Museu Memorial de l'Exili
Museum at the La Jonquera border dedicated to the Republican exile of 1939 and its legacy, with a permanent exhibition and a memory programme.
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About the museum
The Museu Memorial de l'Exili (MUME) was created to commemorate the Republican exile at the same border crossing through which most of the exiles fled in 1939. Construction ran from 2000 until December 2007, when it opened. La Jonquera town council sought a museum project rooted in the town's history and, with advice from the Museu d'Història de Catalunya, decided to focus on a single theme: exile.
The museum is run by a public consortium formed by La Jonquera town council, the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Consell Comarcal de l'Alt Empordà and the University of Girona. As well as exhibiting, it carries out research and dissemination together with the university, and it helped to create the Walter Benjamin Chair, Memory and Exile.
The permanent exhibition traces the phenomenon of exile, the war, the defeat and retreat of 1939, the diaspora, the experience of exile and its legacy, with testimonies, documents and the Josep Narro Fund. Temporary exhibitions and activities are programmed each year within the Art i Memòria cycle, and the museum organises guided visits and routes through the places of exile in the region.
Key themes
- Permanent exhibition on the Republican exile of 1939
- Sections on the retreat, the diaspora, the experience and the legacy of exile
- Testimonies, documentary legacies and the Josep Narro Fund
- Art i Memòria programme and exile routes through the region
Permanent exhibition
- Exposición permanente sobre el exilio – Traces the general significance of exile, the war, the defeat and retreat of 1939, the diaspora, and the experience and legacy of exile, with testimonies, documentary legacies and the Josep Narro Fund.
- Founded
- 2007
- Operated by
- Consorci del Museu Memorial de l'Exili
- Director
- Miquel Aguirre i Oliveras
- Visitors per year
- approx. 19,000
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €4 |
|---|---|
| Reduced | €2People over 65 (€2); retired people, student card holders and adult groups (€3). |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 17 · Under-18s: free. |
| Seniors | €2Over-65s. |
| Students & apprentices | €3With a student card; student and school groups enter free. |
| Groups | €3 per personAdult groups. |
Free admission for under-18s, unemployed people, schoolchildren, student groups and teachers. Temporary exhibitions are free. Animals are not admitted, except assistance dogs and public-utility dogs.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible: no information
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
Via the N-II or the AP-7 (exit 6, formerly exit 2) to the southern entrance of the town; then along Carrer Carles Bosch de la Trinxeria to Carrer Major.
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Guided visits for groups of 20 or more people, with advance booking (about 15 days). For individuals there is a free guided visit on the last Sunday of each month at 11:00, booked by email or phone with the same notice; if fewer than 10 people register, it is postponed to the following month. The contents of the permanent exhibition can be consulted by QR code, which replaced the audio guide during the pandemic. There is a virtual visit, a media library and educational services. |
