The 6 Best Museums in Sant Cugat del Valles, Catalonia

Sant Cugat Museums are committed to the research, conservation and promotion of the historic, artistic and cultural patrimony of the city. It is a decentralized museum with various venues: the Monastery Museum, Casa Aymat- Contemporary Museum of Tapestry, and the Modernist Cellar. The Casa Aymat- Contemporary Museum of Tapestry allows you to discover the word of contemporary tapestry art. Its location is unique as it occupies part of what was the crib of contemporary tapestry in Catalonia, the manufacturer Aymat.

The Comic Museum of Sant Cugat proposes a journey through the history of the comics and their protagonists, through the different stages of the medium and the evolution of their language. Hundreds of publications and original works selected with historical emphasis for a better understanding of what the comic industry has represented and represents in Spain. This is the first and only comic museum in Spain. 135 years of history in a single museum.

The Modernist Wine Cellar is a building designed by Cèsar Martinell and was constructed in 1921 as the headquarters for the winemaking cooperative "santcugatenca". As part of the Sant Cugat Museum group, it houses a permanent exposition that explains three main principles: the historical context that the cooperative was founded on and built, the elaboration process of the wine, and the evolution of the Martinell project in the past years. Sant Cugat Museums are committed to the research, conservation and promotion of the historic, artistic and cultural patrimony of the city. It is a decentralized museum with various venues: the Monastery Museum, Casa Aymat- Contemporary Museum of Tapestry, and the Modernist Wine Cellar and the Chapel of Sant Domènec.

Museum located in a 1851 old building that used to be a ceramics factory. It features three permanent exhibitions. The first one is about the history of the house and holds multiple ceramic pieces. The second part shows paintings and vintage photographs about the Cabanas-Alibau brothers, pioneers of local art. The last exhibition holds personal objects, photographs and books from Marilyn Monroe.