MIT International Puppet Museum in Catalonia

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MIT International Puppet Museum of Catalonia

The International Puppet Museum of Catalonia is set up in Vallès Occidental

He does it in a farmhouse and will exhibit figures such as the legendary "Tomatic" of Club Super 3 and elements of Don Quixote from the opening of the Servilla Expo in 1992

Masia Can Falguera
The farmhouse that houses the cultural equipment | ACN by NacióSabadell, Sabadell, Catalonia | November 18, 2022 at 11:00 a.m |
The farmhouse of Can Falguera of Palau-solità and Plegamans, from the 14th century, will be the equipment that will host the International Puppet Museum of Catalonia (MIT). It will be inaugurated this Saturday, but it will not be until December when it will open to the general public and it is a unique space in the country that aims to spread the art of puppetry.
The farmhouse is managed by the cultural cooperative led by Teia Moner. "We have pieces from the year 1800 until now, from companies that even today are no longer active", explained Moner. 150 will be exhibited of the nearly 800 it has with, among other pieces, a wink from Laurent Mourguet, creator of the French guinyol, and which dates from 1810, and Chinese shadows from the late 1800s.

For young people who are not so young, the character of the tomato, the well-known tomato-shaped answering machine from the first years of Club Súper 3; material from the show Don Quixote made at the opening ceremony of the Universal Exhibition of 1992 in Seville and an elderly Don Juan.

"The museum's mission is to manage the cultural heritage of puppets in different aspects, cover the creation needs so that the collections can lend pieces for their preservation, and advocate for the Catalan puppet technique, which is being lost", added Moner.

About 2,700 students

MIT already opened its doors last year but only for school groups, and where they passed through about 2,700 students. This year, there are already more than 2,000 students registered, who will participate in activities such as the one that combines marionettes and therapy.

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