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Date Published: 04/06/2020ARCHIVED ARTICLEARCHIVED - Roman Theatre Museum in Cartagena re-opens from Friday 5th June
The most visited museum in the Region of Murcia re-opens its doors on Friday 5th June after the Covid crisis forced its temporary closure.
Click here to see full information about the magnificent Roman Theatre in Cartagena.
The Roman Theatre Museum or Museo del Teatro Romano is built around the magnificent Roman Theatre which was the centre of social activity in Roman Carthago Nova and offers an interesting focal point for an excursion to this historic city.
The museum will be open during June from 17:00 to 20:00 on Fridays and between 10:00 to 20:00 on Saturdays and Sundays. During the first weekend the theatre will open on Monday and Tuesday as well due to the regional holiday on the 9th June, the day of the Region of Murcia.
Entry is 5 euros.
There is also the option of purchasing a combined ticket to visit the Roman Forum District, the Barrio del Foro Romano for the combined price of 8 euros. Both monuments are open for the same hours during June. Click for information about the Barrio del Foro Romano.
During this initial phase group visits are not permitted and the museum is not allowed to use guides, audioguides or printed leaflets, but there is ample visual display material available and visitors can also access information using a QR code for mobile phones. Handgel is available in the museum and the number of visitors is limted to just one third of capacity, so visitors can be guaranteed that social distancing measures are in place and it is safe to visit. In fact, it's the perfect time to visit as there will be no cruise ship groups filling the museum and theatre outside.
The use of masks is obligatory inside the museum.
Extensive information in English about the Cartagena municipality can be found in the Cartagena section of Murcia Today. Click here
The theatre itself was built at the end of the 1st century BC, when Rome was at the height of its power under the reign of Augustus, the man who defeated Anthony and Cleopatra in battle. He was a skilled politician who understood the value of "branding" and controlled his vast Empire by creating "mini Romes" dotted around the colonies, establishing himself as a demi-god and unchallenged ruler while the rigidity of the social class structure maintained unchallenged order.
Towns were built to emulate Rome, with the phrase "all roads lead to Rome" ensuring that everyone wanted to be someone, and climbing that ladder encouraged ambition, trade, competition and social climbing. In consequence money was poured into construction projects and the wealthy patronized public works in an effort to curry favour and gain influence.
The discovery of 28 finely carved column capitals, which would have come from the workshops of the Emperor himself in Rome, testify to his patronage of this theatre, as do the presence of lintels revealing that it was also funded partly by his heirs apparent, his step-nephews Gaius and Lucius. Gaius himself was certainly present at the inauguration of the theatre in 4 BC, and this encouraged local merchants to invest even more money into the construction not only of this theatre but also of the forum, the ampitheatre and buildings of religious and social importance.
Seating 6,000 spectators, the theatre served as not only a place of entertainment, but also as a hive of propaganda and political activity, with the local elite and prestigious judges and priests reserving the most important seating and advancing their careers by the dedication of artworks and inscriptions to the glory of the Emperor: many of these artworks have been uncovered during excavations in Cartagena, but countless others remain unfound as yet or have been lost forever.
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