Category Archives: Technology

Fiona Hall: Wrong Way Time, Australian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The celebrated new Australian Pavilion at the 56th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, attracted global attention. Fiona Hall became the first artist to represent Australia in the new building with her exhibition Wrong Way Time. The world is such an amazing place, yet sadly we are living in troubled times…

Fiona Hall: Wrong Way Time, Australian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Looking ahead. The evolution of the art of making, Venice Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The Exhibition “Looking ahead. The evolution of the art of making. 9 stories from Veneto: digital – not only digital.” in the Venice Pavilion, returns to its origins, with an exhibition on contemporary Applied Arts. The Venice Pavilion at the 2015 Biennale, based on technology and knowledge deriving from experience,…

Looking ahead. The evolution of the art of making, Venice Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Modern Art Collection Part 4, Art and Civil War, National Art Museum of Catalonia

General Franco’s coup against the legitimate government of the Spanish Republic on 18 July 1936 marked the start of a civil war that ended in 1939 with the victory of the Fascists and the defeat, persecution and exile of the Republican forces. From the first moment, realising the need to…

Modern Art Collection Part 4, Art and Civil War, National Art Museum of Catalonia

Public Waters Mine of Terrassa, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

“Public Waters Mine of Terrassa, The heart of the industrial city” is an exhibition explaining how water was brought to the town of Terrassa, from the very earliest days thanks to the initiative of a number of industrialists, to provide power for the textile industry, with a tunnel being built…

Public Waters Mine of Terrassa, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

Homo Faber, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

“Homo sapiens Faber” is a permanent exhibition occupying a 350 m2 section of the basement of the mNACTEC, showing the evolution of science and technology from the first great technological revolution of humanity, the Stone Age revolution, up to early industrialisation, focusing in particular on the Catalan context. Mankind has,…

Homo Faber, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

Viva Montesa, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

The exhibition features the Pere Permanyer Collection, held at the mNACTEC, a true Montesa Museum, which stands out for having models of every variant produced by the make. “Viva Montesa” offers a journey through the history of the Catalan brand courtesy of 67 motorcycles, three bicycles and two engines. These…

Viva Montesa, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

Transport, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

The collection of automobiles, trucks, engines, aircraft, motorbikes and bicycles on display at the mNACTEC plots a course through the history of transport from the earliest days up to the present time. The key exhibits on show include among others the Locomobile steam-powered automobile, dating from 1899, the 1957 SEAT…

Transport, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

Everything is chemistry, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

Exhibition showing the presence of chemistry in the world around us. From our own bodies to the different applications of chemistry in everyday life: materials, daily activities, nutrition and health. Without the contributions of chemistry it would have been almost impossible to resolve the multiple needs generated by demographic growth…

Everything is chemistry, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

Energetic, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

The Enérgeia exhibition is a tour of the different energy sources as engines of human activity and industrialization. Exhibition on energy, the essential engine of industrialization that allows us to understand the importance of the use of energy sources over time. To make the concepts more understandable, the show features…

Energetic, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

Textile Factory, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

The exhibition “Textile Factory” shows The process of producing woollen fabric within the original context of a mill dating from the early 20th century. The permanent exhibition “The Textile Mill” displays the whole process of producing woollen fabric within the original context of a mill dating from the early 20th…

Textile Factory, National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia

18th to 21st Century, Second Part of the Permanent Exhibition, History Museum of Catalonia

The permanent exhibition is a proposal to explore the history of Catalonia, ranging from prehistoric times to the present day, focusing its discourse on the knowledge and understanding of the characteristics and evolution of the societies that have occupied the territory today known. as in Catalonia, emphasizing both the political,…

18th to 21st Century, Second Part of the Permanent Exhibition, History Museum of Catalonia

300th anniversary, September 11, 1714-2014, History Museum of Catalonia

The National Day of Catalonia is a day-long festival in Catalonia and one of its official national symbols, celebrated annually on 11 September. It commemorates the fall of Barcelona during the War of the Spanish Succession in 1714 and the subsequent loss of Catalan institutions and laws. In March 2014,…

300th anniversary, September 11, 1714-2014, History Museum of Catalonia

Forts of Loreto and Guadalupe, Puebla, Mexico

The forts of Loreto and Guadalupe are some old military buildings found in the city of Puebla. Originally it was chapels built on top of a hill Acueyametepec, which were reconstituted in the early nineteenth century as fortifications for military purposes. They served as the main stage both in the…

Forts of Loreto and Guadalupe, Puebla, Mexico

From Furniture to Automobile: Transiting History, National History Museum of Brazil

On a tour of the exhibition “From Furniture to Automobile: Transiting History”, on the long circuit of the National Historical Museum, you can learn about the changes and the improvement of the main vehicles used throughout history. There are 29 pieces available in all, including land transport, human and animal…

From Furniture to Automobile: Transiting History, National History Museum of Brazil

Army Historical Museum and Fort of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Army History Museum and Copacabana Fort acts in the preservation, safeguarding and dissemination of historical memory of the Brazilian Army. Located in the Copacabana Fort, construction of the late nineteenth century that served the defensive system of the city of Rio de Janeiro and its harbor, scene of events…

Army Historical Museum and Fort of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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