Tourism Cultural in Barcelona: Sagrada Familia Church Museum

By admin at 6:07 am on Tuesday, October 16, 2007

The Sagrada Familia Museum has a host of elements and objects on display that help visitors to understand the significance and complexity of this great work of Gaudí. Plans, original sketches, reconstructed models and various other items let visitors take a close look at the process of creation of this stunning church, which has become a symbol of Barcelona. The museum is located within the church, and here you can also see Guadi’s tomb.
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Tourism Cultural in Barcelona:City History Museum

By admin at 6:06 am on Tuesday, October 16, 2007

The City History Museum is dedicated to research into, conservation and promotion of Barcelona’s heritage. It is an active institution that interprets and explains the city not only through its own collections but also through those of other museums and the urban heritage it comprises. Visitors can get to know the history of Barcelona through objects from the past. So, beneath Plaza del Rei square, Calle Comtes street, Plaza de Sant lu square, the Marès Museum and part of the Gothic cathedral, you can visit archaeological sites with important remains that show the origins of the city - Colonia Iulia Augusta Faventia Paterna Barcino, founded by the Romans 2,000 years ago. (Read on …)

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Tourism Cultural in Barcelona: Pottery Museum

By admin at 6:04 am on Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Pottery Museum.jpgThis museum has the most significant collection of Spanish glazed ceramics, dating from the 11th century through to the latest artistic trends. In the collection, special mention should be made of its medieval pieces, including bowls and jugs from Teruel and Paterna, in Mudejar style; also Renaissance and Baroque ceramics from Talavera, Seville, Aragon, Catalonia and Puente del Arzobispo. The collection rounds up with a section on Catalonian ceramics from the 13th century through to the present day. The museum brings together works by important contemporary artists, including Serra Fiter, Llorens Artigas, Cumella, Picasso and Miró.
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Regional Museum.
Museum subject matter: Ceramics.
Information for visits
Timetables: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-6pm. Sundays and public holidays, 10am-3pm. Closed: Mondays, 1 January, 1 May, 24 June and 25 December.
Entry fee:
General admission: €3.50. Reduced: €2.50. Free: first Sunday of the month, under 16s and ICOM (International Council of Museums) members, with ID; unemployed persons.
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Tourism Cultural in Barcelona: Archeological Museum of Catalonia (MAC)

By admin at 6:01 am on Tuesday, October 16, 2007

It aims to conserve and exhibit archaeological remains that illustrate historical evolution, from prehistory through to the Medieval period.
One of the exhibit rooms
Currently, the MAC comprises the archaeology museums of Barcelona and Girona, the Greco-Roman city of Empúries, the historic site of Olèrdola, the Iberian archaeological site of Ullastret, and the Catalonia Underwater Archaeology Centre (CASC).
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Tourism Cultural in Barcelona: Maritime Museum

By admin at 5:59 am on Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Maritime Museum.jpgThe Reials Drassanes (or Reales Atarazanas) is the largest, most complete old shipyard conserved in the world. It is the maximum expression of Gothic civil architecture of the 13th century, and inside you can see reproductions of boats and maritime objects from all the different periods of history. Among the activities available, special mention should be made of workshops for children aged 3-12 years, as well as an interactive area called “The Great Sea Adventure”.
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Museum subject matter: Maritime.
Information for visits
Timetables: Tuesday to Saturday, 9.30am-7pm. Sundays and public holidays, 10am-2.30pm. Closed: Mondays, 1 January, and 25 and 26 December.
Entry fee:
General admission: €2.40. Reduced: €1.68 (unemployed persons, pensioners, Youth Card holders and students with ID). Free: over 65s and under 16s, with ID.
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Tourism Cultural in Barcelona: Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA)

By admin at 5:56 am on Tuesday, October 16, 2007

The MACBA was inaugurated in 1995, designed by American, Richard Meier. Here you can see works by contemporary artists such as Antoni Tàpies, Paul Klee, Francesc Torres, Mario Merz and Zush. Its collection focuses on the legacy of the second half of the 20th century, looking to establish a critical memory of art from this period, with a perspective that takes into account the cultural and political reality of a specific city, Barcelona.
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Regional Museum.
Artistic style: Contemporary Art.
Museum subject matter: Fine Arts.
Information for visits
Timetables: 25 June to 24 September, Mondays and Wednesday-Friday, 11am-8pm. 25 September to 24 June, 11am-7.30pm. Saturdays, 10am-8pm. Sundays and public holidays, 10am-3pm. Closed: Tuesdays, 1 January and 25 December.
Entry fee:
General admission: €7.50. Reduced: €6 (students and Youth Card holders, with ID, and groups, minimum 20 people). Free: over 65s and unemployed persons, with ID, under 14s, 12 February, 18 May and 24 September.
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Tourism Cultural in Barcelona: Joan Miró Foundation

By admin at 5:55 am on Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Joan Miró Foundation.jpgDesigned in 1975, the Joan Miró Foundation has a magnificent collection of works by the artist: some 11,000 pieces, 240 paintings, 175 sculptures, 9 textile pieces, 4 ceramic works, nearly all his graphic works and some 8,000 drawings. Furthermore, part of the legacy of Miró can be seen around the city itself. This is the case with the spectacular sculpture “Woman and Bird” in l’Escorxador Park, which is covered in fragments of tiles.
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Private Museum.
Artistic style: Contemporary Art.
Museum subject matter: Fine Arts.
Information for visits
Timetables: 1 July to 30 September, Tuesday to Saturday (except Thursdays), 10am-8pm. 1 October to 30 June, 10am-7pm (Tuesday to Saturday). Thursdays, 10am-9.30pm. Sundays, 10am-2.30pm. Closed: Mondays, 1 January, and 25 and 26 December.
Entry fee:
General admission: €7.50. Reduced: €5.50 (groups, minimum 15 adults with prior booking); €5 (over 65s, Youth Card holders, students 14-16 years, with ID, groups, minimum 15 students, no booking required); €4 (groups, minimum 15 students with prior booking). Free: ICOM (International Council of Museums) members with ID, and children under 15 years. Temporary exhibitions, general admission: €4; reduced admission: €3.
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Tourism Cultural in Barcelona: Picasso Museum

By admin at 5:52 am on Tuesday, October 16, 2007

The Picasso Museum.gifThe Picasso Museum is a clear example of the links between this universal artist and the city of Barcelona. Here, not only did he receive a sound academic training, but the artistic effervescence that he experienced in the city was the force that opened up his path towards modernity.
Inaugurated in 1963, the museum has the largest, most exhaustive collection of works by Pablo Picasso as a young man, during his training, and it also hosts temporary exhibitions by other artists.
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Regional Museum.
Artistic style: Contemporary Art.
Museum subject matter: Painting.
Information for visits
Timetables: Tuesday-Sunday, and public holidays, 10am-8pm. Closed: Mondays, 1 January, 1 May, 24 June, 25 and 26 December.
Entry fee:
General admission: €6. Reduced: €4. Free: children under 16 years, pensioners, ICOM (International Council of Museums) members, with ID, first Sunday of every month, Wednesday afternoons for groups of students, 18 May and 24 September.
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Tourism Cultural in Barcelona:Contemporary Culture Center (CCCB)

By admin at 5:48 am on Tuesday, October 16, 2007

The Barcelona Contemporary Culture Centre (CCCB) is a multidisciplinary institution that can be defined as a centre for urban culture. It organises such activities as exhibits, musical programmes, dance, courses, conferences, urban itineraries, etc. The centre is devoted to the city and the phenomena that spring from it. It also promotes artistic creation based on new technologies and languages, research in the area of exhibits, and debate.
Museums
Municipal Museum.
Artistic style: Contemporary Art.
Museum subject matter: Modern Art.
Information for visits
Timetables: Tuesday-Sunday, 11am-8pm. Closed: Mondays (except public holidays), 1 January and 25 December.
Entry fee:
General admission: €4.40. Reduced: €3.30 (retired persons, students and unemployed persons, with ID, and groups, minimum 20 people) and Wednesdays. Free: first Wednesday of the month, except public holidays, unemployed persons, ICOM members, friends of the CCCB (Barcelona Contemporary Culture Centre) and under 16s, with ID.
Services: Groups: Please contact Tel: +34 933064135 (Tuesday-Friday, 10am-1.30pm).
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Tourism Cultural in Barcelona: House-Museum of Gaudí

By admin at 5:47 am on Tuesday, October 16, 2007

museum-gaudi.jpgGüell Park , designed by Antoni Gaudí, is the setting for the architect’s house-museum. Francesc Berenguer, a pupil of his, was commissioned with designing this building where Gaudí lived for twenty years.
The museum contains works and personal mementos of the architect, as well as a major collection of furniture designed by him. You can also see creations by artists such as Mir, Gimeno, Picasso, Mani, Jujol, Berenguer, Moisés and Oslé Matamala, amongst others. The house is surrounded by a garden with many iron railings designed by Gaudí, along with a garden path covered by iron arches that he too designed.
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Municipal Museum.
Artistic style: Contemporary Art.
Museum subject matter: House-museum.
Information for visits
Timetables: 1 April to 30 September, 10am-7.45pm. 1 October to 31 March, 10am-5.45pm. 25, 26 December and 6 January 10am-1.45pm. Closed: 1 January.
Entry fee:
General admission: €4. Reduced: €3 (pensioners, students and Youth Card holders, with ID).
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