João Correia de Sá My first contact with Medieval Catalan art occurred in 2015, when I chose to do a work about the mural paintings of San Climent de Taüll, for an assignment of Romanesque art. I remember in that moment I was rather fascinated by the stylistic and iconographic richness of the whole set,…
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Elsa Espín At the beginning of the 15th century, a new way of painting appeared in Flanders, of which Jan van Eyck was the figurehead. Although he didn’t invent oil painting as legend has it, his way of using it, however, was completely revolutionary as he didn’t only use it as a varnish, but also for binding…
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Noemí Huete We often talk about putting ourselves in the shoes of the visitors so as to better adapt the offer and services of the museum. For sure, not enough is done, and even less in the case of visitors with special needs. Noemí explains the experience in two centres, one of them our museum,…
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In the museum we continually receive postgraduate and masters’ degree students, doing internships. Today, we have invited David Fernández to explain his research experience, almost like a detective, which has allowed the puzzle of fragments, corresponding to four doors from different places around the city, to be reconstructed. David Fernández When Jordi Casanovas proposed this…
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Natalie Tsvirko Has this ever happen to you while visiting a museum or an exhibition?… Remember that moment when you are so fascinated by an artwork by a great master that it almost revives in your imagination? Your mind creates that situation and that atmosphere around the artwork that is very personal and inspiring. It…
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Mercè Giralt As a former student in the second year of the Postgraduate course in Museum Management, I would like to take the opportunity to share here one of the best experiences I have had in the field of museums and which I would probably not have had without first studying this programme. Thanks to…
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Being an intern usually means having lots of routine tasks and minimum responsibility. Being an intern at the Museu Nacional means being part of the team. During the six months I spent at the museum, I was granted with an opportunity to be a part of several projects as well as to bring my own…
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