The Minister for Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda, Teresa Jordan, has inaugurated, Wednesday 29 March, the new museum equipment, which is located in the Old Flour Mill of the Agricultural Union of Cervera.
The opening ceremony also included the interventions of the father in chief, Joan Santacana; the president of the Regional Council of Segarra, Francesc Lluch; and the vice-president of the Institute of Ilerdencs Studies of the Provincial Council of Lleida, Estefania Rufach.
The chief paer, Joan Santacana, has emphasized that the Museum is located in the Syndicat building, "one of the jewels of Cervera, created ago 100 years as a temple dedicated to field work".
Francesc Lluch, president of the County Council, he was congratulated "for the recovery of the building, which must boost the agricultural and tourist sectors of La Segarra".
To the vice president of IEI, Estefania Rufach, has "praised the work of the Museum Network workers, that put culture at the service of the people".
Councilor Teresa Jordà has stated that "talking about wheat is the history of Cervera and the region, and it is only fair that this Museum tells the story again and claims the future of farming". He congratulated all the institutions and people who have made possible the recovery of the Wheat Museum.
The director of the Cervera Museum, Carmen Bergés, explained the content of the new museum space, and the curator of the exhibition "Farmer societies and agricultural alternatives", Mark Verdes, has offered a guided tour of the exhibition.
The Secretary of Food of the Generalitat also attended the event, Carmel Module; the territorial directors of Climate Action, Ferran de Noguera; of Culture, Albert Turull, and Business, Vidal Vidal; local and regional authorities, representatives of the Leader Catalonia Central program, and numerous citizens who did not want to miss the premiere of the new Museum.
The new equipment has represented an investment of 248.234 euros, financed with a grant from the Leader program 69.995 euros and the rest (178.239 euros), with own funds of the Paeria de Cervera.
Wheat Museum
After 10 years since the closure of the old headquarters on Carrer Major, the Wheat Museum has reopened in a new location, the Old Union Flour Mill, emblematic building of Catalan agricultural unionism.
The equipment opens with a renewed format and discourse, but with the same spirit of participation and reunion that it had at its foundation, in the sixties of the last century.
The new Museum, which contains six exhibition areas, it is designed as an interrogative space aimed at debating and creating critical opinion among visitors.
It can be visited on Saturdays, from 17 a 19 hours, and on Sundays and holidays, from 12 a 14 hours. Groups and schools can arrange visits, outside these hours, making a prior reservation a museudelblat@museudecervera.cat.
Open day
On Saturday 1 in April organizes an open day, from 12 a 14 hours, in which there will be a guided tour of the exhibition "Farmer societies and agricultural alternatives" and a performative action by the artist Marta Pruna.