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Exhibitions

The Valladolid Museum of Science staged its new exhibition “Illusion and Movement: The origins of the cinematograph” between 17th September and 2nd November.

The exhibition provides a tour of the gadgets belonging to the collection of Josep Maria Queraltó, which led to the appearance of the cinema.

Sample

Baking in tile kilns of les Gavarres in Sant Climent de Peralta (Forrallac).
From 7th November to 5th December, 2009.

Every September since 2003 Forrallac recaptured the traditional process of baking tiles in les Gavarres, a technique that disappeared with the advent of industrial kilns.

Tile-baking in les Gavarres was a very widespread activity until halfway through the last century, as substantiated by the large number of tile factories and kilns which have been preserved. The Mas Plaja kiln is one of the best preserved. It operated between 1947 and 1955 to supply tiles to the owners of the Mas Plaja during the restoration of their farmhouse.

Websites

Natural heritage has a myriad appeal if viewed through the eyes of an artist. In the next website, Frank Gómez exhibits the photographs taken from 1985 to the present. The author is a photographer specialising in architecture who has won various awards and has staged a number of exhibitions relating to industrial heritage.
http://www.passatindustrial.com/

First Museum Congresses: Culture and good practices
Accessibility and Inclusion. Experiences.

The first Museum Congress was held, with the support of ONCE, from 4-6th November in Barcelona Maritime Museum’s conference hall. This year, the congress was dedicated to accessibility and addressed the needs and demands of groups of people with disabilities or at risk of social exclusion. A number of examples of good practices implemented in certain centres were presented.

8th Congress of Industrial Archaeology of Catalonia
Barcelona and the great factories of the 19th and 20th Centuries.