35 museums to discover
Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site
Barcelona, Spain
This former hospital by Domènech i Montaner is the largest Art Nouveau complex in the world,…
Palace of Catalan Music
Barcelona, Spain
This Modernista concert hall by Domènech i Montaner is one explosion of mosaic, stained glass…
Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Pedralbes
Barcelona, Spain
This fourteenth-century convent of Poor Clares has one of the city's finest Gothic cloisters,…
Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic and Sports Museum
Barcelona, Spain
Opposite the Olympic Stadium on Montjuïc you experience the history of the Olympic Games,…
El Born Centre of Culture and Memory
Barcelona, Spain
Beneath the iron roof of a nineteenth-century market hall you see the excavated streets and…
Moco Museum Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
In the Gothic Palau Cervelló you find modern and street art with names such as Banksy,…
European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM)
Barcelona, Spain
In the eighteenth-century Palau Gomis this museum focuses entirely on contemporary figurative…
Casa Amatller
Barcelona, Spain
In this house by Puig i Cadafalch, with its stepped, Flemish-looking gable, lived chocolate…
KBr Fundación MAPFRE Barcelona Photo Center
Barcelona, Spain
This photography centre near the Port Olímpic marina is devoted entirely to major names in…
Wax Museum of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
In a nineteenth-century bank building near the foot of La Rambla you pass hundreds of wax…
Archaeology Museum of Catalonia - Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
In this archaeology museum on Montjuïc you trace the settlement of Catalonia from prehistory…
Can Framis Museum - Vila Casas Foundation
Barcelona, Spain
In a converted eighteenth-century textile factory in Poblenou, the Vila Casas Foundation shows…
Foto Colectania Foundation
Barcelona, Spain
This photography foundation opposite Parc de la Ciutadella shows changing exhibitions from its…
Museum of the History of Catalonia
Barcelona, Spain
In the old harbour warehouse Palau de Mar you walk through the history of Catalonia, from…
Barcelona History Museum - Plaça del Rei
Barcelona, Spain
Beneath this medieval square you descend to the largest underground Roman excavation in…
Gaudí House Museum
Barcelona, Spain
In this pink house high in Park Güell, Antoni Gaudí lived for almost twenty years. You view…
Suñol Foundation
Barcelona, Spain
This foundation shows the private contemporary-art collection of Josep Suñol, focused mainly…
Tàpies Museum
Barcelona, Spain
You discover the work of Catalan artist Antoni Tàpies here, from his raw matter paintings to…
Design Museum of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
In the striking building with cantilevered wings, nicknamed 'the stapler', you explore four…
Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA)
Barcelona, Spain
In Richard Meier's crisp white building you view contemporary art from the 1950s onward, with…
National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC)
Barcelona, Spain
In the monumental Palau Nacional on Montjuïc you see a thousand years of Catalan art, from…
Joan Miró Foundation
Barcelona, Spain
This airy white building by Josep Lluís Sert holds paintings, sculptures and textiles that…
Maritime Museum of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
You visit the medieval royal shipyards, where galleys were once built beneath long stone…
CaixaForum Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
This cultural centre occupies the former Casaramona textile factory, a Modernista brick…