Activities

On 17 and 18 October the Manuel Benedito Foundation celebrated Madrid Otra Mirada with free guided tours by our volunteers at 10.00 and 12.00 on both days. Once again, the event was a great success. We thank all the people involved, from the visitors, our volunteers and the staff of the Heritage Diffusion Department of the Madrid City Council.

On the 17th of May, the IMD 2024 was held with the theme ‘Museums for education and research’. We conducted short guided tours, free of charge, at 10.00-11.00-11.00-12.00-12.00-13.00 and 17.00, with prior registration and until all places were taken (15 places per group and hour).

The Fundación Manuel Benedito has been part of the celebration of Madrid Otra Mirada 2023 (19, 20, 21, 22 October), organised by the General Department of Cultural Heritage of the City of Madrid, holding a special opening with free guided tours by our volunteers. Once again, the event was a great success. We would like to thank all the people involved, the visitors, our volunteers and the staff of the Heritage Diffusion Department of the City of Madrid.

The Fundación Manuel Benedito will celebrate International Museum Day with free guided tours of the foundation at 11.00-12.00-13.00 during the morning, and at 16.00-17.00-18.00 during the afternoon of 18 May. Registration on the Foundation's website or by telephone on 91 575 66 43 up to the day before, until full capacity is reached. Read the press release

Fundación Manuel Benedito organises the exhibition "Manuel Benedito, passion for painting. A photographic collection of the Fundación Manuel Benedito" in which, through the pictures taken throughout his life, visitors can get an insight into the development of his career, his work, his travels, his relationships and the most important moments in the artist's biography. This temporary exhibition will be held at the Centro Cultural Emilia Pardo Bazán, Calle Goya nº1, Madrid, from May 9th to June 30th 2023. Free access from Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm.* Click on the image to enlarge

"Madrid Otra Mirada" will be held this year 2022 on October 21,22 and 23 and the Fundación Manuel Benedito participates in this event as it has been doing for years. On October 21 throughout the day there will be free guided tours of the Foundation where you can enjoy the workshop and the artist's works exhibited. Registration begins on October 5 at 12:00 noon on the platform (click here). Download the MOM 2022 brochure here.

Inaugurated last December 2021, you can see it in the virtual catalog. View catalog

The Manuel Benedito Foundation welcomes you after the long summer season. We have been making improvements in the Foundation's facilities during the month of September so that everything will be ready for the beginning of #autumn. We also want to announce our participation in the next Madrid Otra Mirada #2021 organized by the Madrid City Council on October 15th. Registrations for the visits will be made on the Madrid City Hall website and will start on October 5th at 10.00am. We look forward to seeing you soon.

The inauguration was last December 2020. You can see it in the virtual catalog. View catalog

This year the Manuel Benedito Foundation has joined the more than 180 institutions that open their doors for the celebration of the Heritage Festival, whose theme this year was "The Madrid of Galdós". On the occasion of this event we have conducted guided tours in small groups, adapting to the Covid-19 regulations, where they have been shown the workshop and what was the Madrid context of it.