Dates	Facts
April 23, 1853	Discovery of the Cave of the Major Fountain
August 25, 1956	First speleological exploration of the Cueva de la Font Major
January 17, 1957	Extraction of sediments from the Cueva de la Font Major and opening of the current entrance
April 1957	Transfer of the 1st Siphon by Diego Ciuraneta and Franch
1957	Bronze finds in the Cueva de la Font Major
1961 – 1962	“Archaeological study of the site by Salvador Vilaseca
1967	The first 200 m. Nativity scene for 10 years
End of 1985	The cave already has a total of 2,700 m. of galleries
September – October 1986	Construction taken from the 1st siphon to extract water for the town
September 1990	3,590 m of galleries discovered in the Cueva de la Font Major
1993	Found a set of faunal remains inside the Cueva de la Font Major
January 29, 1994	Inauguration of the Cueva de la Font Major as a museum. Work and initiatives of the Center for Local Studies
Summer 1994	adventure route Speleology route
October 10, 1994	Water of St. Tomás The Cueva de la Font Major flooded
School year 1996/97	Inauguration of Cova Castell as a Prehistory classroom-workshop for kindergarten and primary schools
Course 1998/99	Inauguration of excavation workshops for secondary schools
July 1, 2000	Inauguration Cova de la Vila as a museum
February 2003	Placement of the Monolith of the Cave
Summer 2005	Incorporation audio guide service in different languages
January 2010	Inauguration of the new reception of Las Cuevas
June 2012	Inauguration of the new museography of the Cuevas de l’Espluga and the set of Neolithic cabins. Connection of the two cavities
May 2013	Visitor 1,000,000. Escuela Joan Marquès Casals de Terrassa
2018	The site is included in the IPHES research project “Paleoenvironmental evolution and prehistoric settlement in the Francolí, Gaià, Siurana and Camp de Tarragona river basins (2018 – 2021)
October 30, 2019	Discovery of Paleolithic engravings in the Palletes galleries in the Font Major Cave