MUSEUMS

Museum of the History of Barcelona

To learn everything about the development of Barcelona from Roman times through Medieval to the present day. Within the museum you can see part of the original Roman foundations of the city and part of the walls which surrounded the city


Museo Marítimo - Maritime Museum

The Maritime Museum is located in the medieval Drassanes Reials (Royal shipyards) of Barcelona, the largest civilian gothic building in the world that make you feel like visiting a cathedral more than a shipyard. Needless to say that the museum tell the long story of Barcelona with the sea, all kind of instruments and interactive and audio-visual explanations..
It is housed in preserved mediaeval shipyards. They date from 1378 and are the biggest and most complete Medieval dockyards in the world. They currently house a big exhibition including model ships, drawings, replicas, paintings, figureheads and an interactive exhibition, "The Great Adventure of the Sea"

Picasso Museum

Maybe “the” museum to visit in Barcelona. For the artist and for the building. Imagine in Montcada street, in the Gothic area, five medieval palaces linked together to make a museum. So charming to visit and a very fast immersion in Catalan’s ambient. Concerning Pablo Ruiz Picasso the museum is indispensable for understanding its formative years. The genius of the young artist is revealed through the more than 3,500 works that make up the permanent collection. It also reveals his relationship with Barcelona: an intimate, solid relationship that was shaped in his adolescence and youth, and continued until his death.. You will remember corrida drawing. You will appreciate the open-air terrace café restaurant and the bookshop.

Fundación Joan Miró

One of our favourite museums in Barcelona. Be there once is an obligation. The building designed by Josep Lluís Sert offers you a moment of calm and beatitude: experience of light and beautiful spaces. Among the trees, you will have a stunning sightseeing of the city and a particular moment to see again or discover the work of Miró who throughout his life took a particular interest in the diversity of materials, forms and colours. It led him to explore and experiment with different art forms such as painting, sculpture, printing techniques, ceramics, theatre and tapestry. A central work exposed in this permanent collection.

MNAC (Catalan National Art Museum) Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya

Catalan National Art Museum is housed in the magnificent palace overlooking the fountains of Montjuich. You will found there Catalan works of Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance arts from 11th to 18th century. Very interesting museum even though quite long to visit.

MACBA - Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona

Combining straight lines and curves in a continuous dialogue between the interior spaces and the light outside, the building, inaugurated in 1995, is a work by Richard Meier. It’s about what is more interesting in this museum… MACBA is dedicated to works from the second half of the 20th century. There are few works in the permanent collection and once in a while interesting temporary exhibitions