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“Taking possession of space is the first gesture of living beings, of plants, of clouds and of {human beings}: it is a manifestation of duration, life and balance.”

Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900-1975), architect.

Before the museum opens to the public and before all the lights are on, while silence still fills the galleries, our security staff open the doors so that preschool and primary school groups can be the first to enter.

They arrive slowly, shyly. But little by little, the museum begins to change. Voices replace the silence, questions fill the air and the galleries begin to come alive with new ways of looking and being.

What happens when a group of children has the chance to make the museum their own? What if their voices could make it theirs—a welcoming place that feels like home, like something of our own, as a public space should? What happens when a primary school group makes the rules for how to be and spend time in a museum? What if they create freely in response to what they discover here? What happens when the group moves through the galleries as if it were a single person, a single being with a movement all its own, invented by the group itself? What if laughter echoes throughout the space, disrupting its constant silence?

This activity invites the group to explore the museum through experience, imagination and collective creation. Through artistic activities, the children will discover the exhibitions as an open territory in which to investigate, experiment, encounter one another and formulate questions. A space to observe, listen, ask questions, reach agreements and try out new ways of relating to the works, to the group and to the museum itself.

The activity offers an active, sensitive and participatory approach to contemporary art. An opportunity for the children to take centre stage in the experience and to recognise how a child’s perspective can open up unexpected paths, transform the spaces they inhabit and enrich the ways in which we all inhabit the museum.

THE INTRUSION. Other Ways of Taking Over Space is the second artistic collaboration between Teresa Serigó and Lupe Estévez, who are beginning to find their feet as “Montañas Sánchez”, the name of the collective that gives shape to their way of seeing childhood through, from, alongside, with and by means of art. Their artistic careers share a spirit of exploration across the varied landscape of art. They enjoy combining theatre, sound, the power of light, words, gesture and movement with nature, drawing on all these disciplines and nuances to accompany children on the creative and emotional journey through life.

Inspired by wild gardens and flowers that grow where no one expects them, this workshop invites families to create, imagine and experiment together. Session by session, we will create a world of our own where oddities, myths and the freedom to grow in our own way all have a place.

It used to be that gardeners would say: “If a tree grows crooked… its branches will never grow straight! You have to stake the branches, otherwise the roots can break through the concrete and take over the house.”

They would also say: “This place is full of weeds! You have to pull them up; you can’t let the garden run wild.”

What they did not realise was that it is among the weeds, in the tangled undergrowth, that fairies and the most fantastic insects live and myths are born.  

This workshop celebrates “growing crooked” as a way of growing freely, without constraints and at our own pace. It is about seeing the beauty in things that twist and tangle, stretching our roots out far and embracing our oddities.

For this florilegium, we are looking for the most unusual flowers, with drooping pistils, flowers that rebel against bouquets and flowerpots. “Ditch and roadside” flowers* that endure, spread and grow back when (and where) they are least expected, leaving a wild, voluptuous garden in their wake. *From La rebelión de los Ramos, a songbook by Juan de Salas.

Through drawing, projection and costume, we will embark on impossible botanical expeditions, become enchanting satyrs, witches or giant snails, reverse roles and, ultimately, occupy this topsy-turvy world, this home created by those who imagine it and inhabit it.

Throughout the workshop, we will develop a shared project that will take shape from one session to the next until it becomes a collective creation.

The programme will combine sessions with the artist Blanca Gracia with time to work in the museum classroom, which will be available to families wishing to continue exploring their ideas and developing their pieces independently between sessions.

SESSIONS

• 10 October
• 14 November
• 12 December

This programme is conceived as a shared journey, so priority will be given to families who are able to join us for all the sessions. If places become available as the programme progresses, we will contact people on the waiting list who may still be interested in joining us.

PLEASE NOTE:  If there are younger children or even babies in your family, they are very welcome. We want this to be a space where families can come together and create together. The programme revolves around a creative process involving materials, drawing, paper, cut-outs and other hands-on activities. Everyone can take part in their own way.

BLANCA GRACIA (Madrid, 1989) has an artistic practice spanning drawing, video, installation and set design. Interested in myths, folk narratives and shared imaginaries, she creates spaces where fiction, memory and collective experience intersect.

Her work extends through collaborations with artists from different disciplines, giving rise to projects open to encounter, experimentation and collaborative creation. Her installation Antidotum tarantulae is currently on view on the third floor of Museo CA2M.

The Real Ballet of the Museo CA2M was officially established on 20 June 2026, in Móstoles. Comprising some 27 dancing bodies, with no distinctions made on the basis of age, body or health, and based at the Museo Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo of the Community of Madrid, the company takes dance as its primary—but by no means exclusive—language. The world, its people and its spaces become stages on which to celebrate encounters, crossings and contagions.

We take note of its journey so far and announce its continuation, in the hope of expanding the horizons of the here and now, awaken new possibilities and discover collective ways of dancing that revolutionise reality.

If you are over 16 and would like to be part of a community that comes together around dance and performance practices; if you are open-minded about what dance and dancing can—or cannot—be; if you want to experiment with and explore the richness of movement, whether in the street or on stage; and if you are not afraid to be seen trying out new things you have not quite mastered… then the Real Ballet of the Museo CA2M is your dance company!

PLEASE NOTE: The group is currently full. If any places become available, they will be announced on this webpage.

Oihana Altube is a dancer and artist whose practice occupies the margins between dance, live arts and psycho-physical (therapeutic) practices. Her work explores dancing as a force for personal and social transformation and draws on academic dance.

Javier Vaquero is a choreographer, cultural manager and teacher with an international career in contemporary dance and transdisciplinary creation. Her work explores the body as a site of knowledge, resonance and narrative, investigating the relationships between movement, language and identity from a queer and situated perspective.

DATES

• 24 October 
• 7 and 21 November
• 12 and 19 December
• 16 and 30 January
• 13 and 27 February
• 13 March
• 3, 10 and 24 April
• 8, 22 and 29 May
• 12 June    

Estos son algunos de los rastros que han quedado del proceso de constitución del Real Ballet del Museo CA2M a lo largo de los meses que van entre enero a junio 2026:

Real: cuerpazos de baile: vidas reales

El Museo como casa: un museo “pista de baile” y su comunidad de vecinas

Comunidad de “grupo”, 

no comunidad de comunidad autónoma

En las pausas: mandarinas y galletas príncipe. Un cigarrillo

En las prácticas: ¡cuidado con el hámster!

Escoge a una persona y síguela 

¿pero que esté viva o muerta?

• La fisicalidad del otro / abrirse a otros cuerpos.
• El asombro.
• Las presentaciones ayudan.
• Bailar entre ellas: joven / mayor.
• Conexión, tacto.
• No hay cansancio.
• Es desconocido ¿Qué queréis de nosotras?
• ¿Hasta dónde vamos a llegar?
• Personas juntas pero diversas.
• Percibir la abertura. Que el cuerpo se expanda.
• Conocer gente nueva.
• Estar conmigo y estar con otros.

Mi piel

La piel de las cosas

El espacio entre las pieles

El espacio es piel

¿Cómo es ver desde las manos?

viento / algas / mono / alegría / rojo / Dorothy Iannone

¿Cómo se convierte tu cuerpo en la obra?

historia / poderío / púbico / misterio / identidad / juego / estrellas / brilli-brilli / independencia / 

fortaleza / vulvas / placer / colorido / misterio / fraternidad / rompedora / libertad / emoción /

sentado / erotismo / curiosidad / imaginación / fuerza / cooperativismo / camastro / vivos / pasado

Every Friday morning, a group of people comes together at the museum around a simple excuse: tending a garden. But, as with the best excuses, it is about much more than the plants.

The garden is a place to learn, share experiences and pay attention to what needs care in order to grow. Sometimes the conversation turns to seeds, cuttings or how to rescue a plant that seems to be having a hard time. Other times, people swap tips, kefir recipes, questions and ideas, or simply share the desire to do things in the company of others. Participants look after the garden on the museum terrace, observing the changing seasons and rising to the challenges each one brings. When the irrigation system fails, pests arrive or the soil dries out too quickly, there is always someone with experience to share or a helping hand to offer. There are also worms to feed, seedlings to start, soil to improve and visitors to welcome when they come to find out more about the project. If the garden teaches us anything, it is that many of the things that matter take time, attention and care.

The museum garden is a place where very different people, experiences, forms of knowledge and ways of doing things can coexist. It is a space that leaves room for the unexpected, where not everything goes according to plan. Sometimes shoots appear where no one expected them; at others, it is ideas, lessons learnt or chance encounters that end up taking root.

You can join the sessions at any point during the academic year. On Friday mornings, you might find the group gathered in the library, working in the raised beds on the terrace or perhaps visiting somewhere that inspires them to keep learning. We look forward to seeing you.

One Thursday afternoon a month, we come together around a shared fascination: the moving image. Sometimes the excuse is to pick up a camera. Other times, it is to talk about the latest film we have seen, or that scene that suddenly comes back to us because someone said something that brings it to mind. Through conversations, screenings and hurried notes scribbled in a notebook, we gather ideas, questions and discoveries that seem too important to let slip away. Some quickly find their form; others need more time, resurfacing when we least expect them.

This group is a space for thinking collectively about film and education. We share references, develop ideas and put our intuitions to the test. We often bring along ideas we would like to try out in our classrooms or educational projects, looking for a space where we can experiment with them before putting them into practice. We also find time to produce our own audiovisual work, something that is not always easy amid classes, meetings and assessments.  

Because sometimes we need to stop, look and return to what continues to spark our curiosity: images and stories. Within the group, ideas circulate through conversations, films, readings and shared experiences. As in cinema, we work at different tempos: some ideas take shape straight away, while others need to wait, mature and find the right moment to reemerge. Throughout the academic year, we will invite artists and filmmakers to share their creative processes, introduce us to different ways of working and open up new conversations.

You can join the group at any point during the academic year. Fill in the form and we will let you know about upcoming sessions. If you are interested in film, audiovisual creation or the educational possibilities of the moving image, this is the place for you.