Hours: Thursday from 10 am to 4 pm, Friday and Saturday from 10 am to 10 pm and Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm.
An interactive extension of the original exhibition
The footprints of Altamira. Educate is conceived as a didactic extension of The footprints of Altamirawhich aims to generate educational experiences around the artistic, historical and cultural heritage. The public will interact with the elements of the exhibition, solve problems and will be provided with tools so that they can apply what they have learned in real contexts. For this, the little Neve, will be the character that guides the exhibition to, through peer learning and empathy, create an environment that can significantly enhance the learning experience.
The activities that accompany the exhibition, guided or autonomous, are designed to encourage creativity, collaboration and communication, as well as the development of curiosity. All of them are part of a tour, in which visitors will become archaeologists to understand how the hominids of Altamira lived and the importance of cave paintings in contemporary art. Dig treasures, dive into a Paleolithic cave and create your own cave paintings from pigments!
Complementary activities
The didactic workshops have a maximum capacity of 20 people and the price of this activity is 4 euros per person. Designed for family audiences, children under 6 years old must be accompanied.
- Date: February 9 at 11:00 a.m.
- Theoretical description: brief introduction on prehistory with special emphasis on life forms. Nomads and sedentary people. Use of caves and rock shelters as shelter. First constructions.
- Activity: construction of a prehistoric structure with structures and fabrics.
- Date: February 23 at 11:00 a.m.
- Theoretical description: brief introduction on prehistory with emphasis on the tools they used in their daily life. Hunting tools. Introduction to the second period of prehistory: the Metal Age. Painting tools: Paintbrushes.
- Activity: construction of tools and brushes with everyday materials of the time.
- Date: March 9 at 11:00 a.m.
- Theoretical description: brief introduction on the prehistoric period. Emphasis on cave paintings.
- Activity: painting with pigments such as iron oxide and hematite using hands and other techniques used in ancient times.
- Date: March 30 at 11:00 a.m.
- Theoretical description: brief introduction to the period. The game in the antiquity. Toys of the period and their construction materials. Comparison between then and now.
- Activity: construction of a prehistoric toy using simple materials that could be found in the period to be worked on.
- Date: April 13 at 11:00 a.m.
- Theoretical description: brief introduction to prehistory. Introduction to the second period of prehistory: Metal Age. Painting instruments: Brushes.
- Activity: construction of brushes with everyday materials of the time.
- Date: April 27 at 11:00 a.m.
- Theoretical description: brief introduction to the prehistoric period. First paintings and their evolution. Plant pigments.
- Activity: extraction of natural pigments: plants and spices.
Organized by
City of Energy Foundation (CIUDEN), La Térmica Cultural and Altamira National Museum.
Illustration credits
Esperanza Martín
