What’s On

For over 10 years, the University of Malta has, in collaboration with a number of partners, used state of the art technologies to study and explore one of the most exciting underwater archaeological discoveries in the Central Mediterranean. This exhibition highlights some of the innovative techniques used as well as stories of trade, exchange, production and consumption in the Archaic Mediterranean. Objects recovered from 110 meters below the surface are also on display whilst audiovisual aids help transport the viewer into an underwater world of historical discovery.

In collaboration with the University of Malta, and with the support of the Ministry for Gozo, Malta Tourism Authority, Malta International Airport and the Honor Frost Foundation.

Opening hours: Monday to Sunday between 09.00 and 16.00hrs.

Admission free of charge.

A curated exhibition, marking the fortieth anniversary since the departure of foreign military forces from Malta on 31st March 1979.

This exhibition portrays life in Fort St Angelo during its occupation by the Admiralty and sheds light on the different roles of the Fort and the services it offered to the Royal Navy and its staff.  Discover the numerous architectural modifications and why the fort was referred to as HMS Egmont and eventually HMS St Angelo. All of this is seen through the eyes of former service personnel who worked in this site.

Admission to this exhibition is included in the museum’s regular ticket price.

On 7 June 1919 all Maltese joined forces and stood up for their social and political rights. Mass protests were held in Valletta while Maltese leaders in a National Assembly were discussing a new constitution for Malta. The angry crowds attacked the British flag and destroyed a number of properties. Four Maltese were killed by British soldiers.

An exhibition by Heritage Malta in collaboration with the National Archives will investigate the circumstances which led to the Maltese uprising against the British colonial government, and its consequences.

Opening hours: Monday to Saturday between 09.00 & 18.30hrs, Sunday between 09.00 & 13.00hrs.

Admission is free of charge

Make further use of your Student’s Passport this summer and join one of our many varied and fun activities. There will be creative writing, animated storytelling, art activities and members from the Comic Con who will be entertaining you in our many sites and museums. The Heritage Malta Student Passport Summer can be enjoyed by students of all ages (and we bet by the adults too!)! Book now!

To book an activity students need to visit any of Heritage Malta’s Sites and Museums and present the Passport. Each activity is held against a €5 donation.  Students who have already collected all the stamps can attend for free. However, the latter are still required.

The full programme is available on http://heritagemalta.org/passport/events/

Heritage Malta is participating in this exhibition by loaning the painting of Catherine the Great with St George’s Ribbon to the Grand Palace ‘Tsaritsyno’ in Moscow. It will be the only artefact on display in ‘The Exhibition of One Painting – The Portrait of Catherine the Great with St George’s Ribbon’ organised on the occasion of the inauguration for public viewing of the Ekaterininsky Hall and its adjacent wing and the 290th Anniversary of the Great Empress birthday.

The painting by the great Russian painter Dimitri Grigorevich Levitzky (1735-1822) was painted in 1787 and was given as a diplomatic gift by Catherine the Great to Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan Polduc in 1790 to show her gratitude for maritime services and assistance received by the Order of St John against their common enemy, the Ottoman Empire.

The painting forms part of the National Collection and is displayed in the prestigious Ambassadors Room of the Grandmaster’s Palace in Valletta.

The final event in connection with the temporary exhibition ‘Behind Closed Doors: Fort St Angelo & the Royal Navy 1906-1979’ will be held exclusively for Heritage Malta members. A guided tour by the exhibition’s curator will provide an in-depth detail about the artefacts on display and the overall use of Fort St Angelo by the Royal Navy. Members will also have the opportunity to meet former service personnel of HMS St Angelo who will be joining the event. A reception will follow, with light nibbles and drinks.

Two tours will take place, one in English and one in Maltese. Please note that tickets for the tours are limited in number and are available on a first-come-first-served basis. Members who do not manage to book their place for one of the tour are still welcome to join the event. A pre-issued ticket is still required.

The event and guided tours are free and exclusive to Heritage Malta members only. Tickets need to be issued ahead of the event from any Heritage Malta museum or site, by Tuesday 27th August.

Time: 19.00hrs. The Fort will close at 22.30hrs.