Museu de les Arts Escèniques
Marc Jesús Bertran is the key figure behind this Centre de Documentació i Museu de les Arts Escèniques—often shortened to MAE. In 1912, he presented a plan to Barcelona’s City Council and the Mancomunitat and began collecting objects and documents tied to the performing arts. That groundwork fed into a milestone: the Barcelona Museum of Theatre, Dance and Music was created in 1923, with Bertran as its first director, and its first public exhibition hall opening in the Palau de les Belles Arts. The MAE is more than a display space. It brings together an extensive library, an archive, and collections from the Institut del Teatre—covering theatre, dance, opera, zarzuela, music hall, magic, and circus, with major holdings spanning Catalonia and the Spanish Golden Age. …
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