Virtual open day
Art museums around Barcelona are celebrating this year's International Museum Day with open screens instead of open doors this year, welcoming us in to their interiors via online tours, interviews, competitions and games. The Born Cultural and Memorial Centre offers a game ('La finestra indiscreta', in Catalan) that's an adventure set in Barcelona in 1700, available via Twitter starting on Saturday the 16th. The Music Museum, starting on Tuesday the 19th, offers a virtual tour (text in Catalan) where you can discover their collection of instruments. Barcelona's Design Museum features their exhibition 'Dressing the Body', among others, as well as a game based on clues (texts in Catalan and Spanish) in order to get to know the museums collections. It's also worth checking out the Ethnological Museum's tour with Adrià Pujol (Monday the 18th at noon) via Facebook Live, and the videos where the staff of the Frederic Marés Museum present their favourite pieces from the collection (#joemquedoamb).
You can also practise your listening skills with Valentin Roma, artistic director of La Virreina, who offers different reflections on new museum settings (in Spanish); and the artist Pere Llobera, with a visit with commentary (in Catalan) to the exhibition he has curated in La Capella. The always impressive centre for contemporary art Fabra i Coats presents previously unseen videos on the setting up of the exhibition 'The Undiscovered Infinite Library' (texts available in English).