Salvadore Dali Museum in Figueres February 13, 2010

Here's a "forgotten" blog which I found in my drafts! When Jen and Ben visited us in the winter, we took a day-trip to Figueres to see the Teatre-Museu Dali, which was pretty wild! Dali, born in 1904, lived over half of his adult life in Port Lligat, east of Figueres on the coast (see earlier blog). Between 1961 and 1974, Dali converted the former municipal theatre, ruined by a fire at the end of the civil war in 1939, into his own personal museum, a multidimensional trip through one of the most fertile imaginations of the 20th century. It is full of surprises, tricks, illusions not to mention many of his life's works in painting and sculptures. Definitely worth more than one visit in a lifetime! Below the facade of the building with Dali's trademark egg shapes.














Dali's final resting place














Memorable works of art...



















The face of Abraham Lincoln made up of hundreds of separate panels, each a picture in its own right, dominates an interior room in the museum.


































Interior garden area with statues using a fishing boat, old tires and an early Cadillac called "Taxi Plujos". Put a coin in the slot and water washed all over the interior of the car!



























































































The famous melting clock motif














Next door is the Owen Cheatham collection of 37jewels, designed by Dali, including the Cor Reial (Royal Heart), which actually beats!