Museum

05.02.2013 - 07.29 pm CaixaForum Girona received more than 131,000 visitors in 2012 CaixaForum Girona, the social and cultural centre of “La Caixa” savings bank in the Catalan city of Girona played host to 131,158 visitors in its...	01.02.2013 - 07.23 pm Salvador Dalí Museums closed 2012 with 2% more visitors The three Dalí museums managed by the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation were visited by 1.46 million people, 1.82% more visitors than in 2011. The Teatre...	29.01.2013 - 08.31 pm The Contemporary Art Museum of Barcelona (MACBA) received 19,000 more visitors in 2012 compared to last year The Contemporary Art Museum of Barcelona (MACBA) increased its number of visitors by 2.8% in 2012 with respect to the previous year. In 2011 the...	30.10.2012 - 10.45 pm The Hermitage Museum to open centre in Barcelona The Catalan Government has confirmed that a framework agreement has been reached with the project's promoters, with the green light from...
23.10.2012 - 06.44 pm Barcelona will open the Museum of World Cultures in June 2014 A journey around the world through art. This is the aim of the new museum in Barcelona, the Museum of World Cultures, which will open its doors in...	09.10.2012 - 12.05 pm Penedès wine’s museum reopens its doors after a big renovation to strengthen enotourism Located in the centre of Catalonia, the area of Penedès is known for its high quality wine and cava. Due to the long tradition in this region of the...	01.10.2012 - 10.57 pm The old Fabra i Coats factory transformed into Barcelona’s Centre for Contemporary Art The old Fabra i Coats industrial complex in Barcelona hosts a new centre for Contemporary Art in Catalonia in one of its buildings. The industrial...	09.08.2012 - 08.07 pm Ascó Nuclear Power Plant’s information centre receives international award for architecture The information centre at Ascó Nuclear Power Plant in Catalonia has won one of the prestigious International Architecture Awards, organised by the...
09.07.2012 - 09.56 pm A virtual exposition in Empúries reconstructs life in Pompeii and Herculaneum The eruption of the volcano Vesuvius destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, amongst others. However, the studies of the remnants have...	05.07.2012 - 07.49 pm Carmen Thyssen shows a selection of her private painting collection on the Costa Brava Catalan and international painting from 1870 to 1970 will interact to show the relation between people and landscape. The exhibition ‘Landscapes of...	03.07.2012 - 10.58 pm A new interactive museum unveils Catalan Art-Nouveau architect Antoni Gaudí’s universe The ‘Gaudí Experiència’ offers the visitor, in 9 different languages, an interactive experience, diving into the work of the Catalan genius who...	22.06.2012 - 07.27 pm Tarragona hosts Europe’s largest vertical garden in the cultural complex of Tabacalera About 3,200 square meters of native vegetation cover the frontage of the building under criteria of sustainability. The garden, 185 meters long and...
26.05.2012 - 12.41 am A Dutch millionaire opens a cannabis museum in Barcelona and supports its legalization Set in the Gothic district, the museum is designed to explain to its visitors the secrets of marihuana and in fact it clearly advocates for the...	14.03.2012 - 10.37 am Sant Feliu de Guíxols to host temporary exhibitions from the Thyssen-Bornemisza until the museum is built Every year, two temporary exhibitions from the Thyssen collection will be organised in the Catalan coastal town of Sant Feliu de Guíxols, in the...	08.03.2012 - 03.03 pm Barcelona’s Picasso Museum explores the artist’s collages in a new exhibition This is the first exhibition unveiled by the new Museum’s director Bernardo Laniado-Romero. ‘A collage before collage’ shows Picasso’s...	22.02.2012 - 02.49 pm Barça Museum ends 2011 with record visitors and turnover FC Barcelona experienced an increase of 24% in the number of visitors to its museum, and of 59% increase in turnover with respect to 2010. Las year a...