Olot, 09/09/2010

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GENERAL INFORMATION: Museum layout

The Saints Museum of Olot is housed in a neo-gothic building, where it was the first religious imagery workshop created in Olot in the year 1880 by Joaquim Vayreda Vila, Josep Berga Boix and Valentí Carrera. Their target was to purpose of provinding jobs for students at the Public Drawing School of the city, and elevating the religious sculpture being produced at that time.

Almost the whole of the building is dedicated to the museum, with several parts in differents stages. The layout of the museum is:



 GROUND FLOOR
  1. Main entrance
  2. Reception and welcome to the visitors - General information
  3. Audio-visuals space
  4. Iconography
  5. Models room - Production line 1
  6. Painting & decoration - Production line 2
  7. Shop
  8. Services
 UNDERGROUND FLOOR
  1. Moulded
  2. Alters room
  3. "Xarpes" room
  4. Moulds room
  5. Space of original models
 FIRST FLOOR
  1. Images room
  2. Room of religious and decorative figures. Art's workshop
  3. Cribs room
  4. Cajolement room
  5. Marian Vayreda's space
 SECOND FLOOR
  1. Exhibitions room
  2. Workshop - Restoration
  3. Archives store
  4. Museum management

 MUSEU DELS SANTS D'OLOT - Joaquim Vayreda, 9 - 17800 OLOT (Girona/Spain) - © 2007 - Tel. +34 972.266.791 - info@museusants.cat
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