Name | Acronym | Image | Neighbourhood | District | Type | Visitors (2018)[1][2] | 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 | - | | 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 [ca] | - | | 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 |
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 |
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 |