# List of museums in Barcelona

This is a list of museums in Barcelona, the capital city of Catalonia, Spain.

## Contents

* A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
| Name | Acronym | Neighbourhood | District | Type | Visitors (2018) | Summary |
| Archaeology Museum of Catalonia (Barcelona) | MAC Barcelona | Poble-sec | Sants-Montjuïc | Archaeology | 40,003 | Barcelona venue of the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia |
| Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art | MACBA | El Raval | Ciutat Vella | Art | 331,694 | Contemporary art museum |
| Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona | CCCB | El Raval | Ciutat Vella | Multipurpose | 465,638 | Contemporary arts centre |
| Centre de Documentació i Museu de les Arts Escèniques | MAE | Poble-sec | Sants-Montjuïc | Theater | 20,000 | Center for information and research on the performing arts |
| FC Barcelona Museum | - | La Maternitat i Sant Ramon | Les Corts | Sports | 1,730,335 | Stadium tour, history and memorabilia of the football club FC Barcelona |
| Maritime Museum of Barcelona | MMB | El Raval | Ciutat Vella | Maritime | 301,836 | Shipbuilding between the 13th and 18th century |
| Museum of the History of Barcelona | MUHBA | Gothic Quarter | Ciutat Vella | 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 |
| Museum of the History of Catalonia | MHC | Barceloneta | Ciutat Vella | History | 131,855 | History and culture of Catalonia from prehistoric to modern times |
| Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya | MNAC | Poble-sec | Sants-Montjuïc | Art | 891,346 | National museum of Catalan visual art |
| Museu Picasso | - | Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera | Ciutat Vella | 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 |
| Sagrada Família Museum | - | Sagrada Família | Eixample | 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 |
| Arxiu Fotogràfic de Barcelona [ca] | 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 | |
| Museu d'Autòmats [ca] | - | 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 | DHub | 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 |
| Fabra i Coats: Centre d'Art Contemporani [ca] | - | Sant Andreu de Palomar | Sant Andreu | Art | 16,169 | Contemporary art center |
| Foto Colectania [ca] | - | Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera | Ciutat Vella | Photography | 25,020 | Photography museum |
| Fran Daurel Museum [ca] | - | El Poble-sec | Sants-Montjuïc | Art | 218,790 | Museum dedicated to Catalan art |
| Fundació Suñol [ca] | - | 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 | |
| Museu del Modernisme de Barcelona [ca] | MMBCN | Dreta de l'Eixample | Eixample | Art | 19,985 | Museum dedicated to Catalan art nouveau style |
| Egyptian Museum of Barcelona | - | Dreta de l'Eixample | Eixample | Archaeology | 270,097 | |
| Museum of Ethnology and World Cultures [ca] | 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 |
| Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic and Sport 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 |
| Museu Diocesà de Barcelona [ca] | - | 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 |
| European Museum of Modern Art [ca] | 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 | | |
| Espai Subirachs [es] | - | El Poble-sec | Sants-Montjuïc | Art | | Museum dedicated to Josep Maria Subirachs |
| Galeria Mayoral | - | Dreta de l'Eixample | Eixample | Art | | |
| Museum of Modernism [ca] | 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 |
| Wax Museum of Barcelona [ca] | - | 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 | | |
| Gaudí Experiència [ca] | - | 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 |
| Funeral Carriages Collection, Montjuïc Cemetery [ca] | - | El Poble-sec | Sants-Montjuïc | Collection | | Located in the Montjuïc Cemetery |

## Defunct museums

* Museu Barbier-Mueller d'Art Precolombí
* Museu Clarà
* Museu d'Art Modern
* Museu de la Ciència de Barcelona
* Museu de la Moto
* Museu del Calçat
* Museu del Clavegueram
* Museu del Còmic i la Il·lustració (closed 2009)
* Museu del Gabinet Numismàtic de Catalunya
* Museu d'Idees i Invents
* Museu del Mamut
* Museu del Rock
* Museu Fundació Francisco Godia
* Museu Militar de Barcelona (closed May 2009)
* Museu Municipal de Belles Arts
* Museu Pedagògic Experimental
* Museu Provincial d'Antiguitats
* Museu Social
* Palau Reial de Pedralbes (closed 2013)
** Ceramics Museum [ca] (now part of the Design Museum of Barcelona)
** Museu de les Arts Decoratives (now part of the Design Museum of Barcelona)
** Museu Tèxtil i d'Indumentària (now part of the Design Museum of Barcelona)
** Gabinet de les Arts Gràfiques (now part of the Design Museum of Barcelona)
* Blueproject Foundation