Press release - ICOM Deutschland

Guatemala
Museo Carlos F. Novella
Celebration of International Museum Day (9am -3pm)
Free entrance, visit, show, story competition awarde.
Sunday 15 May, the Museo Carlos F. Novella will open its
doors to visitors from 9am to 3pm. Guides will explain the 110
years’ history of the firm Cementos Progreso, which is located
in the industrial room of the museum. There will also be
guides in the archeological room: “Preserve the Past and build
the Future of the Cuenca Mirador”.
Assistants may attend the concert from children and
teenagers of the municipal music school of Núcleo de La
Pedrera. The Choir of children as well as the ensemble of
strings and guitars will be included in the programme.
On the same day the “Objects tell us stories, what’s yours?”
competition awards, in which the employees of the firm
participated with a story about an object, a photograp or a
printed document related to the Progreso firm.
Contact: María Elena de Arce (Coordinatrice)
Phone: (502) 2286 4100
Email: mdearce@cempro.com
Addres: 15 Avenida 18-01 Zona 6, Interior Finca La Pedrera -
1006 Guatemala, Guatemala
Website: www.museosdeguatemala.org
Museo Casa del Tejido Antiguo
"Manos Mágicas" (9am - 5pm)
Visit and demonstration of Mayan ancestral techniques.
Permanent demonstration of handicraft and ancestral techniques as well as the cultural event "Manos
Mágicas", a weaving competition between several weavers of many rural regions of Guatemala. The Museo
Casa del Tejido Antiguo offers to its visitors the opportunity to admire the huge variety, the originality and the
beauty of Guatemalan handicraft, thanks to the permanent exhibition of traditional Mayan costumes of our
country.
Ms Alida Pérez Santos, foundator of the museum and the craftmen, perfectly realized an exhibition of the art
to weave. Visitors will know everything about this art thanks to different types of looms such as the foot
powered loom for example, and to available information about them.
The Museo Casa del Tejido Antiguo, was inaugurated on 23 March, 1998 and has a gallery specially reserved to
the exhibition of length from different regions of Guatemala. Our goal is to give the opportunity to visitors to
discover the quality and cultural diversity of the Mayan culture thanks to the fabrics elaborated with the telar
de cintura (special loom in which the weaver tighten threads - tied to his waist - thanks to his weight).
Contact: Alida Perez (Director y Fundator)
Phone: (502) 7832-3169
Fax: (502) 7832-3169
Email: alidaperez@itelgua.com
Address: 1ra. Calle Poniente No. 51 – 3001 La Antigua, Guatemala
Website: www.casadeltejido.org
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