Fundación Iberdrola collaborates with the Prado Museum in the development of the Extraordinary Program for the Commemoration of its Bicentennial and, specifically, with the support of the traveling exhibition “The Prado in the Streets”, to which it will contribute 180,000 euros , conceived as an educational activity that will be installed outdoors.
With the support of the traveling exhibition “El Prado in the streets”, it will provide 180,000 euros and will consist of an educational activity that will be installed outdoors.
Made up of life-size photographic reproductions of 50 of the institution’s most emblematic paintings, “The Prado in the Streets” will travel throughout 2018-2019 to various locations in Spain.
The exhibition will remain for a period of three to four weeks in each venue and will be accompanied by a general text on the Prado Museum and four dedicated to the main pictorial schools that make up its collection. A program of educational and cultural activities will be developed around it.
Fundación Iberdrola España, Protector Member of the Prado Museum
The Museo del Prado and Fundación Iberdrola España, which have been collaborating since 2010, have established a new framework of continued and lasting collaboration between the two institutions that will materialize in the support of the conservation and restoration programs developed by the Museum, as well as the development of 3 annual scholarships for young restorers, which this year will be joined by an international scholarship. With the signing of this agreement, Fundación Iberdrola España acquires the status of Protector of the Museo del Prado by committing, for four years, to a total contribution of 1.2 million euros, 300,000 euros per year.
The president of the Royal Board of Trustees of the Museo Nacional del Prado, José Pedro Pérez-Llorca; the director of the Museo Nacional del Prado, Miguel Falomir; the president of Fundación Iberdrola España, Fernando García; and the director of Fundación Iberdrola España, Ramón Castresana, have signed two new collaboration agreements aimed at renewing Fundación Iberdrola España’s commitment to the Museo del Prado’s Restoration Program and to the development of the traveling exhibition “The Prado in the Streets,” part of the Extraordinary Program for the Commemoration of the Bicentennial of the Museo del Prado.
