See also: List of museums in Catalonia.
This is a list of museums in Barcelona, the capital city of Catalonia, Spain.
| Name | Acronym | Image | Neighbourhood | District | Type | Visitors (2018)[1] [2] | Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAC Barcelona | Archaeology | 40,003 | Barcelona venue of the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia | |||||
| MACBA | Art | 331,694 | Contemporary art museum | |||||
| CCCB | Multipurpose | 465,638 | Contemporary arts centre | |||||
| MAE | Theater | 20,000 | Center for information and research on the performing arts | |||||
| - | Sports | 1,730,335 | Stadium tour, history and memorabilia of the football club FC Barcelona | |||||
| MMB | Maritime | 301,836 | Shipbuilding between the 13th and 18th century | |||||
| MUHBA | History | 816,989 | Historical heritage of the city of Barcelona, from its origins in Roman times until the present day. Main site at Casa Padellàs | |||||
| MHC | History | 131,855 | History and culture of Catalonia from prehistoric to modern times | |||||
| MNAC | Art | 891,346 | National museum of Catalan visual art | |||||
| - | Art | 978,483 | With 4,251 works exhibited, the museum has one of the most complete permanent collections of works by the 20th-century artist Pablo Picasso | |||||
| - | Architecture | 4,661,770 | Architectural and construction history of the church | |||||
| Centre d'Art Santa Mònica | CASM | El Raval | Ciutat Vella | Art | 49,314 | Traveling contemporary art exhibits | ||
| AFB | Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera | Ciutat Vella | Archive | 9,120 | Photographic collections about Barcelona | |||
| CaixaForum Barcelona | - | Montjuïc | Sants-Montjuïc | Art | 863,605 | |||
| Can Framis Museum | - | El Parc i la Llacuna del Poblenou | Sant Martí | Art | 15,770 | Art centre for contemporary Catalan paintings | ||
| Casa Batlló | - | Dreta de l'Eixample | Eixample | Architecture | 1,062,863 | Building designed by Antoni Gaudí | ||
| Gaudí House Museum | - | La Salut | Gràcia | Historic home | 293,000 | Historic home museum dedicated to Antoni Gaudí | ||
| Casa Vicens | - | Vila de Gràcia | Gràcia | Architecture | 139,500 | House designed by Antoni Gaudí | ||
| Montjuïc Castle | - | Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera | Ciutat Vella | Castle | 831,210 | Former military fortress | ||
| Cosmocaixa Barcelona | - | Sant Gervasi - la Bonanova | Sarrià-Sant Gervasi | Science | 1,045,961 | Science museum | ||
| El Born Cultural and Memorial Center | - | Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera | Ciutat Vella | History | 1,080,079 | |||
| - | Tibidabo | Sarrià-Sant Gervasi | Amusement | 105,527 | Located in Tibidabo Amusement Park, collection of automata | |||
| Barcelona Pavilion | - | Montjuïc | Sants-Montjuïc | Architecture | 85,993 | Modernist building designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich | ||
| Design Museum of Barcelona | - | El Parc i Llacuna del Poblenou | Sant Martí | Design | 169,293 | |||
| Fundació Antoni Tàpies | - | Dreta de l'Eixample | Eixample | Art | 43,582 | Art museum dedicated to Antoni Tàpies | ||
| Fundació Joan Miró | - | El Poble-sec | Sants-Montjuïc | Art | 352,903 | Art museum dedicated to Joan Miró | ||
| Espai Bombers | - | El Poble-sec | Sants-Montjuïc | Firefighting | 19,177 | Firefighting museum | ||
| - | Sant Andreu de Palomar | Sant Andreu | Art | 16,169 | Contemporary art center | |||
| - | Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera | Ciutat Vella | Photography | 25,020 | Photography museum | |||
| - | El Poble-sec | Sants-Montjuïc | Art | 218,790 | Museum dedicated to Catalan art | |||
| - | La Maternitat i Sant Ramon | Les Corts | Art | 6,521 | Contemporary art museum | |||
| Fundación Mapfre Casa Garriga Nogués | - | La Vila Olímpica del Poblenou | Eixample | Art | 97,932 | Photography museum | ||
| Hemp Museum Gallery | - | Gothic Quarter | Ciutat Vella | Cannabis | 15,653 | |||
| Casa Milà | - | Dreta de l'Eixample | Eixample | Architecture | 934,524 | Also known as La Pedrera, house designed by Antoni Gaudí | ||
| Virreina Palace | - | El Raval | Ciutat Vella | Art | 122,644 | Palace and contemporary art center | ||
| Museum of Natural Sciences of Barcelona | MCNB | El Besòs i el Maresme | Sant Martí | Science | 238,848 | Natural history museum | ||
| Music Museum of Barcelona | - | Fort Pienc | Eixample | Music | 39,248 | |||
| Museu de la Xocolata | - | Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera | Ciutat Vella | Chocolate | 132,758 | |||
| MMBCN | Dreta de l'Eixample | Eixample | Art | 19,985 | Museum dedicated to Catalan art nouveau style | |||
| - | Dreta de l'Eixample | Eixample | Archaeology | 270,097 | ||||
| MUEC | Ethnology | 61,016 | Two locations: one in Montjuic Park and El Born | |||||
| Museu Frederic Marès | - | Gothic Quarter | Ciutat Vella | Art | 55,947 | Sculpture museum | ||
| Juan Antonio Samaranch Olympic and Sports Museum | - | El Poble-sec | Sants-Montjuïc | Sports | 44,586 | |||
| Palau Robert | - | Dreta de l'Eixample | Eixample | Art | 976,276 | Rotating art exhibitions | ||
| Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau | - | El Guinardó | Horta-Guinardó | Architecture | 276,358 | Former hospital and art nouveau complex | ||
| Monastery of Pedralbes | - | Pedralbes | Les Corts | Religious | 74,898 | Former Gothic monastery | ||
| - | Gothic Quarter | Ciutat Vella | Religious | Located near the Cathedral of Barcelona | ||||
| Poble Espanyol | - | El Poble-sec | Sants-Montjuïc | Architecture | Open-air architecture museum | |||
| Can Framis Museum | - | El Parc i Llacuna del Poblenou | Sant Martí | Art | Part of the Fundació Vila Casas, contemporary Catalan art museum | |||
| Espai Volart | - | Dreta de l'Eixample | Eixample | Art | Part of the Fundació Vila Casas, temporary contemporary art exhibitions | |||
| MEAM | Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera | Ciutat Vella | Art | Contemporary art museum | ||||
| Fundació Rocamora | - | El Putxet i el Farró | Sarrià-Sant Gervasi | Art | ||||
| - | El Poble-sec | Sants-Montjuïc | Art | Museum dedicated to Josep Maria Subirachs | ||||
| Galeria Mayoral | - | Dreta de l'Eixample | Eixample | Art | ||||
| MMCAT | Dreta de l'Eixample | Eixample | Art | Museum dedicated to Catalan modernism | ||||
| Perfume Museum | - | Dreta de l'Eixample | Eixample | Collection | Collection of perfume bottles through history | |||
| Erotic Museum of Barcelona | MEB | Gothic Quarter | Ciutat Vella | Anthropology | History of human sexuality and erotica | |||
| - | Gothic Quarter | Ciutat Vella | Collection | Collection of wax figures | ||||
| Museu Geològic del Seminari de Barcelona | - | L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample | Eixample | Science | Natural science museum | |||
| Museum and Study Center of Sport Doctor Melcior Colet | - | L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample | Eixample | Sports | ||||
| - | La Salut | Gràcia | Art | 4D film about Antoni Gaudí and museum dedicated to Gaudí | ||||
| KBr Photography Center | - | La Vila Olímpica del Poblenou | Eixample | Photography | Part of the Fundación Mapfre, rotating photography exhibits | |||
| - | El Poble-sec | Sants-Montjuïc | Collection | Located in the Montjuïc Cemetery |