Museum – Fundación Ramón Pla https://www.fundacion-rpa.org/en/ Private foundation Fri, 04 Jun 2021 12:33:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 III Congreso Iberoamericano de historia del mueble https://www.fundacion-rpa.org/en/2021/06/04/iii-congreso-iberoamericano-de-historia-del-mueble/ Fri, 04 Jun 2021 12:33:51 +0000 https://www.fundacion-rpa.org/2021/06/04/iii-congreso-iberoamericano-de-historia-del-mueble/

El pasado día 30 de mayo, los participantes en el congreso pudieron visitar la casa, en grupos reducidos, para posteriormente asistir al acto de clausura que se celebró en la propia casa museo.

Enhorabuena a los organizadores

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“Visita a la Casa Museo”

“Acto de Clausura”

“Acto de Clausura”

]]> Los Secretos de la Fundació Pla i Armengol https://www.fundacion-rpa.org/en/2021/05/12/los-secretos-de-la-fundacio-pla-i-armengol/ Wed, 12 May 2021 09:06:41 +0000 https://www.fundacion-rpa.org/2021/05/12/los-secretos-de-la-fundacio-pla-i-armengol/

En lo alto del barrio del Guinardó, al número 114 de la avenida de la Mare de Déu de Montserrat, hay en el Mas Ravetllat, la casa museo de la Fundación Pla i Armengol, en medio de los jardines del mismo nombre.

Antigua residencia de la familia del doctor Ramon Pla i Armengol, quien hizo grandes investigaciones para combatir la tuberculosis des de este lugar, la finca es labra municipal, pero la casa está cedida durante 50 años al patronato que gestiona la fundación.

Aparte de la casa familiar, el doctor tenia el laboratorio farmacéutico y los cavallerisses, donde guardaban los caballos con que hacía experimentos.
Su única hija, Nuria Pla i Monseny, también era doctora y, además, gran coleccionista de muebles.

]]> INAUGURATION OF THE DR. PLA ARMENGOL GARDEN https://www.fundacion-rpa.org/en/2020/01/21/inauguration-of-the-dr-pla-armengol-garden/ Tue, 21 Jan 2020 16:14:25 +0000 https://www.fundacion-rpa.org/2020/01/21/inauguracion-parque/

On December 15th, 2019, the gardens of our house were inaugurated with the name Jardins Dr. Pla Armengol thus becoming one of the largest green areas in this Barcelona district, Horta-Guinardó. This was possible thanks to the selfless donation of this spectacular estate to the City Council by Mrs. Nuria Pla Monseny.

“Panoramic view of the new park”

“The new park from the house days before its inauguration”

]]> WE PARTICIPATE IN THE NIGHT OF THE MUSEUMS 2019 https://www.fundacion-rpa.org/en/2019/04/30/we-participate-in-the-night-of-the-museums-2019/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:20:06 +0000 https://www.fundacion-rpa.org/2019/04/30/participamos-en-la-nit-dels-museus-2019/

The Foundation is taking part in the “Museum Night” that Barcelona, like the other major cities in Europe, is celebrating on the 18th of May. During the event you can visit our museum free of charge in this marathon day that lasts from 7pm until the morning 1h on Sunday.

La Nit dels Museus | Barcelona Cultura

]]> OPENING OF THE NEW ROOM https://www.fundacion-rpa.org/en/2018/01/25/opening-of-the-new-room/ Thu, 25 Jan 2018 15:05:18 +0000 https://www.fundacion-rpa.org/2018/01/25/apertura-nueva-sala/ Opening of the new room of the Casa Museu of the Ramón Pla i Armengol Foundation

 

]]> VISIT OF THE FURNITURE HISTORY SOCIETY https://www.fundacion-rpa.org/en/2017/11/14/visit-of-the-furniture-history-society/ Tue, 14 Nov 2017 13:12:30 +0000 https://www.fundacion-rpa.org/2017/11/14/visita-de-la-furniture-history-society/

On September 27th, 2017, twenty expert members of the so-called Furniture History Society, a British association dedicated to the study of furniture from all eras and origins, rewarded us with a visit to the Nuria Pla Collection.

The visit was organized by the Association for the Study of Furniture and aimed to show important furniture collections in Barcelona to these experts.

]]> NURIA PLA’S DREAM, A LUXURY FOR BARCELONA https://www.fundacion-rpa.org/en/2017/06/29/nuria-plas-dream-a-luxury-for-barcelona/ Thu, 29 Jun 2017 11:16:57 +0000 https://www.fundacion-rpa.org/2017/06/29/el-sueno-de-nuria-pla-un-lujo-para-barcelona/

Mas Ravetllat Pla, which houses an extraordinary museum of antique furniture and its gardens, will open to the public in 2019.

Metropoli Abierto Article

]]> WE PARTICIPATE IN THE MUSEUM NIGHT 2017 https://www.fundacion-rpa.org/en/2017/05/08/participamos-en-lanit-dels-museus-2017/ Mon, 08 May 2017 15:03:30 +0000 https://www.fundacion-rpa.org/2017/05/08/participamos-en-lanit-dels-museus-2017/

Following last year’s success, the Foundation is taking part for the second year in a row in the “Museum Night“ that Barcelona, like the other major cities in Europe, will be holding on the 20th of May. During the event you can visit our museum for free and enjoy live music and make a refreshment stop in the gardens, on this marathon event that will last from 7pm to 1am on Sunday.

La Nit dels Museus | Barcelona Cultura

]]> WE PARTICIPATED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE FAMA https://www.fundacion-rpa.org/en/2017/04/12/we-participated-for-the-first-time-in-the-fama/ Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:39:25 +0000 https://www.fundacion-rpa.org/2017/04/12/hemos-participado-por-primera-vez-en-fama/

The Foundation showed pieces which had never been on public display at the last edition of the Modern and Ancient Art Fair which was held between the 1st and the 5th of March in the Marqués de Comillas room of the Maritime Museum of the Barcelona Shipyards.

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Fotografías del Evento

]]> CENTENNIAL OF THE BIRTH OF NURIA PLA (1916-2016) https://www.fundacion-rpa.org/en/2017/03/07/centennial-of-the-birth-of-nuria-pla-1916-2016/ Tue, 07 Mar 2017 16:14:11 +0000 https://www.fundacion-rpa.org/2017/03/07/centenario-del-nacimiento-de-nuria-pla-1916-2016/

The Board of Trustees wanted to commemorate the first centenary of the birth of Nuria Pla Monseny (Barcelona, ​​May 5th, 1916) through a series of events to remember the figure of the Founder, promote knowledge of the Foundation and thus contribute to the promotion of the work of Mrs. Nuria and its continuation through the purposes of our Foundation.

Days 5 and 6 of May, Conference-seminar on Taracea

The Foundation has sponsored this seminar, called “Marquetry in the Mediterranean Basin, the Islamic influence” with a duration of two days, one at the headquarters of our Foundation, with the study of ten of our pieces made with this technique and another, at next day, at the Barcelona Design Museum in Plaça de les Glories. These conferences are organized under the technical direction of the “ Associació per a l’Estudi del Moble ”

Location :

  • May 5. Ramón Pla Armengol Foundation House Museum. Avda. Mare de Deu de Montserrat, 114 – Barcelona
  • May 6. Design Museum of Barcelona. Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, 37, 08018 Barcelona
May 21st from 7pm to 1am "Museums Night 2016"

We are participating for the first time in ‘Museums Night 2016’ an annual event organized by many of the great cities of Europe and held in Barcelona this year with the participation of more than eighty museums in the city that can be visited freely and for free from 7pm on May 21st until the morning of the 22nd. In addition, from 8.30pm to 10.30pm in the Gardens of Casa Pla will be live music with the group Mohawk who will liven up the visit. At the same time, there will also be a projection of descriptive videos of the gardens and a food truck service to regain strength!

More information at: Museum Night 2016

Location: House Museum of Ramon Pla Armengol Foundation. Avda. Nostra Senyora de Montserrat, 114 – Barcelona

UAB Library Friends Awards to Nuria Pla

On November 24th, 2016, on the occasion of the annual Friends of the UAB Festival, and on the occasion of the 1st edition of the Friend of Libraries Award, Nuria Pla was awarded the Friend of the Library of Medicine Award, specifically in recognition for the bibliographic collection of the Ravetllat-Pla laboratory and its handover to the Department of History of Medicine of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

http://www.amicsuab.cat/portal1/content.asp?contentid=1052

Nuria Pla Scholarship

On December 2nd, 2015, it was delivered by the headquarters of the Foundation the Nuria Pla Scholarship for medical research. This year it’s endowed with € 70,000 for the project that has been the winner in the selection process organized by BRN Foundation through a jury of international experts. The name of the rewarded project is: ‘Observatory IPF.cat: looking for personalizing medicine’, in this case referring to the disease of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

The nativity scene of Nuria Pla

Mrs. Nuria, every year, as the Christmas festivities approached placed her beloved nativity scene made up of figures of various origins, some of them several centuries old, in the outbuildings of her residence; well, this year in her memory the Foundation has reconfigured the nativity scene, as she used to do, so that it can be visited by the general public who will surely appreciate its artistic and sentimental value.

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New exhibition hall of the Nuria Pla Collection

Continuing with the aim of conserving the collection of furniture and decorative objects of the founder the rehabilitation work of the old house of Mrs. Nuria Pla and headquarters of the Foundation has continued to be done as planned to be able to offer the public a new exhibition hall the opening of which took place on December 2nd.

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