Activities

Conference dedicated to one of the most unknown parts of archaeology, motherhood, care and childhood at the Museu de Menorca. By one of the most relevant experts, Patxuka de Miguel Ibáñez, osteoarchaeologist and head of the Hospital Mare de Déu dels Lliris in Alcoi.

We are all familiar with the Naveta des Tudons, but very close by there is also a small, little-known necropolis. Excursion organised by the Museu de Menorca, led by archaeologist Montserrat Anglada.

Using the children's funerary urns found next to the Cornia Nou talayot, the Museu de Menorca talks about childhood, care, mourning, memory and the treatment of perinatal and infant death in the Talayotic culture.

On November 3 in Torrellafuda, the fifth activity of Becatalaiotica 2024 will take place: EVERYTHING LIVED IS IRRECUPERABLE, an artistic installation by Alícia Carmo (1999, Madrid).

During the month of October, the Fundació Foment del Turisme de Menorca offers the possibility of taking a guided tour of the Torre d'en Galmés settlement free of charge.

Visit the Talayotic settlement of Son Olives, which preserves one of the most unknown taula sanctuaries, ending with a tasting of Menorcan products and a short history of cheese in Menorca. Organised by the Museu de Menorca.

On October 27 in Trepucó will take place the fourth activity of Becatalaiotica 2024: HUELLAS, physical theatre, by Claudia Nieva (2022, Terrassa, Barcelona).

During the month of October, the Fundació Foment del Turisme de Menorca offers the possibility of taking a guided tour of the Torre d'en Galmés settlement free of charge.

The third Becatalaiotica 2024 activity will take place on October 20 in Torre d'en Galmés: FOOTPRINT AND SONG: AVIAN DANCE, a contemporary dance performance by Neus Montané (2000, Barcelona).

Egyptology arouses fascination in our society. In Menorca there is also a widespread curiosity for this period of history, partly related to its own prehistoric culture, the Talayotic, through the discovery, in 1974, of the statuette of the Egyptian god Imhotep in the taula enclosure of Torre d'en Galmés.
 

Lecture by Irene Riudavets at the Museu de Menorca on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Egyptian figurine of Imhotep in the taula sanctuary of Torre d'en Galmés.

The second Becatalaiotica 2024 activity will take place on October 12 in Torralba d'en Salort: ‘Untitled', audiovisual projection and discussion by Maria Paz Serra (1995, Barcelona).

On 6 October at Trepucó from 5 p.m., we invite you to discover Talayotic Menorca with different activities for all the family.

With this excursion the Museu de Menorca wishes to highlight the archaeological excavations carried out during the 1970s in the taula sanctuary of Torre d'en Galmés, directed by the director of the Museu de Mallorca, Dr. Guillem Rosselló Bordoy.

On October 5 at Son Catlar from 5 p.m., we invite you to discover Talayotic Menorca with different activities for all the family.

An experience organized by Nurarq that combines archaeoastronomy and archeology at an incredible site: the Talayotic settlement of Son Catlar. Photo: Antoni Cladera.

The Consell Insular de Menorca and the Talayotic Menorca Agency are organising two concerts by Menorcan musician Marco Mezquida to celebrate the first anniversary of Menorca's designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Consell Insular de Menorca and the Talayotic Menorca Agency are organising two concerts by Menorcan musician Marco Mezquida to celebrate the first anniversary of Menorca's designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Becatalaiotica 2024 programme kicks off on 28 September at Talatí de Dalt with CANÇÓ DE TAULA, an audiovisual installation by Eva Antelo (1997, Santiago de Compostela).

The Talayotic settlement of Trepucó will be the setting for a commemorative event, open to the public (prior registration required, travel by bus) to celebrate the first anniversary of Menorca Talayotic as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Menorca is a Starlight Destination and Reserve. A recognition to the great quality of its night sky thanks to its low light pollution, which gives us the opportunity to enjoy an amazing sky full of stars! Photo: Antoni Cladera.




 

Seminar on the conservation and protection of archaeological heritage. The archaeologist Carmen Lara Astiz will give the conference ‘El territorio en la prehistoria de Menorca, un paisaje actual’.

Discover the prehistory of Menorca and the secrets of Torralba through a unique experience. Every Thursday and Friday in July, August and September.

An experience organized by Nurarq that combines archaeoastronomy and archeology at an incredible site: the Talayotic settlement of Son Catlar. Photo: Antoni Cladera.

Amics del Museu de Menorca is organising a visiting day at Torralba d'en Salort, so that the team of researchers can show and explain the work carried out during the 2024 campaign, the third dedicated to the excavation and restoration project of the ‘post-medieval’ building at the site.
 

‘Talayotic Menorca, a world heritage in a constant process of research’ is the title of the course that the Universitat Catalana d'Estiu is dedicating this year to our prehistoric heritage. Organised by the Institut Menorquí d'Estudis, the course is coordinated by Amalia Pérez Juez and Antoni Ferrer, director of the Talayotic Menorca Agency.
 

Menorca is a Starlight Destination and Reserve. A recognition to the great quality of its night sky thanks to its low light pollution, which gives us the opportunity to enjoy an amazing sky full of stars! Photo: Antoni Cladera.




 

Discover Torralba d'en Salort with one of the archaeologists who works there. Learn all about the history of archaeological research in the site. Every Wednesday in August.

An experience organized by Nurarq that combines archaeoastronomy and archeology at an incredible site: the Talayotic settlement of Son Catlar. Photo: Antoni Cladera.

Discover the prehistory of Menorca and the secrets of Torralba through a unique experience. Every Thursday and Friday in July, August and September.

Amics del Museu de Menorca is organising a visiting day at Torre d'en Galmés to present the new features of the 2024 archaeological campaign.
 

The documentary 'Chillida: el arte y los sueños' by Susana Chillida opens the open-air film season at Hauser & Wirth, offering an intimate exploration of the existential themes in the work of the great sculptor Eduardo Chillida as his connection with Menorca and some prehistoric influences in his work.

Menorca is a Starlight Destination and Reserve. A recognition to the great quality of its night sky thanks to its low light pollution, which gives us the opportunity to enjoy an amazing sky full of stars! Photo: Antoni Cladera.




 

Discover Torralba d'en Salort with one of the archaeologists who works there. Learn all about the history of archaeological research in the site. Every Wednesday in July.

The MAP -Menorca Archaeological Project- team, led by professors from Boston University and SUNY Brockport University, are organising a visit on Sunday, July 11 at 7:15 pm.

The director of the Talayotic Menorca Agency, Antoni Ferrer, will open the Xerrades a la Fresca cycle in Ferreries on July 11. Starting at 9 p.m. in carrer de Sa Font.

Discover the prehistory of Menorca and the secrets of Torralba through a unique experience. Every Thursday and Friday in July, August and September.

An experience organized by Nurarq that combines archaeoastronomy and archeology at an incredible site: the Talayotic settlement of Son Catlar. Photo: Antoni Cladera.

“Talayotic culture, a World Heritage Site” is the title of the new course that the UNED will teach on July 1, 2 and 3 in Maó. We will look at this cultural heritage from a current perspective, also considering the new methodologies applied in the study. Attendance can be on-site or online.
 

Discover Torralba d'en Salort with one of the archaeologists who works there. Learn all about the history of archaeological research in the site. Every Wednesday in June.

Discover the prehistory of Menorca and the secrets of Torralba through a unique experience. Every Thursday and Friday in June.

The Talayotic Menorca Agency, the Museu de Menorca and the Museu de Can Saura are organising this seminar on 14 June, within the framework of the European Archaeology Days 2024.

Learn about the figure of the Talayotic slinger, the modern sport of sling shooting and the different types of slings used! The workshop will consist of making your own esparto grass sling and practising throwing so that you can then continue to practise on your own.
 

Kosme de Barañano, the leading expert in Eduardo Chillida’s work, will give a talk on the artist’s practice, including his connection to Menorca and some prehistoric influences in his work. The talk will be accompanied by a presentation of the symbolic worldview of Talayotic monuments in Menorca and links to contemporary art by Antoni Ferrer, director of the Talayotic Menorca Agency.
 

Lecture by researchers Tom Brughmans and Alejandra Galmés on new methodologies based on network analysis to understand the visual connections and relationships between sites. Brughmans is one of the world's leading specialists in the application of network analysis in archaeology.

The Talayotic Menorca Agency and the Museu de Menorca open a new exhibition space dedicated to the declaration of Menorca Talayotic as World Heritage. Activity related to the celebration of International Museum Day 2024.
 

The team of archaeologists working at the site -Auxilio Moreno, Mauricio Marciales, Monice Timm and Marta Díaz-Zorita- will present a balance of the results obtained during these ten years of research, on this occasion accompanied by PhD students who have focused their theses on the archaeological remains of the Biniedrís Cave.

Antoni Ferrer, director of the Talayotic Menorca Agency, will open the 17th Congress of the Master's Degree in Professional Archaeology and Integral Heritage Management at the University of Alicante. "Talayotic Menorca, current knowledge and the process of inscription on the World Heritage List" is the title of the lecture.
 

Presentation of the work "The island of talayots. Visibility and visual connections on the island of Menorca during the Talayotic period", by the author Alejandra Galmés (INCIPIT-CSIC and ArqueoUIB). This studyt is part of the preparatory work for the candidacy of Talayotic Menorca as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Talayotic settlement of Trepucó will host the closing ceremony of the Albert Camus 2024 Mediterranean Meetings & Awards. Featuring Mama Fiera and the duo Chamæleon. Free entrance.
 

The University of the Balearic Islands is organising a guided tour from Cornia Nou to Talatí de Dalt led by Antoni Ferrer Rotger, director of the Talayotic Menorca Agency.
 

On this visit we can observe this phenomenon, explained by Margarita Orfila, archaeologist and president of the Ateneu de Maó. Explanations about the necropolis by Cristina Bravo and Irene Riudavets (Nurarq). Inscriptions until April 19 at 12 noon.

Conference by José María Lanzarote, technician of the World Heritage area of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, at the Museu de Menorca. Glosat by Soca de Mots. Tasting of Talaiòtica beer (Grahame Pearce) and Talayotic dessert (Ca Na Maru). Registration through the Museu de Menorca website.

Guided visit to Son Catlar as part of the programme of activities to celebrate the International Day for Monuments and Historic Sites. Explanations by Maria José León, director of the Museu Municipal de Ciutadella-Can Saura and co-director of the excavations at the site.

Lecture by Miquel À. Limón on the archaeologist Maria Petrus within the cycle of Popular Memory of the Forum and Centre d'Estudis Locals of Alaior.
 

Can Saura organises guided tours of the museum. The permanent exhibition, located in the historic building of Can Saura, is divided into two floors and fifteen rooms, and has an important archaeological collection. The collections recovered from the cova des Mussol and the cova des Càrritx stand out. 
 

This is the eighth title in the Sitjot collection, a journey through the long process of the candidacy that culminated in the declaration as World Heritage Site. The presentation will take place at the Institut Menorquí d'Estudis, Maó .
 

Create your taula enclosure with this contemporary technique at the Can Saura museum, Ciutadella. Workshop for children between 8 and 12 years old. Organised by: Can Saura.
 

Can Saura organises guided tours of the museum. The permanent exhibition, located in the historic building of Can Saura, is divided into two floors and fifteen rooms, and has an important archaeological collection. The collections recovered from the cova des Mussol and the cova des Càrritx stand out. 

 

The exhibition aims to bring the public closer to the figure of a self-taught researcher and to discover all the work, effort and dedication that characterised Pasarius. This exhibition can be visited in Alaior until June 2.

We will visit the necropolis of Calescoves, where the latest news on the study of the hypogeum of Menorca will be explained. Led by Sonia Carbonell, PhD in archaeology. Pre-registration from March 8. Organised by the Museu de Menorca.
 

We will discover how the excavations have developed and what the first results of the archaeological research have been. Led by the co-directors, Margalida Coll and Sonia Carbonell. Organized by the Museu de Menorca. 
 

Workshop for adults. Create your cup with Talayotic decoration in the Can Saura museum.
 

Guided tour of the exhibition "On foot and by bicycle around Menorca. Mascaró Pasarius, the forge of a researcher". Later, an activity about the map of Menorca made by Mascaró Pasarius. Organised by Can Saura and the Museu de Menorca.
 

This is the eighth title in the Sitjot collection, a journey through the long process of the candidacy that culminated in the declaration as World Heritage Site. The presentation will take place at the Cercle Artístic de Ciutadella.
 

The Cercle Artístic de Ciutadella is organising the Talayotic Menorca cycle. This conference will be given by Antoni Ferrer, director of the Talayotic Menorca Agency.
 

Cultural heritage and landscape will be the main topics of the conference, with the participation of different experts, among them Antoni Ferrer, director of the Talayotic Menorca Agency: "What does the declaration of the Talayotic culture as World Heritage imply for the Biosphere Reserve".

The exhibition aims to bring the public closer to the figure of a self-taught researcher and to discover all the work, effort and dedication that characterised Pasarius. This exhibition can be visited in Maó until March 16.

This course on Talayotic Menorca will take place on February 2, 3 and 4. Organized by the Institut Menorquí d'Estudis and the Universitat Internacional de Menorca Illa del Rei (UIMIR).

Alicia Castillo will explain the results of the research on the interpretation and social perception of the archaeological heritage of the island of Menorca carried out between 2022-2023.

The director of the Talayotic Menorca Agency, Antoni Ferrer, will take part in the inaugural debate of the Women and Tourism initiative of the Women's Association for Dialogue and Education.

Visit to the Talayotic site of Torelló with the Museu de Menorca, where we will learn about the archaeological excavations that have been carried out throughout the 20th century.
 

Exhibition on Mascaró Pasarius from November 17 to January 20 2024 at the Sala Municipal d'exposicions del Roser, Ciutadella. 

Come and enjoy a guided tour of the exhibition "On foot and by bicycle around Menorca. Mascaró Pasarius, the forge of a researcher" and discover the map of Menorca made by him.
 

The Talayotic Menorca Agency and Nurarq are organising three guided visits to the west taula enclosure of So na Caçana on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of December, when a very special archaeo-astronomical event will take place, which could indicate that the sun was one of the divinities of the Talayotic pantheon. 

Conference at the Ateneo de Maó about the archaeoastronomical phenomenon of the hierophany of So na Caçana. By the archaeologists Irene Riudavets and Cristina Bravo.
 

Visit one of the Talayotic settlements with the most impressive group of houses, also known as circles, and where archaeologists such as Joan Flaquer and Maria Lluïsa Serra excavated.

Discover the famous map made by Josep Mascaró Pasarius with the Museum archaeologist Octavi Pons Machado at the Museu de Menorca.

Conference given by the archaeologists Cristina Bravo and Irene Riudavets in Can Saura. They will present the main characteristics and results of the different projects on the use of these exclusive religious spaces in Menorca.

Talaiòtica, the first Menorcan beer. Talk by Montserrat Anglada, Octavi Pons, Bruno Parés and Damià Ramis (Museum of Menorca).

Excursion of the "Som Talaiòtics?" program to So na Caçana and Torrellisar Vell. This excursion is part of the celebrations for the inscription of Talayotic Menorca on the UNESCO World Heritage List. 

Conference on the archaeological project of the navetas settlement of Es Coll de Cala Morell, by Damià Ramis (member of the Entre Illes research project).

Excursion of the "Som Talaiòtics?" program to Son Catlar. This excursion is part of the celebrations for the inscription of Talayotic Menorca on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

This year the activities of this seminar revolve around the figure of Josep Mascaró Pasarius and his contributions to archaeology, toponymy, cartography, publishing and the history of Menorca.

Workshop about the most enigmatic rituals of Menorca's prehistory using objects found in the Es Pas cave.

Discover the Museum's anthropology cabinet with an anthropologist who will explain what we know about our grandfathers and grandmothers thanks to studies of human bones.

Night visit to the caves of the Cala Morell necropolis with the archaeologists Majo León and Elena Sintes, an activity organised by Can Saura.
 

Encantada Neolithic beer. Talk and beer tasting by members of the CIPAG research group.
 

The team of researchers from the Entre Illes Project is organising a guided tour of the coastal settlement of Coll de Cala Morell this Saturday, October 21, at 11 am.
 

By Vicente Lull, Rafael Micó and Cristina Rihuete Herrada, coordinators of the ASOME group (Mediterranean Social Archaeoecology)

This light and music show is part of the actions to celebrate the recent inscription of Talayotic Menorca on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Excursion of the "Som Talaiòtics?" program to Trepucó, Cornia Nou and Santa Anna. This excursion is part of the celebrations for the inscription of Talayotic Menorca on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The Consell Insular de Menorca is organising the event to celebrate Talayotic Menorca as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on September 29, starting at 8 pm, in Son Catlar, Ciutadella. 

Conference by Juan Antonio Belmonte Avilés, archaeoastronomer and one of the editors of the dossier of Talayotic Menorca as a World Heritage Site.

Menorca is a Starlight Destination and Reserve. A recognition to the great quality of its night sky thanks to its low light pollution, which gives us the opportunity to enjoy an amazing sky full of stars! Photo: Antoni Cladera.




 

Discover Torralba d'en Salort with one of the archaeologists who works there. Learn all about the history of archaeological research in the site. Every Wednesday in July, August and September.

An experience organized by Nurarq that combines archaeoastronomy and archeology at an incredible site: the Talayotic settlement of Son Catlar. Photo: Antoni Cladera.