This is how Menorca sounds

The exhibition is divided into five thematic areas.

On one hand, the public space of The Square, which is closely linked to traditional and folk music, as well as patron saint festivities.

The Chapel features a section dedicated to religious music. There is also a room dedicated to theatre and the musical genres performed there, with a significant presence of opera.

Finally, Ca nostra (Our Home), the most intimate domestic space where we play, sing, and listen to music. A special mention in this space goes to the relationship between a psaltery, the painting of Àngela Poly by Pasqual Calbó, and a recently discovered psaltery score located in the Historical Archive of Ciutadella, which will be displayed in the same space.

On the other hand, the exhibition aims to offer new information, reinterpretations, and reflections on music, identity, appropriation, and the Menorcan social context that has shaped it.

Musical instruments and scores

The exhibition features a carefully curated selection of objects, including paintings, musical instruments, and scores, along with various visual and sound resources that guide visitors through different episodes in the history of our music.

Additionally, visitors can enjoy a more sensory experience in the museum’s cloister, transformed for the occasion into an Emotions Walk linked to different Menorcan songs.

Works from the Menorca Museum itself have been included, along with others from institutions such as the Historical Archives of Maó and Ciutadella, the Can Saura Museum, Ca’n Oliver, the Museum of Music of Barcelona, as well as objects from various private collections.

For the first time, Vue de la salle du théâtre de Minorque and Vue de la scène du théâtre de Minorque, two oil paintings from 1760 that depict views inspired by an 18th-century theatre in Maó, will be exhibited. These works have been brought especially from the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris.

• Scientific curator: Laura Triay, musicologist
• Museum design: Roseta Mus
• Technical curators: Montserrat Anglada & David Cabré