Museu de Fogueres

About the museum

The Museu de Fogueres is dedicated to Les Fogueres de Sant Joan, Alicante's great festival, and is on the Rambla de Méndez Núñez, in the area of the Casa de la Festa. Its route explains how the Hogueras began in 1928 and how they have evolved into one of the city's signs of popular identity.

The collection brings together documents, festival costumes, photographs and models of monuments. Among the most notable pieces are the ninots indultats: figures that each year are saved from the flames by popular vote for their artistic merit, and which successive Hogueras have handed over to the museum.

The historical account dwells on the Republican period, when the festival grew to 35 comisiones (festival committees) in 1934, and on the contribution of artists such as Gastón Castelló and Lorenzo Aguirre, who gave the monuments a distinctive style. The festival was recognised as of International Tourist Interest in 1983 and as a Bien de Interés Cultural Inmaterial (intangible cultural asset of cultural interest) in 2013. The museum is a municipal facility and holds the SICTED quality mark.

Highlights

• Ninots indultats: figures saved from the flames by popular vote
• Documents, photographs and festival costumes
• Models of Hogueras monuments
• The history of the festival since 1928
• Free admission and a fully accessible museum

Permanent exhibition

• Historia de las Hogueras de San Juan – Permanent exhibition with documents, costumes, photographs and models explaining the birth and development of the Hogueras since 1928, with the ninots indultats as its highlights.

Operated by

Ayuntamiento de Alicante (Servicio de Fiestas)

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The museum describes itself as fully accessible. To find car parking spaces for people with reduced mobility near the Casa de la Festa, use the search tool of the city's Guía Urbana (search for “Méndez Núñez”).

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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