Artifex. Roman engineering in Spain

Exhibitions Artifex

This exhibition shows the most characteristic features of Roman technology in Spain, from construction and civil engineering to sumptuary arts, communications, mining and industry. Many of these works are signal elements in the country’s industrial heritage. The exhibition was organised in conjunction with the Ministry of Culture and the Centre for Public Works Studies and Experimentation-Centre for Historic Studies on Public Works and Urban Planning (CEDEX-CEHOPU). It opened at the National Archaeological Museum in March 2002, where it was on display until July of that year. It subsequently travelled to the following.

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• Curator: Ignacio González Tascón
• Coordinator: Ana Carmen Lavín Berdonces; Esther Pons Mellado; Dolores Romero Muñoz (travelling exhibitions); Amaya Sáenz Sanz (travelling exhibitions)
• Editing director and designer: Bernardo Revuelta Pol

Subsequently, under an agreement concluded with the Spanish Centre for Public Works Studies and Experimentation - Centre for Historic Studies on Public Works and Urban Planning  (CEDEX-CEHOPU), it was included in the programme of travelling exhibitions.

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VENUES

SEVILLE Archaeological Museum
1 October 2005 - 2 January 2006

TARRAGONA Wharf, Tarragona Port
10 February - 26 March 2006

MURCIA Museum of Mills on the River Segura
6 April - 18 August 2006

BARCELONA Archaeological Museum of Catalunya
19 October 2006 - 5 February 2007

GERONA Archaeological Museum of Catalunya
28 February - 3 June 2007

MÉRIDA National Roman Art Museum
19 July - 29 August 2007

VIGO Quiñones de León Municipal Museum of Vigo
27 February - 27 April 2008

ALICANTE Provincial Archaeological Museum, MARQ
25 November 2008 - 15 February 2009

SAN FERNANDO DE HENARES, Madrid Juan Carlos I Exhibition Room
5 March - 12 April 2009

LEÓN Fundación Ciudad de la Energía
23 June - 29 August 2010

VALENCIA Valencia Prehistoric Museum
14 December 2010 - 6 March 2011

DOS HERMANAS, Seville La Almona Community Centre
31 March - 31 May 2011

LOGROÑO Municipal Science Museum
24 November 2011 - 26 February 2012

SAN SEBASTIÁN Rezola Cement Museum, San Sebastián, and Oiasso Roman Museum, Irun
30 March  - 1 July 2012

SEGOVIA Royal Mint Museum
5 October 2012 -  6 January 2013

LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA Elder Museum of Science and Technology
13 March - 13 August 2013

HUÉRCAL OVERA Teatro Villa de Huércal Overa
30 October - 23 December 2013

OVIEDO Archaeological Museum of Asturias
16 June - 29 October 2017

SORIA. Villa Romana La Dehesa. 
 27 April - 31 May 2019

VALLADOLID. Museo de la Ciencia
11 July - 24 November 2019

SANTO DOMINGO DE LA CALZADA. Convento de San Francisco
21 April - October 2022

CUENCA. Sala Princesa Zaida. Museo de Cuenca
12 September- 30 November 2023

TALAVERA DE LA REINA. Centro Cultural Rafael Morales
5 July - August 2024

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