The Education Department at the Museo Nacional del Prado has its origins in the Pedagogical Department, created in 1983 in response to the need to connect the collections with society at large. Over these more than forty years and particularly in the last quarter of a century, it has grown and adapted its projects, activities and methodologies to reflect societal changes and the evolving demands of its different publics. The department is responsible for disseminating a priceless heritage that belongs to us all through actions that transcend the purely artistic in order to emphasise universal values such as respect, equality, intercultural understanding and sustainability. With this in mind, the Education Department has evolved on the basis of its firm commitment to the community, aspiring to be a driving force for change towards a twenty-first-century museum without renouncing the great legacy and knowledge offered by the Prado’s unique collections dating from the fifth century BC to the early twentieth century.

Video produced for the exhibition "Prado. 21st Century".