Museo Valenciano de la Ilustración y la Modernidad — Attraction in Valencia

The museum is free always, and I found the staff super friendly. The building is spacious and has a lot of light. I came to the museum twice, first I walked in and saw the small temporary exhibits; only one was quite interesting, but I guess it depends on what is on. That is when I discovered that the permanent exhibit is by appointment only, available in 3 languages, English, Spanish, Valenciano. I came at a later day to attend this immersive permanent exhibit. It lasts 1 hr and 20 min (in my opinion, it can be condensed to 50-60 min). I had the strangest feelings about this experience. First of all it is very poorly advertised and attended, my group was only 3 people. There were more staff than visitors involved in the session. It could be made awesome and more attended with some upgrades. The exhibit includes walking from one room to another (many rooms!) guided by three guides in dresses representing three major eras of modernity, roughtly medieval, enlightenment, and last century. The guides didn't do much; why they had microphones I didn't know, they never spoke). All rooms have a lot left for interpretation. Some rooms were very cool (ex: room with wooden gears) but some left me wondering of their purpose. I guess I could describe the experience as a lite-version creative visual survey of human progress. It was hard at times to understand the main line of thinking. For example in one of the rooms we were invited by the guide to sit at a table while the guide just walked from painting to painting. Besides, some experiences were extremely long and not well explained, such as, but not limited to, the last room with screens showing destroyed cities listed by country. If I had my teen son with me he would say it was too slow and boring. It is so much space and time used to convey so little information. All in all, I am glad I went but I think this exhibit needs a major upgrade, because times are changing, which is the point of the exhibit itself. It needs a different more dynamic pace and more interactive stimulation, to attract the...

The most strange “museo” in Valencia. It looks like they just want to build or rebuild the building but without any sense. The sense of culture, the sense of interesting exhibitions. Always when we come here we hope to see smth more than big walls! Yes it’s free to visit, you don’t have to pay- that’s great , but! People come to get to know some art, culture, something great that gives them a new knowledge.. but .. nothing .. a huge building without any navigation inside the auditoriums! Today they announce 3 exhibitions: but to find it there is a real quest! We saw that another couple was trying to find the “secret” exhibition downstairs . But they also couldn’t find it! Because there was no one signboard which told that there was an exhibition! Only the closed door. We have asked the attendant where is the exhibition? And she came with us to open the doors ! There was a small exhibition of the antique books. Without any visitors! Oh, my god! Does it important really for the authorities have the really good museums , exhibitions, galleries in Valencia?! What a shame!That this big beautiful city do not have...

De los lugares más interesante dentro del panorama cultural de la ciudad de Valencia. ¡Diversas salas para exposiciones, una gran biblioteca, ubicada en la primera planta, para consultar el amplio acervo cultural y lugar donde se guarda colecciones y donaciones importantes de la Comunidad Valenciana y de España, regularmente se proyecta cine temático acorde a las exposiciones, también actividades culturales y recreativas para toda la familia en especial el fin de semana, les recomiendo consular la información semana en su página web! ¡En esta reseña quiero agradecer en especial por la gran labor de todo el personal de este museo, todos muy profesionales y amables: las encantadoras chicas de la recepción, que son el primer contacto en este espacio cultural, pacientes y profesionales, una gran labor día a día, gracias!!, la gente de seguridad y manteniendo, que hacen de este lugar aún más agradable, visible y seguro, a la gente que trabaja en el área de biblioteca y acervo, que atienden y ayudan a su público en la biblioteca, tanto por descubrir en este lugar!, profesionales en su ramo y amables, gracias, por último a la gente que hace de las visitas guiadas, en este lugar y que hacen cada recorrido sea una grata experiencia compartiendo anécdotas y su conocimiento de este museo, con temáticas tan diversas acordes a las explosiones temporales gracias!, por esto y otras cosas más, que se me puede olvidar algo más?, es por ello que museo, es un lugar para ir, disfrutar, para conocer y aprender! ¡GRACIAS MuVIM! ¡TE QUEREMOS!.- One of the most interesting places within the cultural panorama of the city of Valencia. Various rooms for exhibitions, a large library, located on the first floor, to consult the extensive cultural heritage and a place where important collections and donations from the Valencian Community and Spain are kept, thematic films are regularly projected according to the exhibitions, as well cultural and recreational activities for the whole family, especially on the weekend, I recommend checking out the weekly information on their website! In this review I want to especially thank the great work of all the staff at this museum, all very professional and friendly: the lovely girls at the reception, who are the first contact in this cultural space, patient and professional, a great job! day by day, thank you!!, the security and maintenance people, who make this place even more pleasant, visible and safe, to the people who work in the library and collection area, who serve and help their public in the library, so much to discover in this place!, professionals in their field and friendly, thanks, finally to the people who give the guided tours, in this place and who make each tour a pleasant experience by sharing anecdotes and their knowledge of this museum, with such diverse themes according to the temporary explosions, thank you! For this and other things, what could I forget? That is why the museum is a place to go, enjoy, to know and learn! THANK YOU MuVIM!...