Nativity Scene at the Museum of the History of Madrid
Detalles del evento
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From 1 December to 1 February, 10:00 to 20:00
Closed on Mondays and on 24, 25 and 31 December, 1 and 6 January -
Closed:
todos los lunes;
el 24, 25, 31 de December
&
el 1st, 6 de January
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Museo de Historia de Madrid
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Free entry, subject to capacity. Places are limited for all activities
- Guided tours: 11, 12, 18 and 19 December at 12:00
Fifty-one human and animal figures, along with many accessories and ornaments, form this magnificent example of a Neapolitan Nativity scene that can be admired every year during the Christmas season at the Museum of the History of Madrid. It combines scenes depicting everyday life in 18th-century Naples with those related to the Nativity of Jesus. As is common in these Nativity scenes—popularised in Spain by King Charles III—the author is unknown, though the sculptural quality and expressive power of the figures indicate the work of top-level artists.
The figures are meticulously crafted, many with articulated limbs, carved in wood or fired clay, and placed on wire-frame bodies covered in hemp fibres, to which heads and limbs are attached. They include numerous accessories and fine polychromy revealing the social and professional diversity of the characters: peasants, bourgeois families, shepherds, street vendors, musicians, and the luxurious Eastern entourage accompanying the Three Wise Men.
The Nativity scene unfolds over classical ruins from which a cascade of small angels descends.
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Detalles del evento
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From 1 December to 1 February, 10:00 to 20:00
Closed on Mondays and on 24, 25 and 31 December, 1 and 6 January -
Closed:
todos los lunes;
el 24, 25, 31 de December
&
el 1st, 6 de January
-
Museo de Historia de Madrid
-
Free entry, subject to capacity. Places are limited for all activities
- Guided tours: 11, 12, 18 and 19 December at 12:00
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Detalles:
- Telephone: 917 011 863
- https://www.madrid.es/museodehistoria
- Contact us: smuseosm@madrid.es
Directions:
- Metro: Tribunal, Bilbao y Alonso Martínez.
- Aparcamiento público: Barceló.
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