Reminiscences. Art and Culture Against Alzheimer's was born in 2012 as a pioneering project in the Valencian Community, with the idea of turning the MACA into a space where people with Alzheimer's and their companions could embark on a journey through art and culture, rediscovering their imagination and creative potential. The aim is to involve Alzheimer's patients and their companions in a journey through art and culture, rediscovering their imagination and creative potential.

The visits tour the permanent collections exhibition and are carefully designed for enjoyment and understanding, as well as to encourage reactions, reflections, conversations, or activities around art and artists, but also around the sensations and emotions they may provoke. Furthermore, this project documents the evolution and impact the program has on participants and a subsequent evaluation of its effectiveness.

The sessions are structured with a visit to the MACA that tours either the permanent collections exhibition: specific works, itineraries around a theme, artistic fields or trends, singular artists, etc., or tours the temporary exhibitions. The sessions are designed like the in-person ones for enjoyment and understanding, to encourage reactions, reflections, conversations, or activities around art and artists. Likewise, these sessions are accompanied by a creative activity where what has been worked on is recalled and activated, triggering reminiscence.

This proposal invites participants to explore the 20th Century Art Collection, where they will discover stories, characters, and places connected with the artworks. The different materials and techniques that artists employed in their creations will be explored, with the aim of having the works serve as a starting point for establishing connections with the interests and daily lives of the participants.

As part of the experience, an artistic workshop called "The Inner Chaos" is offered, which provides the opportunity to experiment with the materials and techniques explored during the tour. This workshop is designed to foster creativity and personal expression, allowing each participant to create their own artwork inspired by the collection. In addition to developing artistic skills, the workshop seeks to strengthen self-confidence and promote the integration of participants, respecting and valuing the diversity of their abilities and perspectives. Through the informalist technique, participants will explore their creativity by creating a work that reflects their emotions and personal stories, working with textures, colors, and abstract forms to express ideas and feelings in a free and spontaneous manner.

MACA is a living and dynamic museum, which is why the educational team has offered complementary activities since its inception to showcase the creative processes and references of contemporary art. Each year the museum renews its proposals for the different levels of formal education. These are projects related to the permanent collections and temporary exhibitions. The ultimate goal of the different proposals is to promote the construction of a critical perspective, learn to observe the works, enjoy the information that can be useful for understanding and appreciating each piece, and have the necessary keys so that each student can face contemporary art without inhibitions.

Since its opening, the museum's educational team has committed to inclusive education. Throughout the year, multiple projects are developed for attention to diversity and social awareness, whose purpose has been and is to promote effective integration and real accessibility for all to art, culture, and the museum. To this end, the museum regularly organizes programs, projects, guided visits, and workshops for groups with physical, psychological, sensory, intellectual, or mental functional diversity, as well as for groups in situations of social vulnerability.

We are fully convinced that attention to all audiences should be a priority, and in that way we plan and organize educational activities in order to serve all people.

All projects are developed and directed by museum educator and mediator Ester García Guixot.