Friends of the Dalí Museums is organising a dinner-discussion based around Salvador Dalí and directed by Jordi Bonet i Armengol
Date: 10 November
Time: 9 pm
Place: Hotel Duran in Figueres
Reservations on 972 677 520, from 9 am to 1 pm

Date: 28 July 2006
Time: 10 pm
Place: Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres

The Friends of the Dalí Museums celebrates the Inauguration of the Theatre-Museum by Night by offering their members a concert performed by the Coral Polifònica de Figueres choir.

The president of Friends of the Museums attended the Twelfth Congress of the World Federation of Friends of the Museums (FMAM), which was held in Seville under the slogan Museums and Friends: Facing New Realities. 

Mention in the book published by the FMAM
Mention was made of the association in the book published by the World Federation of Friends of the Museums (FMAM), which records the donations of works made by associations of Friends to their respective museums. It will be recalled in this context that Friends of the Dalí Museums donated the drawing Sailors (1925) to the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation in 1996.

In 1999, Friends of the Dalí Museums proposed and financed the making of two of Catalonia’s traditional giant models, Dalí and Gala, which were later donated to Figueres City Council.

This year of celebrations marking the centenary of the birth of the artist also marked the fifth anniversary of the two giants, which was celebrated with a gathering of giants and the traditional shawms which brought groups from all over Catalonia together.

On this date in 1974, the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres opened its doors.

To mark this thirtieth anniversary, and on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of the painter, Friends of the Dalí Museums wished to continue the homage to the artist with a performance of Catalonia’s traditional sardana music, the event having been held under the dome of his most emblematic work: the Theatre-Museum.

The cobla band charged with this celebration was La Principal de la Bisbal, an Empordà group with a century’s history behind it (it was formed in 1888) that has become an institution (as the Official Cobla of the Government of Catalonia), its work being acknowledged (the band was awarded the Creu de Sant Jordi) and extremely popular.