The Hervás municipality is located in the autonomous community of Extremadura, belonging to the province of Cáceres. Halfway between Salamanca and the city of Cáceres, Hervás houses an interesting cultural heritage, among which the Pérez Comendador-Leroux Museum stands out.
The museum’s collections are mainly made up of the works of art of the artist couple: the painter Madeleine Leroux and the sculptor Enrique Pérez Comendador. The museum exhibits the work of several Extremaduran artists such as Ángel Duarte Jiménez, young talents such as Pilar Molinos, Pedro Gamonal, Juan Gila or José Luis Acera among others.
The Consortium that manages the museum together with the City Council have trusted Matisse Lighting exhibition spotlights to renew the lighting in several of the exhibitions. They have acquired numerous units of the Falco luminaire, which has the particularity of including a library of optics that can be changed at will, and obtaining numerous beam contours to adapt to the works, obtaining unbeatable spotting light. You can obtain squares, fine lines, rectangles, among others.
Numerous events and services take place at the Pérez Comendador-Leroux Museum, such as concerts, a temporary exhibition hall, a library, courses, and conferences.
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