History museums in Barcelona

The Sagrada Família, also known as the Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, is an unfinished church located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This architectural marvel is widely recognized as the masterpiece of the renowned architect Antoni Gaudí.

Casa Batlló is a building in the city centre of Barcelona that was designed by Antoni Gaudí, which is considered one of his masterpieces. Casa Batlló has been open to the public since 2002. You can visit the former residence of the Batlló family (Noble Floor), the former storerooms and laundry rooms

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya displays original Catalan art but it is also known for its extensive collection of Romanesque paintings. It's set in the Palau Nacional of Montjuïc, a Spanish Renaissance building designed for the 1929 International Exhibition. On the ground floor, the collections

Casa Milà, popularly known as ‘La Pedrera’ (the stone quarry), an ironic allusion to the resemblance of its façade to an open quarry, was constructed between 1906 and 1912 by Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926). For its uniqueness, artistic and heritage value have received major recognition and in 1984 was ins

The FC Barcelona Museum can only be visited in combination with the Camp Nou Experience. The first section includes a collection of photos, documents and trophies detailing the club's history on an interactive glass wall that allows the exhibition of video, images and music. The second section is a

The headquarters of the Barcelona City History Museum is situated in the three-story building. The museum lets you explore the remains of the ancient Roman city of Barcino. The museum consists of the archaeological underground and Palau Reial. The underground is all about the daily life in Roman ti

The Maritime Museum is located in the Drassanes port, a former shipyard and a military building. The museum is devoted to the naval history of Spain. It documents the history of the Spanish Navy since the 15th century until today and displays instruments that were used for navigation, weapons, and p

The former residence of the architect Antoni Gaudí now serves as a museum. The museum is devoted to his work and is an eyecatcher for the Park Güell. It was designed by his friend Francesc d’Assís Berenguer i Mestres. Antoni Gaudí i Cornet lived in this house from 1906 to 1925. Some rooms are still

The Frederic Mares Museum presents a complex and varied collection of Spanish sculptures ranging from the ancient world to the 19th century. Accumulated by a passionate collector and sculptor Frederic Marès, it is one of the most important sculpture museums in Spain. Housed in a former palace of the

The Museu Egipci de Barcelona houses a big collection of art and artifacts from Ancient Egypt.

G Experiència (the Gaudi Experience) is a way to find out about Antoni Gaudí and his work. Visitors are able to explore Antoni Gaudí’s creative universe through 4D and interactive technology.

CCCB: Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona is a multidisciplinary exhibition and arts center devoted to the city of Barcelona and its urban culture. Various events take place here, such as debates, lectures, festivals or concerts. It's an open and free space promoting new technologies and ex

Housed in a former textile factory, Museu del Modernisme Català displays collections of paintings, sculptures and decorative arts created by modernista artists - such as Ramón Casas, Antoni Gaudí orJoaquim Miró. Housing over 350 works by 42 artists, the museum is the only museum dedicated solely to

Mercat del Born was a public market and one of the most important buildings in Barcelona. The construction with iron that marked the start of Modernisme in Catalan architecture. is the largest covered square in Europe.

The building of the Museum of Archaeology of Catalonia in Barcelona was designed by Pelagi Martínez i Patricio. The museum is structured into five different spaces: prehistory; protohistory, the Greek and Phoenician colonisations; the Roman Empire; and the Visigoths, the beginning of the medieval pe

The Museum of World Cultures showcases the artistic and cultural diversity of the peoples of Africa, Asia, America and Oceania. The museum brings together a selection of more than 30,000 objects from the Ethnology Museum and 2,356 works from the Folch Collection, the most important non-Western art c

Shelter 307 (MUHBA Refugi 307) is one of the more than 1,000 bomb shelters built in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War to protect the people from the indiscriminate bombing to which Barcelona was subjected. The shelter comprises nearly 400 metres of tunnels, with a height of 2.10 metres and a wi

The Oliva Artés Hall is part of the MUHBA Museum of History of Barcelona. Located in a former factory where engines were produced in the heart of Poblenou’s industrial district, the exhibition illustrates the city’s urban and social growth over the years.

MUHBA Domus Avinyó is a domus that dates from the 1st and 4th Centuries A.D. with an ensemble of wall and ceiling paintings.

The Montjuïc Castle was an old military fortress that was renovated in the 17th century and until 1960 served as a military prison. Allegedly, executions were regularly happening here during the civil war from 1936 to 1939. After that, it was turned into a military museum which closed in 2009. Now y

The main premise of the Ethnology Museum of Barcelona is that ethnology is more than just a set of objects. The pieces are the starting point that allows visitors to interpret their social surroundings. The Ethnology Museum of Barcelona is now focused on the Catalan area, without forgetting its rela

The Perfume Museum of Barcelona was founded in 1961 with the purpose of showing the public the evolution of bottles and containers for perfumes through history and geography.

The Barcelona Wax Museum is housed in a former bank, with neoclassic architecture. The museum houses a collection of wax figures mostly related to history and tries to emphasize the heritage value of the palace and preserves some of the rooms and original furniture of the building.

Museu del Calçat (Shoe Museum) traces the history of footwear and has a section devoted to shoes worn by famous personalities. The museum displays portraits of guild members, reproductions of footwear from the 2nd to 18th centuries and authentic shoes from the 18th century to the present day. Beside

Vil·la Joana is a masia (a type of rural construction common to all the old Crown of Aragon). The two storey building with a watchtower and lateral galleries is located in Vallvidrera in the middle of Collserola Natural Park. Vil·la Joana houses one of the branches of the Barcelona City History Muse

Museu Palmero lets you discover the former 15th century farmhouse, and lets you enjoy a pictorial background, works by the Palermo series of painters, who still live in the building. The collection of Museu Palmero also comprises of paintings by Maestro Palmero that depict characters who appear thro

MUHBA El Call lets you discover how Barcelona's Jewish community lived in medieval times. The museum is located in the former house of the veil weaver Joseph Bonhiac and covers the role played by the Jews in Barcelona’s history and the splendour of their cultural legacy.

MUHBA Domus de Sant Honora is a Roman domus (a single-family house) that was built in the 4th century A.D. Part of the central garden has been conserved with several tanks containing water and plants. From here visitors can access the different rooms, many of which are decorated with polychrome mosa