35 museums to discover
Palace of Catalan Music
Catalonia, Spain
This Modernista concert hall by Domènech i Montaner is one explosion of mosaic, stained glass…
Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site
Catalonia, Spain
This former hospital by Domènech i Montaner is the largest Art Nouveau complex in the world,…
Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Pedralbes
Catalonia, Spain
This fourteenth-century convent of Poor Clares has one of the city's finest Gothic cloisters,…
Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic and Sports Museum
Catalonia, Spain
Opposite the Olympic Stadium on Montjuïc you experience the history of the Olympic Games,…
El Born Centre of Culture and Memory
Catalonia, Spain
Beneath the iron roof of a nineteenth-century market hall you see the excavated streets and…
Casa Amatller
Catalonia, Spain
In this house by Puig i Cadafalch, with its stepped, Flemish-looking gable, lived chocolate…
Moco Museum Barcelona
Catalonia, Spain
In the Gothic Palau Cervelló you find modern and street art with names such as Banksy,…
KBr Fundación MAPFRE Barcelona Photo Center
Catalonia, Spain
This photography centre near the Port Olímpic marina is devoted entirely to major names in…
Wax Museum of Barcelona
Catalonia, Spain
In a nineteenth-century bank building near the foot of La Rambla you pass hundreds of wax…
Suñol Foundation
Catalonia, Spain
This foundation shows the private contemporary-art collection of Josep Suñol, focused mainly…
Casa Vicens Gaudí
Catalonia, Spain
This is the first house Antoni Gaudí built, a summer residence with façades covered in green…
Güell Palace
Catalonia, Spain
In this town palace Gaudí designed a parade of parabolic arches, marble and wrought iron for…
Casa Batlló
Catalonia, Spain
Gaudí transformed this townhouse into an undulating fantasy with a façade of coloured glass…
CosmoCaixa Barcelona
Catalonia, Spain
In this science museum you walk through a transplanted slice of Amazon rainforest, complete…
Blue Museum (Natural Science Museum of Barcelona)
Catalonia, Spain
In the triangular blue building by Herzog & de Meuron at the Fòrum you explore the natural…
Chocolate Museum
Catalonia, Spain
This museum tells how cacao travelled from the Americas to Europe and was turned into…
European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM)
Catalonia, Spain
In the eighteenth-century Palau Gomis this museum focuses entirely on contemporary figurative…
Archaeology Museum of Catalonia - Barcelona
Catalonia, Spain
In this archaeology museum on Montjuïc you trace the settlement of Catalonia from prehistory…
Can Framis Museum - Vila Casas Foundation
Catalonia, Spain
In a converted eighteenth-century textile factory in Poblenou, the Vila Casas Foundation shows…
Foto Colectania Foundation
Catalonia, Spain
This photography foundation opposite Parc de la Ciutadella shows changing exhibitions from its…
Museum of the History of Catalonia
Catalonia, Spain
In the old harbour warehouse Palau de Mar you walk through the history of Catalonia, from…
Barcelona History Museum - Plaça del Rei
Catalonia, Spain
Beneath this medieval square you descend to the largest underground Roman excavation in…
Gaudí House Museum
Catalonia, Spain
In this pink house high in Park Güell, Antoni Gaudí lived for almost twenty years. You view…
Tàpies Museum
Catalonia, Spain
You discover the work of Catalan artist Antoni Tàpies here, from his raw matter paintings to…