The Municipality of La Orotava publishes a catalog on its five museums in which the cultural and heritage values that each one treasures are highlighted. With the name of Cobblestone Treasuresthis publication reviews the attractions of the Museum of Ibero-American Crafts of Tenerifethe Museum of Sacred Art The Treasure of La Concepciónthe Pinolere Ethnographic Museumthe Carpets of La Orotava Ephemeral Art Interpretation Center and the first room of the future museum dedicated to Scientific expeditions and travelers in the Canary Islands in the 18th and 19th centuriesfrom the Canarian Orotava Foundation for the History of Science (Fundor).
the village mayor, Francisco Linares (CC)showed during the presentation of the catalog his pride in “having a museum village, since there are few municipalities of our characteristics that can boast of having five specialized museums. In addition, they have adapted to current times and are lively and active spaces that offer an interesting and attractive program throughout the year. Their educational function is also essential, and thus over the years they have become authentic didactic units».
The Councilor for Tourism and Museums, Delia Escobar (CC)underlines that La Orotava is a municipality “unique in the Canary Islands due to the variety of museums, as well as eThe only one that has a coordination table in which they work together despite the differences in content».
Copies of the new catalog will be distributed free of charge both at the Tourist Office and at the various museums in La Orotava
Copies of the new catalog will be distributed free of charge both in the tourism office as in the different museums of La Orotava, and will give ac. By obtaining this you will be able to access the Orotavense museums for free.
Ricardo Cologon, from MAIT, detailed that in 2021 they received 6,256 visitors. In the first quarter of this year there are already 3,826. The Carpets of La Orotava Ephemeral Art Interpretation Center it also recorded a total of 3,138 visits in 2021, not including school visits.
Jesus Garciaresponsible for Pinolere Ethnographic Museum, also indicated that in 2021 visits were significantly reduced, although activities have continued in this space, where it has been used to make improvements. In this sense, he also pointed out that it is planned to close the doors of the enclosure shortly to carry out the rehabilitation of the roofs of the three barns that are in this space. The city council will award the work at the end of this month, with a budget of 100,000 euros, and it is expected that the action will be ready in August so that in September it can be opened with these three spaces and their respective rooms.
Adolfo Padronrepresentative of the Museum of Sacred Art The Treasure of La Concepciónhighlighted that last year more than 10,000 people visited the center and participated in some of its activities: exhibitions, guided tours… Next Saturday, May 21, the activity will be held on the occasion of International Museum Day. A coffee in the museumwhere after visiting the museum you can talk about heritage, museums or sacred art.
Miguel Angel Gonzalezdirector of the Canarian Orotava Foundation for the History of Science (Fundoro) thanked the representatives of the city council and the rest of his colleagues from the museums for their welcome, as they all dedicated warm words of welcome to him during the presentation of the catalog . Among other things, he highlighted the projects and activities carried out by the entity with the aim of promoting and disseminating studies related to the History of Science, especially those linked to the Canary Islands. The Museum Collection Scientific Expeditions and Travelers in the Canary Islands in the 18th and 19th centuries is an example of this, a project that began with a task of digitizing historical documentation related to the world of scientific travelers and that now includes the creation of different thematic modules on cartography and navigation, botany and zoology, geography and landscape, astronomy , geology and volcanology.
