🏛️ International Museum Day 2026 in Mallorca
📅 May 13–30, 2026
📍 Museums & cultural spaces across Mallorca
🎟️ Most activities are free
Museums across Mallorca open their doors this May for International Museum Day 2026 (May 18th), with free entry days, guided tours, family activities, conferences, performances and special cultural programmes taking place across the island.
Under this year’s theme, “Museums for Education and Research”, museums and foundations across Palma, Sóller, Alcúdia, Binissalem, Manacor and beyond invite visitors to rediscover Mallorca’s artistic, literary, maritime and historical heritage through a wide variety of experiences.
✨ Expect open houses, workshops, contemporary art, literary events, maritime heritage, talks, concerts and family-friendly activities throughout the week.
✨ Highlights Across Mallorca
🏛️ Open doors & free museum access
🎨 Guided visits & exhibitions
🖼️ Talks, symposiums & conferences
🎭 Family workshops & performances
⚓ Maritime heritage experiences
🎶 Concerts, poetry & live music
🖼️ Es Baluard Museu · Palma
Es Baluard joins the celebrations with a full programme of free activities from May 16–19, including an open house weekend and special family experiences linked to the exhibition Jannis Kounellis. Labyrinth Without Walls.
✨ Open House Weekend
📅 Saturday, May 16
🕙 10:00–20:00
📅 Sunday, May 17
🕙 10:00–15:00
Visitors will have free access to:
• All exhibitions & galleries
• The Aljub
• Museum terraces
🌀 Saturday, May 16 · Special Activities
🧩 Crossed Labyrinths
🕥 10:30–13:30
An interactive family experience inspired by the Kounellis exhibition, inviting participants to create their own route through transparent structures, movable doors and maze-like installations.
🎶 Live Musical Performance with Julià Panadès
🕛 12:00–14:00
⚓ Es Baluard × Museu Marítim Collaboration
📅 Monday, May 18 (Friends members)
📅 Tuesday, May 19 (Open to the public)
🕕 18:00 onwards
A special joint guided experience between Es Baluard and the Museu Marítim de Mallorca exploring:
• The exhibition Labyrinth Without Walls
• Mallorca’s maritime heritage
Led by:
✨ David Barro (Director, Es Baluard)
✨ Albert Forés (Director, Museu Marítim)
✨ Antoni Josep Munar (shipwright)
✨ Josep Matheu Blanquet (master sailmaker)
⚠️ Registration required via the Es Baluard website.
🏛️ Museu de Mallorca · Palma
📍 Carrer de la Portella, 5
Wednesday, May 13
👣 Guided Tour: Els peus vestits · 12:00
🏛️ Guided Tour: El museu amagat · 17:00
Thursday, May 14
🏛️ El museu amagat · 17:00
🏅 ARCA Heritage Protection Award Ceremony
Monday, May 18
✨ Open Doors Day
🎨 18:00
Conference: Pilar Montaner i Maturana: una mirada íntima a la Mallorca impressionista
With art historian Paula Buades.
🎨 Fundació Miró Mallorca · Palma
As part of the exhibition Miró, 1983, the foundation hosts a special symposium curated by Enrique Juncosa.
Saturday, May 16
🎨 Guided visit with curator Enrique Juncosa · 18:00 (currently full / waiting list only)
🗣️ Lecture by Maria-Josep Balsach · 19:00
🍸 Cocktail in the gardens · 20:00
Sunday, May 17
🗣️ Lectures & roundtable discussions
🕥 10:30–14:00
⚠️ Registration required. Limited capacity.
⚓ Castell de Sant Carles · Palma
📅 Monday, May 18
🕙 10:00–13:30
✨ Free & guided visits
🎭 Historical recreation groups
🪡 Traditional embroidery & lace demonstrations
🥽 Virtual reality stations
🎨 Children’s workshops & face painting
🍴 From 14:00 onwards:
Picnic area, cafeteria & live music atmosphere.
⚓ Museu Marítim de Mallorca
Monday, May 18
🛟 Lighthouse visit at Far de Sa Creu (Port de Sóller) · 10:30
📞 Registration required: 971 632 204
👧 Children’s workshops at Museu de la Mar · 11:00
Also this week:
🗣️ Conference: Explorando el patrimonio alimentario marítimo desde una perspectiva antropológica
📍 Centre Cultural La Misericòrdia
📚 Fundació Mallorca Literària
A full week of literary and educational activities across Mallorca including:
🎤 Poetry & music performances by Jansky
🏫 School museum activities
🎶 Concert by Pau Alabajos
📚 Family storytelling sessions at Casa Llorenç Villalonga (Binissalem)
Monday, May 18 · Casa Llorenç Villalonga
📖 11:00 · Family storytelling: Les contadores
📚 12:00 · Presentations by Clara Fontanet, Llorenç Romera & Sebastià Alzamora
🎶 13:00 · Concert by Pau Alabajos
🌿 Other Museum Highlights Across Mallorca
📍 Museu Cosme Bauçà · Felanitx
📅 Wednesday, May 13 · 18:30
🌱 Roundtable: Pagesia i canvi climàtic
📍 Museu Balear de Ciències Naturals · Sóller
📅 Thursday, May 14 · 18:00
🦖 Conference on Spinosaurus mirabilis
📍 Museu Sa Bassa Blanca · Alcúdia
📅 Monday, May 18 · 12:00
🖼️ Conversation about the NINS Collection
📍 Museu de Manacor
📅 Saturday, May 23 · 19:00
🦴 Conference: Neandertals, una humanitat desapareguda
📍 Museu Marítim de Mallorca · Ses Voltes
📅 Saturday, May 30 · 11:00
⚓ Conference on traditional Basque shipbuilding at Albaola
✨ First celebrated over 40 years ago, International Museum Day now brings together more than 37,000 museums across 158 countries – highlighting museums as spaces for cultural exchange, education, dialogue and community.
And honestly, Mallorca does it beautifully.