This is a broad-reaching programme aimed at educational centres, adapted to each level or cycle and framed within the school curriculum. It is committed to interdisciplinarity and works on cross-cutting contents, and particular emphasis is placed on designing programmes in which all types of students can participate. The content of the activities varies and/or is tuned to the Museum’s programme, as specific programmes are designed for each exhibition space or programmes in progress.
The goal is to establish a dialogue with the groups and to a lesser extent the transmission of canonical knowledge of the History of Art. In this way, the works in the collection make the students reflect on their surroundings and the questions they are faced with and which affect them. So contemporary art is used as a cross-cutting tool for all teachers, whatever their subject.
The activities are adapted to the different groups through methodologies, work dynamics and diverse support materials. In all cases, prior contact between Es Baluard Museu’s education team and the teachers is fundamental if the activity is to be taken full advantage of.
Furthermore, there is the possibility of designing individualised, personalised visits in accordance with interests and the projects being undertaken in the different educational centres, with the conviction that the museum should function as an extension of the classroom.
Given the exceptional situation caused by COVID-19, groups are restricted to the class (bubble) group according to what the authorities designate. All the activities that take place during the visit comply with the established sanitary measures.
These activities are free and form part of Palma City Council’s "Palma Educa" programme
How to make a reservation?
- Palma City Council’s "Palma Educa" programme
- By calling Es Baluard Museu 971 908 209 (Education Department)
Conditions for a visit to the museum
In order to offer a quality service, and attain the objectives set out, the educational centre must undertake to fulfil the following conditions:
- The reservation must be made at least 15 days before the activity
- Prior contact between the Museum’s educational team and the teachers taking part in the activity
- Delivery of the completed information form prior to the visit
- Punctuality on the day and time of the visit
- Teachers will be responsible for the behaviour of the group
- The number of pupils per group stipulated in the museum must be complied with
Visit modalities
- Tour Visits
- Workshop-visit
- Visit-Conference
- Long-term projects
Tour Visits
The aim of these visits is to establish initial contact with and recognition of the Museum, its collection and the heritage environment, and of its temporary exhibitions.
Turns
Tuesday at 10 am and 12 and Friday at 10 am
Capacity
maximum 60 pupils per visit time.
How to make a reservation?
- Palma City Council’s "Palma Educa" programme
- Call Es Baluard Museu 971 908 209 (Education Department)
Guaita! Hi ha un museu dins les murades (“Look! There’s a museum in the city walls!”)
A tour intended and designed for pre-school children. We will approach contemporary art, the museum space and the surroundings using the senses and our body, working on shapes, colours and materials
Es Baluard, un gran racó de Ciutat (“Es Baluard, a fantastic corner of the city”)
Aimed at pupils from primary, compulsory secondary, voluntary secondary and technical college level, and from adult education... and also university students. Activities and materials adapted to each level. This is a general tour for an initial approximation to the Museum and its environs, as well as an approach to contemporary art through the collection and the temporary exhibitions
Workshop-visit
These activity visits have dynamics that are different to those of the tour visits. They are comprised of one part consisting of observation and reflection, in front of the works in the museum halls, and another part consisting of practical, plastic work in the workshop spaces where the concepts introduced during the visit are worked on and reinforced.
This activity attempts to transcend the dimensions of the Museum to propose a project with continuity, both in the centre and after the visit. To achieve this, the participating teachers and the Museum’s education department must work together.
Turns
Wednesday and Thursday from 10 am to 1 pm.
Visit duration
3 hours (30 minutes are planned for recreation time and breakfast).
Capacity
maximum 30 pupils per visit time.
How to make a reservation?
- Palma City Council’s "Palma Educa" programme
- Call Es Baluard Museu 971 908 209 (Education Department)
Primary level workshop: Diverteix-te amb l’art (“Have fun with art”)
On this visit, the children will observe and reflect on a selection of works from the Museum’s collection. They will finish the visit with a workshop activity where they will give shape to what they have worked on during the visit. Because of the huge differences between the different primary level cycles, workshop visits that are adapted to the cycle in question are offered
Secondary school workshop: Opina, no et tallis! (“Don’t be shy, say what you think!”)
Through practical activities performed in the Museum halls, teenagers learn to interpret, value and respect both this Museum and contemporary art and the world that surrounds them. The activity is comprised of two parts, one consisting of a tour and another practical one in the workshop
Visit-Conference
Palma air-raid shelters. Past and present
The activity aims to delve into the history and heritage of the immediate physical context of the Sant Pere bastion. It focuses on the history and knowledge of the air raid shelters used during the Civil War, one of which is part of the Museum's cultural complex.
The activity is led by Bartomeu Fiol, a researcher specialising in the subject, who gives a lecture on the subject and then guides a visit to the military shelter of the former Artillery Barracks of the Sant Pere bastion, the current headquarters of Es Baluard Museu.
Level: 3rd and 4th Secondary, Bachillerato, University Education and Adult Education.
Turns
29 and 30 October, 12, 13, 26 and 27 November and 11 and 17 December at 10.00 am
Visit duration
2 hours and 30 minutes
Capacity
Between 50 and 100 students (groups from different educational centers can share the activity)
How to make a reservation?
- Palma City Council’s "Palma Educa" programme
- Information on 971908209
Long-term projects
Es Baluard Museu’s education team is open to receiving proposals to develop long-term projects with schools and advise centres wishing to carry out interdisciplinary projects based on the tools provided by contemporary artistic practices. Along these lines, every year training proposals for teachers are launched.
"Cartografiem-nos"
The “Cartografiem-nos” project, carried out between 2006 and 2014, has been recognised by the Chair in Cultural Policies and Cooperation of the University of Girona as one of the most innovative educational programmes in the country.
"Cartografiem-nos" is a long-term transversal, interdisciplinary project that reflects on the notion of territory using the tools offered by contemporary artistic practices. With this project, we aim to develop a critical vision of the natural and/or urban surroundings, working in the district where the school is located.
The project is aimed at the third cycle of primary education although in an extraordinary way has been worked on occasion as a center project.
