Chamberí
Belenes de México 2024
Fundación Casa de México en España
Calle Alberto Aguilera, 20
Mexican nativity scenes 2024
28 November - 7 January
Regular foundation opening hours:
Monday from 10 am - 7 pm
Tuesday to Saturday 10 am - 9 pm
Sunday 10 am - 2 pm
Closed 8 and 25 December and 1 and 8 January
Open until 2 pm on 24 and 31 December
Free guided tour schedule:
Tuesday to Friday 5.30, 6, 6.30, 7.30 and 8 pm
Saturday 12.30 and 1 pm
Sunday 12.30 pm
The main nativity scene and the window displays and facade will be conceptualised by the curator Cristina Faesler and the architect Mateo Holmes. The figures have been created using papier-mâché techniques by artisans Gregorio Salvador, Ramón Espinoza and the Raiza Alambrería collective from the state of Morelos, with flowers made with totomoxtle leaf dyed with natural pigments by artisan Roberto Jiménez from the state of Oaxaca.
The main nativity scene is accompanied by a series of more than 20 smaller nativity scenes made using various craft techniques.
Church of Santísimo Cristo de la Victoria
Main nave
Calle Blasco de Garay, 33
Access on Calle Fernando el Católico, 45
22 December - 10 January 8.30 am - 12 pm and 6 pm - 9 pm
Plaza de Chamberí
30 November 2024 to 7 January 2025.
Nativity scene with the five main figures. In Chamberí Square (plaza de Chamberí).
Centro Cultural Galileo
Sala de exposiciones (exhibition hall) José Luis Sampedro
Calle Galileo, 39
El Mundo de Jesús (The World of Jesus)
29 November - 7 January
Open Monday to Sunday from 8 am to 9 pm. Closed 25 December and 6 January.
December 24 and 31 until 3 pm.
Hebrew nativity scene showing the life of the people in those times, such as sellers with their street stalls, farmers, potters, basket makers, bakers, shoemakers, shepherds with their flocks of sheep, soldiers, children playing, camels, chickens, pigeons and more. The figures are 12 -24 cm tall and made by renowned sculptors such as José Luis Mayo, Joaquín Pérez, José Ángel Oviedo, and Hermanos Cerrada.
Made by the “La Milagrosa” Association of Nativity Scene Makers of the Madrid Region.
NATIVITY SCENE EXHIBITION
Figures for Nativity Scenes by M. Ortigas (Madrid and Murcia).
From 30 November to 7 January. Monday to Sunday from 8 am to 9 pm. Closed 25 December and 6 January. 24 and 31 December closes at 3 pm.
The collection shows how the artistic features of nativity scene figures have changed and how they are made in the workshops of Madrid and Murcia. A collection of original documents shows the steps involved in designing and making nativity scene figures and the importance of nativity scenes as a sign of identity and tradition from the second half of the 19th century to the first decades of the 20th century.