The Empordà Museum is an institution which was established in 1946 and aimed at the research, preservation and dissemination of local and regional cultural heritage, through an extensive programme of exhibitions and activities. It offers the public a historical reading of its collections and is especially dedicated to contemporary artistic creation. It has an educational and publication service, a library and a projection screen room. With a history dating back to 1885, with the arrival of the first pieces from the Prado Museum, it brings together an interesting collection of art with works by prominent painters in the Catalan art scene such as: Sorolla, Casas, Nonell, Sacharoff, Tàpies, Torres Monsó, Zush and Pazos; and from Empordà: Dalí, Santos, Reig, Vallès, Planells, Massanet, Gabriel and Mitjà. The collection is completed with archaeological collections, medieval art and baroque paintings.
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Hi ha una construcció molt intersecular, ni bonica ni lletja per aquella època, ni sumptuosa, amb algun sòcol i graó de pedra que va ésser, amb un gran Pegasso damunt la balconada, Cambra Agrícola de l’Empordà, després Casa Sindical i darrerament Casa Provisional de Cultura, on s’ha instal·lat, a estones, alguna mostra del Museu de l’Empordà i on han tingut lloc, durant els darrers anys, importants exposicions de pintura.
FIGUERES ACOMIADA UNES PARETS, de Carles Fages de Climent
Text published on the Espais Escrits mapaliterari.cat website. Catalan Literary Heritage Network.
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Museo del Empordà, Munturiol, Figueras, Provincia de Gerona 17600, España
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