The Town Hall of Sant Feliu de Guíxols, in the Baix Empordà (Girona) will start work on the future Thyssen Museum this fall and will be looking for patrons to provide private funding for the project.
The first phase of the work will include the entire interior renovation of the monastery, part of which will house the exhibition rooms. The mayor, Carles Motas, emphasizes that for 2024 the council already has 3.6 million euros from the contributions made by the Generalitat, Provincial Council and the State.
Now, the intention is to obtain private financing. For this reason, Thyssen takes a step forward and incorporates the former Minister of Culture Ferran Mascarell as general advisor, with the aim of “putting muscle” and strengthening the foundation with new patrons.
With the final approval of the project by the municipal plenary session, the future Thyssen Museum of Sant Feliu de Guíxols opens a new stage. This, already focused on the beginning of works and on the different phases that must make it possible for the baroness’s collection of Catalan paintings, framed in the 19th and 20th centuries, to be exhibited in the municipality.
Of the 12 million that the project costs, the Sant Feliu de Guíxols City Council has already linked more than 5.5 million distributed in different annuities. Of these, 2.1 are provided by the Generalitat; 1.2 million more, the Girona Provincial Council; 500,000 euros, the Ministry of Culture, and the remaining 1.5 million come through the Destination Tourism Sustainability Plan. In addition, the council is also waiting for the 2% Cultural call to be resolved, which it attended.
For now, with what is already on the table, the mayor advances that for 2024 “there is already a budget availability of 3.6 million” for the future Thyssen. It is money that will allow a more extensive archaeological excavation to be carried out in the Plaza de la Abadía – where the cube that will enter the museum will be built – and, now, to carry out the first phase of works on the future Thyssen.
