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Teattrre-Mus
alí
The first name that comes into your head when you lay your eyes on this red castle-
like building, topped with giant eggs and stylised Oscar-like statues and studded with
plaster-covered croissants, is Dalí. An entirely appropriate final resting place for the
master of surrealism, it has assured his immortality.
Dalí converted Figueres' former municipal theatre, ruined by a fire at the end of the
civil war in 1939, into this place full of surprises, tricks and illusions, which contains a
substantial portion of his life's work.
Choice exhibits includeTaaxi pluj
-Museu D
u Dalí
i plujós(Rainy Taxi): put a coin in the slot and water
washes all over the occupant of the car. TheSala de P
Sala de Peiixatterriies(Fish Shop Room)
holds a collection of Dalí oils. Beneath the former stage of the theatre is the crypt with
Dalí's plain tomb, located at 'the spiritual centre of Europe' as Dalí modestly described
it.
Gala - Dalí's wife and lifelong muse - is seen throughout, from theGala m
ala miirando el
do el
MMar Me
diterrrráneo(Gala Looking at the Mediterranean Sea) on the 2nd level, which
also appears to be a portrait of Abraham Lincoln from afar, to the classicLeda a
r Medit
da attómm-
iica(Atomic Leda).
A separate entrance (same ticket and times) leads into Dalí Joies, a collection of 37
unique Dalí-designed jewels.
