporary art, with a concert by emerging musicians and a guided tour of the facilities.
“The first edition of the Ocean Race has already finished this year and we are delighted to be able to share with all the museum visitors all the novelties of this edition new boats IMOCA Class, a new sustainability zone for the protection of the oceans, and a new painting and dance exhibition in the museum, a reflection of the relationship between human beings and the ocean,” said the person in charge of the Ocean Race museum, Jan Pérez.
Further details can be found at alicante turismo.com.
Anna Ellis
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