Immerse yourself in 'The Grand Festival: Corpus at the Museum' in Valencia, marking 700 years of the city's iconic Corpus Christi celebration. This exhibition delves into the festival's material and immaterial dimensions, showcasing its evolution through historical items. Discover intricate ceramics, traditional attire, and rare documents that reveal centuries of this living cultural heritage, from processions to symbolic characters.
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This exhibition celebrates the 700th anniversary of Valencia's Corpus Christi festival, a significant historical celebration. Through ceramics, attire, and documents from the museum's collections, it explores the material and immaterial aspects of the festival, from its processions and dances to its symbolic elements and evolution.
Commemorating 700 years since the establishment of the Corpus Christi celebration in Valencia, one of its most iconic and historically rooted festivities, the National Museum of Ceramics and Sumptuary Arts presents "La Festa Grossa. El Corpus en el Museo." This exhibition invites a rediscovery of this tradition through the museum's extensive collections. The show gathers pieces that illustrate both the material and immaterial dimensions of the festivity, covering aspects such as the "Cabalgata del Convit" (Procession of the Convicts), the religious procession, the traditional dances, emblematic characters, and the symbolic elements that have shaped this celebration over centuries. Many of these works were acquired by the museum thanks to its founder and first director, Manuel González Martí, who was deeply connected to Valencian cultural life. Through a display of tiles, period clothing, historical documents, and other artifacts, the exhibition provides a historical perspective on the evolution of Corpus Christi in Valencia while underscoring its vitality as living heritage. Recognized as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Bien de Interés Cultural status in 2010, this festival continues to be a collective expression involving institutions and associations dedicated to its preservation and transmission. With this exhibition, the museum reaffirms its role as a center for research, conservation, and dissemination of cultural heritage, joining the commemoration of a celebration integral to the city's memory and identity.
Guided tours are available in June at 12 PM, requiring prior reservation via email. These activities are free and subject to availability. General admission details are not provided on this page, but visitors are directed to reserve specific guided tours via email or contact the museum for further information regarding access and capacity for these events.
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