THE IVAM

The IVAM (Institut Valencià d’Art Modern) is a building of new construction which was inaugurated in 1989. The original design was made by the Valencian architects Emilio Giménez and Carlos Salvadores, and it was remodelled in 2000 by Emilio Giménez and Julián Esteban.
Its oor space is 18,200 m2, and it has eight galleries that house both permanent and temporary exhibitions. One of these galleries, La Sala de la Muralla, has its own separate entrance and shows the remains of the city’s mediaeval ramparts that were built in the second half of the 14th Century.
The objective of the IVAM, Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, is knowledge expansion, protection, promotion and diusion of modern and contemporary art. Its programme of activities includes the exhibition of its art collection, the organization of temporary exhibitions and the edition of catalogues and other publications that go into the topics of the exhibits in depth, as well as the organization of conferences, courses, workshops and concerts that are related to the works on display and other areas in contemporary art. It has two sections: the Centre Julio González, a building of new construction which was inaugurated in 1989 and shows the museum collection together with temporary exhibitions, and the Sala de la Muralla, a gallery below ground level with the remains of the mediaeval ramparts of the city that houses temporary exhibitions.