Museums/Galleries in Barcelona

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Museums/Galleries in Barcelona

Name	Category	Location

CaixaForum This redbrick, neo-Mudejar Art Nouveau fortress, built to house...	Museums / Galleries, Arts / Performance Venues	Montjuïc

Capella de l'Antic Hospital de la Santa Creu Now an art gallery, the chapel is generally open for a browse...	Museums / Galleries, Religious Sites	El Raval

Casa de la Pia Almoina-Museu Diocesà This 11th-century Gothic almshouse, now a museum, once served...	Museums / Galleries	The Barri Gòtic

Casa Montaner i Simó-Fundació Tàpies This former publishing house—and the city's first building...	Museums / Galleries	The Eixample

Casa-Museu Gaudí Within Park Güell, the museum occupies a pink, Alice-in-Wonderland...	Museums / Galleries	Gràcia


Castell dels Tres Dragons Built by Palau de Música architect Lluís Domènech...	Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces	La Ciutadella and Barceloneta

Centre de Cultura Contemporànea de Barcelona No matter what's on the schedule, this multidisciplinary gallery...	Museums / Galleries, Arts / Performance Venues	El Raval

CosmoCaixa-Museu de la Ciència Fundació "La Caixa" Young scientific minds work overtime in this interactive science...	Museums / Galleries	Upper Barcelona

Disseny Hub-Palau de los Marqueses de Llió With one of Carrer Montcada's two best courtyards (the other...	Museums / Galleries	Sant Pere and La Ribera

Estadi Olímpic The Olympic Stadium was originally built for the International...	Sports Venues, Museums / Galleries	Montjuïc

Fundació Miró The Miró Foundation, a gift from the artist Joan Miró...	Museums / Galleries	Montjuïc

Monestir de Pedralbes This marvel of a monastery, named for its original white stones...	Museums / Galleries, Religious Sites	Upper Barcelona

Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya Just downhill to the right of the Palau Nacional, the Museum...	Museums / Galleries	Montjuïc

Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona Designed by American architect Richard Meier in 1992, this gleaming...	Museums / Galleries	El Raval

Museu d'Història de Catalunya Built into what used to be a port warehouse, this state-of-the-art...	Museums / Galleries	La Ciutadella and Barceloneta

Museu d'Història de la Ciutat This fascinating museum just off the Plaça del Rei traces...	Museums / Galleries	The Barri Gòtic

Museu de la Geologia Barcelona's first public museum displays rocks, minerals, and...	Museums / Galleries	La Ciutadella and Barceloneta

Museu del Calçat Hunt down the tiny Shoe Museum, in Plaça Sant Felip Neri...	Museums / Galleries	The Barri Gòtic

Museu Egipci de Barcelona Even though you came to Barcelona to study, presumably, Catalonia...	Museums / Galleries	The Eixample

Museu Frederic Marès Here, in a building off the left (north) side of the cathedral...	Museums / Galleries	The Barri Gòtic

Museu Marítim The superb Maritime Museum is housed in the 13th-century Drassanes...	Museums / Galleries, Nautical Sites	The Rambla

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya Housed in the imposingly domed, towered, frescoed, and columned...	Museums / Galleries	Montjuïc

Museu Picasso The Picasso Museum is housed in five adjoining palaces on Carrer...	Museums / Galleries	Sant Pere and La Ribera

Palau de la Virreina The neoclassical Virreina Palace, built by a viceroy to Peru...	Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces	The Rambla

Palau Reial de Pedralbes Built in the 1920s as the palatial estate of Count Eusebi Güell—one...	Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces	Upper Barcelona

Reial Cercle Artístic This private fine-arts society has two art galleries and a restaurant...	Museums / Galleries	The Barri Gòtic
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