Il-Ħaġar│Heart of Gozo Museum is joining the rest of the world in commemorating the 800th anniversary of the death of Francis of Assisi with yet another exceptional exhibition that will bring together under one roof no fewer than 60 works of art depicting the beloved Saint. This temporary display, which has long been planned and […]
It is nowadays widely acknowledged that, in recent years, Il-Ħaġar Museum has established itself as one of the most vibrant and active cultural hubs in the Maltese Islands. This, of course, has not happened by chance. As many are aware, our Museum is run entirely on a voluntary basis. Our dedicated team is made up […]
Two weeks into the collective exhibition Without Limit: St Francis 800 at Il-Ħaġar | Heart of Gozo Museum, curator Joseph Calleja will lead an exhibition walkthrough during which he will discuss several aspects of this exceptional temporary display commemorating the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi. This guided tour will take […]
The season of public talks at Il-Ħaġar Museum starts this Wednesday, 14 October, at 8pm with pianist Francis Camilleri’s Part II of his Beethoven200 series of lecture-recitals, which we started last April. In this lecture-recital, Camilleri focuses on one of Beethoven’s most famous works, the Sonata in C-sharp minor, quasi una fantasia, more commonly known […]
On Saturday 17 October at 11am, the Saturday morning series returns to Il-Ħaġar with University of Malta academic Dr Daniel Vella’s talk, There’s No Place Like Home: Dwelling in Digital Game Worlds. Digital games give us access to fantastical ‘other worlds’, landscapes to escape into and explore. Increasingly, though, we can also come to feel […]