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ModernExpo 2020
21 - 25 February
Malta Maritime Museum, Vittoriosa
MaltaExpo is Malta's premiere scale model exhibition showcasing some of the best works by award winning modellers of the Society for Scale Modellers (IPMS Malta). This exhibition has been an annual favourite with visitors for the past 39 years, and it never disappoints. Visitors can expect to see a wide variety of models including: aircraft; military vehicles; naval vessels; historical & fantasy figures and an ever growing civilian vehicle section.
Opening hours: From 0900 till 1700 hours.
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Exploring the Phoenician Shipwreck off Xlendi, Gozo – an exhibition highlighting discoveries from this innovative underwater project
Ongoing (extended)
Gozo Area Office Exhibition Hall, St Martin’s Quarter Street, Cittadella, Gozo
This exhibition highlights some of the innovative techniques used as well as stories of trade, exchange, production and consumption in the Archaic Mediterranean. Objects recovered are on display whilst audiovisual aids help transport the viewer into an underwater world of historical discovery.
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From Scales to Feathers
The extinction and evolution of birds
25 February
National Museum of Natural History, Mdina
Heritage Malta is inviting Student Passport Holders to learn more about the extinction and evolution of birds. Students will be also following an interactive tour of the Birds Hall, where students will be made to listen to different bird songs and also asked to match the song to the bird.
Activity open to HM Student Passport holders between the ages of 8 and 11. Students may be accompanied by parents.
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Conservators at Work
24 February
Bighi Conservation Labs, Kalkara
The Bighi Conservation Labs will be opened exclusively for Heritage Malta Student Passport Visa holders. The event will include tours every hour from 0900 hours, with the last tour starting at 1200 hours. These tours can be booked from Heritage Malta museums & sites.
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Behind the scenes
15 February
MUŻA, Valletta
Heritage Malta members will be given privileged access and a curator's tour to some areas at MUŻA that are not normally open to the general public. This exclusive ‘Behind the Scenes’ experience will come to a close with a tea/coffee snack.
Price: FREE admission
Time: 1000 hours to 1200 hours
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Cafà's Golden Rose - Public Lecture by Professor Keith Sciberras
12 February
MUŻA, Valletta
A public lecture by Professor Keith Sciberras on Melchiorre Cafà’s statuette, ‘St Rose of Lima’ will discuss the statue within the context of Cafà’s work, and the wider framework of the Roman Baroque style. The event is a joint collaboration between Heritage Malta and the Department of Art and Art History within the University of Malta.
Price: FREE admission
Time: 1830 hours
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A celebration of Mass for the feast of St Paul's Shipwreck
10 February
San Pawl Milqi, Burmarrad
The chapel of San Pawl Milqi in Burmarrad is traditionally associated with the shipwreck event, but the site of San Pawl Milqi has more to offer.
More information about the site in general will be provided during a tour following the mass.
Price: FREE admission
Time: 1000 hours (tour on site will follow)
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Movimento
6 February
MUŻA, Valletta
Anybody (recommended age 12 years onwards) who is curious about dance and how it is made can attend. Sessions are casual, informal, informative, immersive, interactive, and most importantly, engaging, with the chance to gain skills and become an active spectator.
Price: €10 (€8 for students, seniors and HM members)
Time: 1830 hours
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Aspects of Castrum Maris - Curator's Tour
2 February
Fort St Angelo, Vittoriosa
The general public is invited to attend at the fort where re-enactors will be portraying clothing and weaponry of soldiers stationed in the Castrum Maris around the year 1400. On the same occasion, a Curator’s Tour of Upper Fort St Angelo (administered by the Sovereign Military Order of Malta) will focus on the medieval history of the fort with particular focus on the medevial historical fabric found within the area, inclusing the Castellan’s House, St Anne’s Chapel and the Round Tower.
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For this historical re-enactment at Fort St Elmo, the Fort will open at 1000 hours, with In Guardia! starting at 1100 hours. The National War Museum will open at noon.
Price: €10 for adults, seniors and students, €5 children
Tickets for the National War Museum only are available on the day from noon onwards (at normal admission prices).