The Ministry of Culture announced it is dedicating the next Long Night of Museums to merengue. The activities at city museums start on 9am and continue through midnight with workshops, talks, and exhibitions related to merengue and its history at different venues. Colonial City museums will be open for free visitation on Saturday, 1 July 2017.
There will be guided visits, artistic presentations by famous merengue bands on emblematic sites, such as the Fortaleza Santo Domingo and the Plaza España from 8pm onwards. Also programmed is a permanent exhibition on folklore studies, the gallery of merengue and carnival masks exhibition at the Dirección Nacional de Folclore on Calle La Atarazana from 10am to 12 midnight for the summer-season Long Night of Museums.
Folklore specialist Edis Sánchez will be speaking on the declaration of Merengue as Inmaterial Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the UNESCO at the Alcazar de Colon from 5pm.
At the Casa del Merengue, there will be a talk on merengue by researchers Huchi Lora and Rafael Chaljub Mejía.
The program is extensive and will be carried out at the Centro Cultural de España, Plaza María de Toledo, Dirección Nacional de Folclor, Museo de Familia, Casa de Tostado, Museo de las Casas Reales, Museo Trampolín, Alcázar de Colón., Capilla de los Remedios, el Centro Cultural Banreservas, la Fortaleza de Santo Domingo, el Parque Duarte, la Plaza Reloj del Sol and the Plaza España in the Colonial City.
On Saturday, 8 July 2017, for the first time, a Long Night of Museums will be held in Puerto Plata.
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Ministry of Culture
Unesco
29 June 2017
