Description

El Museo del Prado en Filipinas Travelling Exhibition takes the museum experience of one of the most important national museums of Spain into the public spaces of the Philippines. More than a frame for the museum’s art prints, it brings to the country a spatial experience of El Museo del Prado through an implied formation of its arches and vaults – walking through the series of the travelling exhibit modules is an interpretation of wandering through the vaulted galleries of El Museo del Prado. Moreover, as it provides shade and visual interest through its sail-like canopies positively reminiscent of familiar umbrellas, it appeals to the sensibilities of the Filipino people. It is elegant yet approachable; fresh yet familiar. It brings the institution closer to the public.

The concept of this traveling exhibit takes the basic elements of a museum and creates a module adaptive to the streetscape. Through a modular design that is both visually and functionally derivative of the Museo Nacional del Prado, the project achieves its goal of giving the public access to the museum’s rich collection of art.

Urban lifestyles are made richer by bringing our institutions to the people, making culture part of our everyday lives, and engaging more with the public., El Museo del Prado en Filipinas travelling Exhibit disseminates the museum experience to the street-level community. It makes prized art accessible to the general public.