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Thanks to the project "My residence is a museum" the facilities of the IMAS Domingo Sastre has become the Thyssen Museum and the guides have been the children of Cáritas;

the Caser residence in the Modern Museum of Cartagena with the minors of the Red Cross and, finally, the residence of San Diego has been the Prado Museum with the children of Cepaim

Councilor for Family and Social Welfare of the City of Lorca, Fátima Mínguez, reported that this area of ​​municipal management has launched in the three residences of older people in Lorca a new project to promote intergenerational contact for the elderly and groups children and youth of our municipality.

Fátima Mínguez has indicated that "encouraging the existence of projects where several generations interact and where there is an exchange of experiences, resources and learning is one of the purposes of the Department of Family and Social Welfare, that is why we wanted to start up by second consecutive year the intergenerational project called "My residence is a museum" where children from different social programs have been active agents and have enabled the elderly of our residences to enjoy the culture by approaching museums and converting our residences into open museums during few days".

The Councilor for Family and Social Welfare has pointed out that "during these days, more than 320 senior citizens from the Domingo Sastre, San Diego and Caser residences participated, as well as the minors belonging to the Caixa Proinfancia program of Cepaim, Cruz Roja and Cáritas who acted as tour guides and they have been dressed in distinctive clothing.The exhibitions that have been made have been totally acclimated since there has been a poster or model of the museum that has represented the entrance to it and reproductions of the most emblematic paintings of each museum The residence of the IMAS Domingo Sastre has become the Thyssen Museum and the guides have been the children of Cáritas, the Caser residence in the Modern Museum of Cartagena with the minors of the Red Cross and, finally, the residence of Saint Diego has been the Prado Museum with the children of Cepaim. "

Mínguez added that "the activities that have been carried out within this project are socio-educational workshops to prepare the exhibition and its contents in which the participants of the Caixa Proinfancia Program have worked on the 28/33 most important works of the chosen museum to later explain them They have also carried out interactive activities with children and adults in which a collective picture has been made together with the exhibitions and the open days in the residences where the most representative works of each group have been shown. It should be noted that the exhibition material will be incorporated into the program of itinerant exhibitions aimed at institutions for the elderly ".

The Edil of Family and Social Welfare wanted to thank the Red Cross, Cepaim and Cáritas, the residences for the elderly of our municipality and the participating museums for their collaboration so that this project could move forward.

Without them this could not have been possible. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca