The Palma Annex

established 21 may 2025, upon first encounter

coordinates 39°34′N, 2°40′E

collection 90 works accessioned; a selection of eight exhibited below

holdings on permanent loan from the built environment of Palma; not one has been moved

premises the city of Palma, in its entirety

hours continuous

admission attention

An annex of The 8 Museum is a city in which encounters have occurred. Unlike the annexes of other institutions, it holds no building, employs no staff, and has acquired nothing. Its collection remains permanently installed where it was found — in carved sandstone, gilded woodwork, door knockers, and the marés of old façades — and is maintained, without their knowledge, by the residents, the weather, and the municipal services of the city itself.

The Palma Annex was established on 21 May 2025, in the course of a week on the island. Its works skew stately: the 8 here is carved, gilded, and mounted above doors that have outlasted several ideas of Spain. One work is formed by a door knocker and its ring, an 8 assembled from hardware by nobody in particular; the committee admitted it without discussion. The museum notes that a further body of works exists at Alcúdia, across the island, whose paperwork is pending. Each of the annex's works was photographed in situ, untouched, under existing conditions, and left exactly as it was. Visitors to Palma are advised that the entire collection remains on public display.

the collection