Barcelona Museums

Barcelona museums must certainly include The National Art Museum of Catalonia includes works of art from the Romanesque period to the mid-20th century. The Maritime Museum preserves and restores artifacts of Catalonian maritime culture. The Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, featuring late 20th century works, and the Miro Foundation, where diversity of materials is central, are both located on the mountain Montjuic. The Picasso Museum contains many of his early works. The City History Museum of Barcelona has not only preserved moveable artifacts, but also works to understand and preserve what has made Barcelona the city it is today. The architect Gaudi lived for 20 years in the house now functioning as the Gaudi Casa-Museu. Start with the unusual museums here and then move on to some of the more well known museums in Barcelona, Spain.
Barcelona Museums
Museu Maritim
Museu Maritim
This is a fantastic museum with collections that reflect Spain's maritime history. Its collections include model ships from shipping companies dating back to the 19th and 20th centuries, navigation instruments produced in the 18th – 20th centuries, picture galleries, and much more.

The City History Museum of Barcelona
The City History Museum of Barcelona
Making up this grand museum are the Center for Interpretation to Park Guell, the Museum-Monastery of Pedralbes, the Verdaguer Museum-House, and the Monumental Ensemble of the Plaça del Rei. One will see a glimpse of Barcelona history with artifacts and paintings of the past centuries.

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