Reminiscences. Art and Culture Against Alzheimer's 2025
Older people, Social
14 April 2025 - 3 November 2025
In this thirteenth edition of the program "Reminiscences: Art and Culture Against Alzheimer's," music once again occupies a prominent place, becoming the central axis of the artistic experience offered to participants. This year, dedicated to deepening the connections between art, memory, and emotions, presents a selection of works that not only reflect the essence of art, but are also enriched and transformed by the magic of music.
The decision to integrate music in this edition responds to the growing recognition of its capacity to evoke memories and awaken emotions in people with Alzheimer's. Sensory experiences, especially musical ones, have proven to be powerful tools for stimulating memory and fostering emotional connections. This year, we seek to maximize that unique relationship between visual expressiveness and the emotional impact of music, offering an enriching and meaningful experience.
During this edition, we will accompany participants on a journey where visual arts and music intertwine to create a space full of creativity, sensory stimuli, and connections with their inner world. This approach not only seeks to awaken their artistic interest, but also to provide concrete benefits to their emotional and cognitive well-being, in line with the fundamental objectives of "Reminiscences." The selection of works for this year has been meticulously designed to highlight the relationship between the visual and the sonic.
Each piece chosen has been conceived as a bridge between these two disciplines, with the purpose of enriching the sensory experience of participants and, at the same time, fostering the activation of their memories.
MACA is a living and dynamic museum, which is why the educational team has offered complementary activities since its inception to showcase the creative processes and references of contemporary art. Each year the museum renews its proposals for the different levels of formal education. These are projects related to the permanent collections and temporary exhibitions. The ultimate goal of the different proposals is to promote the construction of a critical perspective, learn to observe the works, enjoy the information that can be useful for understanding and appreciating each piece, and have the necessary keys so that each student can face contemporary art without inhibitions.Since its opening, the museum's educational team has committed to inclusive education. Throughout the year, multiple projects are developed for attention to diversity and social awareness, whose purpose has been and is to promote effective integration and real accessibility for all to art, culture, and the museum. To this end, the museum regularly organizes programs, projects, guided visits, and workshops for groups with physical, psychological, sensory, intellectual, or mental functional diversity, as well as for groups in situations of social vulnerability.We are fully convinced that attention to all audiences should be a priority, and in that way we plan and organize educational activities in order to serve all people.All projects are developed and directed by museum educator and mediator Ester García Guixot.
