This coming Saturday, the 21st of September – a Public Holiday – Heritage Malta’s museums and sites in Gozo and Malta will be open for free, offering guided tours and demonstrations.
This initiative is part of the programme for Public Service Week 2019, the exceptions to free entrance will be the Hal-Saflieni Hypogeum and Fort St Elmo, due to other concurrent events.
The museums open in Gozo will be the Museum of Archaeology, the Folklore Museum, the Gozo Nature Museum, The Old Prison, Gran Castello Historic House – all at the Citadel. Ta’ Kola Windmill and Ggantija Temples, both in Xaghra.
09.30 and 15.00 – Ta’ Kola Windmill – live demonstration on the preparation of traditional Maltese grounded coffee and the traditional maqrut in the miller’s kitchen (starts after the guided tours).
09.30 – Ta’ Kola Windmill – live demonstration on the preparation of traditional Maltese grounded coffee and the traditional maqrut in the miller’s kitchen (starts after the guided tour)
15.00 – Ta’ Kola Windmill – live demonstration on the preparation of traditional Maltese grounded coffee and the traditional maqrut in the miller’s kitchen (starts after guided tour)
Tours in English
09.30 Cittadella sites (visiting all four museums)
13.00 Ggantija Temples
15.00 Ta’ Kola Windmill
Tours in Maltese
09.30 Ta’ Kola Windmill
11.00 Ggantija Temples
14.00 Cittadella sites (visiting all four museums).
Heritage Malta said that the guided tours have been specifically set to allow visitors to plan their visit to Heritage Malta museums and sites which are close to each other in Gozo, as well as Valletta, the Harbour area, sites in the southern part of Malta, Rabat and Mdina.
There will also be reenactments will take place throughout the day at Fort St Angelo. A number of activities are also planned on the day in several sites, including children’s activities at St Paul’s Catacombs and Ghar Dalam, an activity regarding conservation of paintings at MUZA.
Sites will be open according to their regular opening hours, details of which can be found by clicking here [1].