The Dalí Theatre-Museum opens in Figueres as a public house of works
On 28 September 1974 the Dalí Theatre-Museum opened in Figueres as a public museum of his works. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.
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On 28 September 1974 the Dalí Theatre-Museum opened in Figueres as a public museum of his works. This Fact stores that door, not the Franco-era branding sibling.
Context
A hometown museum can teach and can be a territorial logo. Split 1974 polarisation.
Salvador Dalí’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.
Same 28 September 1974 opening as the regime-brand row. Access and spectacle share a spine. He designed the conversion of the municipal theatre. Later Fundació runs it.
Why it matters
A purpose-built public Dalí museum increased durable access beyond auction rooms.
Keep the regime-brand sibling.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Salvador Dalí
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.45 · verified
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactThe Dalí Theatre-Museum opens in Figueres as a public house of works
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicators (3)Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 28 September 1974 · verified
A purpose-built public Dalí museum increased durable access beyond auction rooms.
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.4)
Observed
70% of 10-year-olds · 70 above the normal line (2022)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 57% of 10-year-olds (2019) and 70% of 10-year-olds (2022).
20192022 Above normal = worse
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.17 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.35)
Observed
472 PISA score points · 28 below the normal line (2022)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2003–2022: fell from 499 PISA score points to 472 PISA score points.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.15 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.3)
Observed
11% of primary-school-age children · 11 above the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalAbove normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Britannica — Salvador DalíEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
- 2.Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí — Dalí Theatre-Museum, FigueresFundació Gala-Salvador Dalí · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Fundació’s Theatre-Museum page and Britannica independently date the 1974 opening.
Established: 28 September 1974 Figueres public museum. Not established: that 1974 cancelled 1934 expulsion.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorSalvador Dalí
- contributed toFactThe Dalí Theatre-Museum opens in Figueres as a public house of works
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
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Factrail. (2026). The Dalí Theatre-Museum opens in Figueres as a public house of works. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/dal-figueres-access
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Accessed 15 October 2026.
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