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ATTRACTIONS & ACTIVITIES: Museums Ca N´Alluny The poet and writer Robert Graves (1895 – 1985) lived in Deià, Mallorca from 1929 until his death. He is buried in the beautiful cemetery next to the church. His house in Deià has been acquired by the Robert Graves Foundation and has been reconditioned and adapted for visitors. Address: Carretera de Soller, Km 1, Deià
Opening hours: Monday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Entrance fee: Free with a time slot reserved by internet. Palma Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
The collection managed by the Es Baluard Foundation has its own resources that are made up both of items handed over by the founders and those that have been donated from private collections. All the works that it houses are by artists that are related in some way to the Balearic Islands. The Es Baluard Foundation’s collection is, therefore, made up of paintings, sculptures, ceramics and drawings by artists linked to the most significant international artistic tendencies that appeared since the end of the 19th century: Cézanne, Gauguin, Picasso, Miró, Picabia, Magritte, Giacometti, Motherwell, Tàpies and more recently: Horn, Plessi, Polke, Kiefer, Schnabel, Barceló, Scully. Address: Plaza Porta de Santa Catalina 10, Palma
Opening hours: From Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Entrance fees: General: €6.00
Temporary exhibition: €4.00
Reduced: €4.50
Reduced temporary exhibition: €4.00 Martí Vicenç Museum
The idea of creating a permanent exhibition of the work of Martí Vecenç came from his wife Antonia Capllonch. After her husband’s death, Antonia had the good idea of exhibiting the work he had left, which had only been partly exhibited on one occasion. The Martí Vicenç museum pays homage to the artist, as well as giving the general public the opportunity to contemplate some works that have been unknown up until now. The museum also holds a small etiological exhibition with items related to the family weaving business and a display of some cloths, some classic designs and others originals by the artist. The objective of the museum is completed with a series of unusual objects that the artist used to collect. Address: Carrer Calveri 10, Pollença
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. and from 3:15 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Entrance free. Pilar and Joan Miró Mallorca Foundation The Pilar and Joan Miró Mallorca Foundation was created in 1981, the year in which Joan Miró and his wife Pilar Juncosa donated the four workshops in which the artist had carried out his creative labours since 1956, the year that he moved permanently to the island until his death in 1983. Also donated were a large number of works contained in the workshops. During the course of these years, Miró was seriously worried by the idea that everything that made up his creative environment, stamped with the mark of daily effort and origin of his last creative force, would be forgotten or would simply disappear. Faced with this possibility and as it was the most suitable legal way, the artist decided to donate part of his work to the Palma City Council so that the people of Mallorca could be the first to benefit from this important donation. Agreeing with Joan Miró’s creative idea, the Palma City Council approved the creation of the Fundació Pública Municipal "Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca", as a lively and dynamic cultural centre, and the Statutes that would govern it in the future were drawn up. Address: Joan de Saridakis Street 29, Palma
Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sundays and holidays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Entrance fees: General: €5.00
Camera (photo or video) supplement: €5.00
Residents: €1.80
Reduced entrance (the young, retired, groups of more than 10
People): €2.80 Museum of Contemporary Spanish Art
The Museu d’Art Espanyol Contemporani in Palma offers a permanent collection of 69 works of 20th century Spanish art by the most significant of the first avant-garde artists (Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Juan Gris or Salvador Dalí), as well as covering the innovating movements from the middle of the century and of the more recent generations up to a total of 52 artists. The museum has temporary exhibition halls in which works by contemporary Spanish and international artists are exhibited. Inaugurated in 1990, it is located in a central area of Palma in an 18th century building of a regionalist style with aspects of modernist inspiration. After its last reform and enlargement in the year 2003, it now offers a larger exhibition space and has a general purpose hall for cultural activities including courses and conferences, concerts for young people and other activities. Address: Sant Miquel 11, Palma
Opening hours: From Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Saturdays: 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sundays and holidays – closed
Entrance free Palau March
Hosts the March Foundation, created in 1975 by D. Bartolomé March. The Palau March can be visited in the historical centre of Palma, next to the cathedral and the Almudaina. It is a museum that houses sculptures by Rodin, Chillida and Henry Moore among others; belén napolitano style sculptures; murals by Josep Maria Sert. Address: Palau Real Street 8, Palma de Mallorca
Opening hours: November to March from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
April to October from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Entrance free House Museum Torrent Lladó
This house holds the museum of painter-artist Joaquim Torrents-Lladó. The main entranceway has a lintel and leads through to a cobbled hall with a wooden coffered ceiling. A segmental arch leads to the patio. To the left there is an exposed stone wall of mediaeval origin with a neo-gothic gallery at the highest point. The stairs go up to the main floor where the museum’s works are on display. Address: De la Portella Street 9,Palma de Mallorca
Opening hours: N/A
Entrance free Yannick and Ben Jakober Foundation The Yannick and Ben Jakober Foundation is a not for profit cultural institution, created in 1993, whose main objective is the conservation and restoration of works of art that are classed as forming part of the national heritage. It also takes charge of promoting fine arts in general through the exhibition of works and the distribution and exchange of information and knowledge about the subject in the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands. Address: Finca Sa Bassa Blanca, Alcúdia
Opening hours: All year round from Tuesday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Entrance fee: €9.00 Museum of Mallorca This is situated in a palatial house built in the 16th century and more commonly known as the House of the Great Christian. This museum conserves important archaeological remains, from talayotic (local iron age culture) figures to Arab ceramics, with gothic friezes in between. Especially interesting is the collection of weapons, decorations and spiritual symbols related to the first inhabitants of the island. It also has paintings, renaissance and baroque ceramics and a section dedicated to modernist furniture. Address: Portella Street 5, Palma de Mallorca
Opening hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Closed Mondays and holidays.
Entrance free
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