Guided tours by cultural volunteers
The guided tour program offers primary and secondary schools and senior citizen groups the chance to get to know the Museum's Collection in the company of a cultural volunteer. For more than sixteen years, cultural volunteers have led guided tours of the Museum free of charge. Their experience working with groups and ongoing training at the Museum allow them to offer an intergenerational approach to contemporary culture. This program is an initiative of the senior citizens’ group, the Confederación de Aulas de la Tercera Edad, which the Museum has collaborated with since its foundation.
Reservation conditions
Reserve your guided tour in 3 steps 1. Consult availability Consult the availability of dates, times and vacancies using the tour calendar. The calendar only provides information and does not allow data to be entered in it. Once the available dates have been consulted, please move to step 2. 2. Submit the guided tour request form Once the tour date and time have been chosen, fill in the request form, which should be sent to visitasescolares@museoreinasofia.es at least one month before the date of the tour. Note: The calendar is updated from Monday to Friday in the morning. If two or more groups submit a request form with the same dates and times and there are not enough vacancies for all of the visitors, the order in which the request forms arrive will be strictly respected. In this event, the education office will contact the groups to offer alternatives. Note 2: Given the high demand for guided tours during this school year, a waiting list has been set up for groups that cannot find vacancies for the desired date. To be added to the waiting list, just send the completed form, indicating the month that you would like to come. The education office will contact the groups if there are any changes or cancellations. 3. Confirmation The education office will e-mail you acknowledgment of the receipt of your request. If you do not receive this, please contact us using the telephone number or e-mail below. The final confirmation that the volunteer service has been authorised or denied will be sent at the end of the month prior to your tour. Information For more information, you can contact the education office at 91 774 10 00 (extension 2030) or by e-mail by writing to visitasescolares@museoreinasofia.es.
Tour participants
Senior citizen groups have the chance to learn about the Museum’s collection accompanied by a cultural volunteer, who will present a close-up look at the main discourses considered on the Museum’s second floor. The volunteers not only lead the guided tour, but are also especially sensitive and attentive to the specific needs of these groups, sharing important life experiences with them. Tours:
Secondary school students Thanks to the ongoing training that the Museum offers its volunteers, the guided tours have been able to incorporate the discourses that form the basis for the new arrangement of the collection. The two tours offered during this school year also reflect the Museum’s objective to strengthen the bond between those discourses and different parts of the curriculum beyond art education, like literature and history, placing special emphasis on putting the art works in their context. Tours: Primary school students Volunteers for primary education groups use a methodology that encourages student participation and includes a careful selection of appropriate artworks for this educational level, adapting the discourses to the different age groups. Tour:
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