Following the instructions and according to the conclusions reached in the protocol of the meeting hold on May 21th 2010, about the coordination of services in the Valencian Council regarding the Patch Project, you will find in the attachment the required information related to the works of the museum-house Benlliure.
- Building and location
Casa-Museo Benlliure
(Museum-house Benlliure)
C/. Blanquerias 23
46003 Valencia
Features of the building:
Main building: area355,41 m2, comprising the ground floor, three floors and the top floor.
Built between 1880 and 1883, completely renovated between 1979 and 1982. Newly restaured between 1996 and 1999.
Interior garden: area 760,11 m2
Pavilion of paintings: area 120 m2, comprising the ground floor and one floor. Built in 1902. Last restauration between 2000 and 2003.
The museum has one single access on the façade of the main building.
- Content of the Museum
Although the core of the museum is the collection of paintings by José Benlliure Gil and José Benlliure Ortiz (artists to whose memory the museum is dedicated), its structure allows for the conservation of artistic and historic objects of other varied kinds and importance.
According to the data sent to the Ministry of Culture via the Consellería de Cultura in December 2008, the thematic classification of the funds of the permanent collection of the Museum-house Benlliure corresponds to the following parameters:
Classification ofContent Number of works items
ArcheaologyCollection of lithological 204
and archaeological
pieces
ArtCollection of 943
paintings, sculpture,
drawings and engravings
Decorative artsCollection of furniture 528
ceramics andglass
Ethnography andCollection of clothings 482
Anthropologyand fabrics
OthersCollection of personal , 11 988
professional, decorative
objects. Documentary and
bibliographic funds
- Goods of special importance
As already mentioned, the main objective of the museum is the collection of paintings by José Benlliure Gil and José Benlliure Ortiz. In addition to these, there are other outstanding artists to mention, such as Mariano Benlliure, Juan Antonio Benlliure, Blas Benlliure, Joaquín Sorolla, Muñoz Degraín, Rusiñol, Evaristo Valle, Juan Luna Novicio, Ricardo Verde, Evaristo Valle, among others.
The majority of these artistic works are exposed in the mezzanine and the first floor of the main building, as well as in the two floors of the pavilion of paintings.
- Recommendations for the protection of goods in case of seismic movements
The severe consequences of an earthquake for the structure of the museum and the conservation of its works are included in the parameters for the handling of an extreme emergency . Regarding these situations the Museum is aware of the limitations of its own possibilities and the necessity of close collaboration with external resources: firefighters, civil protection, other institutions, voluntary work, etc.
More commonare small to medium levelemergencies (rain infiltrations, outbreaks of biological activities, water leaks, vandalism, etc.). These situations are directly managed by the Museum according to the established procedures and the direct or indirect collaboration of human, technical and material resources.
As for the protocol of procedures in case of seismic movements in the Museum, the security guards have to act following the common guidelines. In any case, the concurrence of other dangerous agents deriving from the earthquake, such as broken water conducts or fire through shortcuts in the electrical installation, have to be avoided. The risk of a collapsing building has to be calculated and steps will be taken to avoid the ransacking of the Museum. Once the first emergency measurements are taken, the curator of the Museum and the department of Registration and Inventory will be contacted in order to elaborate an emergency plan for the works of art .This will include their recovering and, if necessary, relocation in accordance to the established methodology, priority and procedure.