In the next public talk of the Saturday morning series at Il-Ħaġar Museum, Dr Noel Buttigieg will discuss 𝐵𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑-𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝐸𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ-𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑦 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑎. Bread was the most fundamental means of survival for the majority of early modern society. Like other Mediterranean communities, the eighteenth-century Maltese population was profoundly dependent on the acquisition, distribution, processing, and consumption of bread. The...

One of the special events in Il-Ħaġar Museum’s cultural programme for the first quarter of its events season takes place on Saturday, 9 November, when the museum will mark three important anniversaries in the history of our country: the 60th anniversary of Independence (1964), the 50th of the Republic (1974), and the 20th of European Union Accession (2004), with a...

Eclecticism and the Baroque Revival in the Decorative Arts in Malta - public lecture by Mark Sagona. The lecture focuses on one of the most remarkably rich episodes in the extraordinary and profuse story of the decorative arts in Malta: the years straddling the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and discusses the prevalance of Eclecticism and Baroque Revival currents...

The Evolution and Cult of the Neapolitan Crib - public talk by Mgr Dr Edgar Vella. The history of Naples is dotted with priests enchanted by the mystery of Christmas, including saints like Catejan of Thiene, Joseph Calasanzio, and Alphonse Maria De' Liguori. In this talk, which builds on one the speaker have at Il-Ħaġar last year, Mgr Dr Vella...