Different cinema for different children. Film screening: De profundis (2006). Goya Awards: Nominated for Best Animated Film

Dynamized tour through the work of Eusebio Sempere and his aesthetic interests.

Collective workshop composed of all attendees-visitors in Plaza de Santa María.

From April 23 to May 12, visitors will be able to take photographs in the museum (individually or collectively), of which they may send a maximum of two per participant to the email: comunicacion@maca-alicante.es

The photographs will be displayed in the museum from May 17 to 26, and the prize for each of the two categories (junior-up to 16 years old and senior-up to 99 years old) will be awarded on May 18 during the celebration of the Night of the Museums.

Traditionally, the International Museum Day is celebrated around May 18. The celebration can last a day, a weekend, or a week. The objective is to gather at the museum around the motto "The museum, an important medium for cultural exchanges, the enrichment of cultures, the advancement of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples".

Since 1977, ICOM organizes the International Museum Day (IMD) every year, a unique occasion for the international museum community. On that day, the museums participating in the IMD present an issue that concerns cultural institutions. The International Museum Day also represents a great opportunity for museum professionals to

get to know their public and emphasize the importance of the role of museums. Museums are institutions at the service of society and its development and therefore have a role to

play in it.

The IMD brings together more and more museums around the world. In 2012, 32,000 museums participated in the event in 129 countries across the 5 continents. The ICOM Advisory Committee proposes a theme each year that museums can use to

enhance their position in society.

The theme proposed for the year is Museums (memory + creativity) = social progress.

Our rich heritage, which is displayed and protected by museums, is associated with ingenuity and vitality, two characteristics that in recent years have characterized the museum sector and

are the main strengths of museums. Museums strive to achieve a reconciliation of their traditional mission of preserving memory with the cultivation of creativity,

necessary for their renewal and to increase the number of visits, and they have the firm conviction that their presence and their actions can change society in a constructive way.

Decidedly optimistic, this motto in the form of an equation dynamically combines different and essential concepts that define what a museum is today, insisting on its

universal nature and the positive influence they exert on society. It also summarizes the bifurcation that museums are experiencing and reiterates their mission to contribute to the development and unity of the community.

Screening of the film "The Turning Point" by Herbert Ross, 1977 included within the Film and Dance Cycle in VOS organized in collaboration with the Secretariat of Culture of the Vice-Rectorate of University Extension of the University of Alicante.

Visitors will get to know the private areas of the MACA, those that cannot normally be accessed and that are being opened to the public for the first time to understand the journey that works follow from the moment they arrive at the museum until they are displayed in the gallery.

Performance inside the museum by a string ensemble from the Professional Music Conservatory of Alicante "Guitarist José Tomás".

From May 10 to 17, visitors will be able to take photographs in the museum (individually or collectively) of which they can send up to a maximum of five per participant to the email: comunicacion@maca-alicante.es

The selection will be made on May 18 and the prize for each of the two categories (junior-up to 16 years old and senior-up to 99 years old) will be awarded on May 19 at the celebration of the Night of the Museums.

Performance in Plaza de Santa María by a group of saxophonists from the Professional Music Conservatory of Alicante "Guitarist José Tomás".

International Museum Day has been celebrated worldwide since 1977. ICOM (International Council of Museums) is responsible for determining a theme each year.

The event offers museums and their professionals the opportunity to reach out to the public and society and make them aware of the changes that museums are developing, since as ICOM itself says, they are "an institution in the service of society and its development".

Evidence of the success of this celebration are the figures that ICOM provided last year, where 90% of Spanish museums participated in IMD 2011. The motto proposed this year by ICOM is: "Museums in a changing world. New challenges, new inspirations" they recognize that institutions adopt an interpretive approach and move in an increasingly fluid environment.

Each one strives to achieve objectives and attract new visitors, but the common need to prosper unites all these museums, large or small.

In this way, IMD 2012 focuses not only on the growth of museums and the construction of their future, but also on other issues such as climate change and new electronic media.