The Cha Domitila Ethnographic Museum and Ethnographic Centre of Arguayo reopens its doors with a clear commitment to the accessibility and application of new technologies
This reopening took place last Monday, February 14
Last Monday, August 14, coinciding with the celebration of its Festivities in Honour of Our Lady of Candelaria, the town of Arguayo celebrated the reopening of its Cha Domitila Pottery Centre and Ethnographic Museum, after the renovation of its facilities. We have worked on the interior contents of the museum and the entire space of the pottery centre from the point of view of historical contextualisation of the pottery linked to the nucleus of Arguayo, also working on accessibility for people with reduced mobility, as well as the contents have been adapted to new information technologies, betting on interactive systems that allow the visitor to discover for himself and more independently Exposed in the aforementioned space.
During the reopening ceremony, the mayor of the City Council of Santiago del Teide, Emilio Navarro and Iván González, museologist in charge of explaining the improvements made in the centre, intervened; highlighting that various members of the municipal corporation were present at the event and also had the in situ elaboration of two pieces of pottery by the potters of the centre, Marta Abreu and Irad
As for the different renovation actions, integrated within the Project of Valorization of the Rural Heritage of Arguayo - financed through the subsidy of Basic Services and Renewal of Populations in the Rural Areas of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development -, it has had a reform of its interpretative model, through the installation of new interactive tools based on the application of new technologies; the improvement of the accessibility of Installation of posters to facilitate your visit; the installation of new explanatory panels in different languages, among other performances.
Finally, according to the mayor, Emilio Navarro, "the reopening of the Cha Domitila Potter Centre and Ethnographic Museum implies a clear commitment to the conservation and enhancement of our municipal heritage wealth. We wanted to adapt it to the new times through the execution of different actions aimed at improving its accessibility, contextualisation and application of new technologies, but without losing the historical essence that characterises this pottery centre, which is one of the greatest heritage jewels of Santiago del Teide and a living legacy of traditional Canarian pottery."
