Guided tours take center stage at the museums of Sitges during the celebration of Artist's Day and the 48h Open House festival

After the European Heritage Days, the Sitges Museums' agenda doesn't stop. This coming weekend, there are scheduled activities within the programs of Artist's Day and the 48h Open House Barcelona architecture festival. In both cases, there will be guided tours, along with two live drawing sessions.

The first of the Artist's Day tours is "Santiago Rusiñol, the total artist," which explores the Cau Ferrat Museum through his work and life, focusing on his role as a total artist: painter, writer, collector, traveler, and cultural agitator. It will take place on Saturday the 21st in both Catalan (11 a.m.) and Spanish (12 p.m.). The following day, at the same time, there will be the "Sitges Life" tour, a journey through the Cau Ferrat and Maricel Museums to discover the rooms and corners that are part of Sitges' cultural history, as well as works directly related to local events. The third tour will be the following weekend, on Saturday the 28th, also in both Catalan (11 a.m.) and Spanish (12 p.m.) at the Stämpfli Foundation, with the purpose of visiting the six rooms of this space and getting closer to the figure of its promoter, Pere Stämpfli, both as an artist and a cultural dynamo.

Artist's Day is complemented by another activity, a drawing session by the sketching group belonging to the USK Sitges association to sketch various rooms of the Cau Ferrat and Maricel Museums in real time.

Simultaneously, the Sitges Museums' agenda includes two guided tours as part of the 48h Open House Barcelona architecture festival, which is also being held in Sitges for the second consecutive year. These are tours of the Stämpfli Foundation (which will take place on Saturday the 21st and Sunday the 22nd) and the exteriors of the Maricel complex, which will allow you to observe the different spaces currently occupied by the Museum, the Palace, the Historical Archive, and the Santiago Rusiñol Library (on Saturday the 21st in the afternoon).

Artist's Day Program

Guided tour 'Santiago Rusiñol, the total artist'
Saturday, October 21, 2023
11 a.m. in Catalan
12 p.m. in Spanish
Cau Ferrat Museum
Free activity with prior reservation (limited capacity)
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Guided tour 'Sitges Life'
Sunday, October 22, 2023
11 a.m. in Catalan
12 p.m. in Spanish
Maricel and Cau Ferrat Museums
Free activity with prior reservation (limited capacity)
Reserve here

Sketchers visit the museums
Saturday, October 21, and Sunday, October 22, 2023
From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the 21st: Maricel Museum
From 4 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. on the 22nd: Maricel Museum and Cau Ferrat Museum  

Guided tour 'Peter Stämpfli: the tire artist'
Saturday, October 28, 2023
11 a.m. in Catalan
12 p.m. in Spanish
Maricel and Cau Ferrat Museums
Free activity with prior reservation (limited capacity)
Reserve here  

48h Open House Barcelona Program
Guided tours at the Stämpfli Foundation
Saturday, October 21, and Sunday, October 22, 2023
Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Stämpfli Foundation - Contemporary Art
Free activity without prior reservation (limited capacity)  

Guided tour of the exteriors of Maricel
Saturday, October 21, 2023
Between 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Racó de la Calma
Free activity without prior reservation (limited capacity)