International Museum Day to be Celebrated in Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba. Cuban museums will open their doors free of charge for visitors on May 17, the day before the celebration of festivities for World Museum Day.

Activities to mark the date will include meetings with founders and tributes to historians and local chroniclers.

Added to these collateral activities organized by the National Council of Cultural Heritage are the workshop “History and Reality of Museums”, with themes such as The Triumph of the Cuban revolution and the Implementation of Museum Policy, Cubasí web site reports.

In 1977, the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) established May 18 as International Museum Day.

Since then, the International Council of Museums selects a theme or message each year inviting to reflect on the role of these institutions in society.

On this occasion, the theme is Museum and Tourism, as a way to promote encounters between different cultures.

Invitations to museums in Cuba are almost permanent, especially in the summer, where the project Rutas y Andares offers family tours of different spots in Old Havana, organized by the Office of the City Historian.


(Festejarán Día internacional de los museos en Cuba)