The new Casa de los Volcanes, the innovative museum space located in Jameos del Agua that helps to understand the origin, landscapes and nature of the island and the planet in an entertaining and educational way, has been designated as a candidate for the European Museum Prize EMYA 2025. These awards, established in 1977 under the auspices of the Council of Europe, are given to museums that transcend the limits of traditional storytelling, inspire through creativity and promote standards of excellence, sustainability and social responsibility.
The facility located in Jameos del Agua is vying for this award against 41 candidates from 18 European states (you can consult the list at https://bit.ly/4g110Or ). The selection process has included an "exhaustive and rigorous" visit to more than 60 museum facilities across the continent. "Being part of that list is already an award to the transformative and knowledge-generating capacity of a proposal of great value for Lanzarote and for the Tourist Centers," said the Entity's counselor, Ángel Vázquez.
The name of the winner of the award will be revealed during the 'EMYA 2025 Annual Conference' that will take place in Białystok, Poland, between May 21 and 25. The new Casa de los Volcanes received 136,639 visitors throughout the 2024 financial year.
About the new Casa de los Volcanes
The new Casa de los Volcanes opened its doors in March 2023 articulated around a proposal that puts new technologies at the service of knowledge and data accumulated during decades of rigorous scientific study in what was a pioneering facility in Spain.
It has ten rooms that revolve around three main thematic axes: the geological formation process of the Corona volcanic tube and the transformation carried out in Jameos del Agua by the artist César Manrique; the work developed in the Casa de los Volcanes and the contents of Geoparque Lanzarote – Archipiélago Chinijo, and 'Planetary Analogues', a vision of Mars on Earth.
The visiting hours are the same as those of Jameos del Agua, that is, from Monday to Sunday, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.