Northern Ireland Museums Council
Museum Study Trip

Tue 21st September 2010 - Thu 23rd September 2010, Barcelona

The study trip will help identify the issues and solutions of interpretation to a wide range of audiences. How collections are interpreted to non Spanish and non Catalan audiences will be examined, as well as investigating how the museums make people aware of their shared heritage and facilitate identification with their national history. There will also be an opportunity to explore shared cultures and histories.

Paticipants will visit the following museums

The Museum of the History of Catalonia
The museum places the history of Catalonia on display and helps make people aware of their shared heritage, facilitating identification with the national history.

Catalan Museum of Archaeology
The curators have given particular emphasis to the archaeological remains from Catalonia and make connections between this region and other regions. This is an opportunity to explore shared cultures and histories.

The Barbier-Mueller Museum of Pre-Columbian Art
The collection is structured around the cultures which inhabited the territory between Mesoamerica and South America before the arrival of the Spanish. This is an opportunity to explore how other cultures are interpreted.

Disseny Hub Barcelona
The DHUB Museum hub comprising the Museum of Decorative Arts, Museum of Textiles and Fashion and The Room of Graphic Art celebrates creativity and innovation. It also observes the past and present of the design world and makes parallelisms between design,socio-cultural events and historic styles.

Cost:
£200 members £250 non members

Time:
TBC