Top 10 Museums in Province of Tarragona, Catalonia

The main building of Terres de l’Ebre Museum in Amposta has two exhibition rooms: “The Terres de l’Ebre: from Prehistory to the Middle Ages” and “The Ebro: a Water Highway”. Through a fascinating scenography, visitors can learn about the different cultures that have made the Terres de l’Ebre their home throughout history. You can also see how this great Iberian river has shaped the landscape and the lives of its people with its great natural wealth, diverse ways of life and the strategic situation on the river banks. The museum has important nature, archaeology and ethnology collections with more than 35,000 objects that represent the memory of the territory in the form of material and immaterial assets.

The Riu d'art Open Air Art Gallery now boasts over 31 works of art in the village of Riba-roja d'Ebre, Catalunya. Large scale murals, installations, illustrations, ceramic works, a large scale steel sculpture and performance art along the river; all the art takes it's inspiration from the local area. Members of the Riba Rocks Association offer regular guided tours in English, Catalan and Spanish.

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The Gaudí Centre Reus is a tribute by the town of this birth to its most famous son. It is the only interpretive centre that deals with the life and works of Gaudí. It is a new facility equipped with the most modern infrastructure and the latest in audiovisual technology, created to open up your senses and mind to new experiences. An experience which allows you to familiarise yourself with Gaudí and the secrets of genius.

The Museum of Modern Art was founded by the Provincial Council of Tarragona in 1976 to promote the study and knowledge of modern and contemporary art and, likewise, to preserve, display and share its artistic heritage. To this end, a museum was set up in the old quarter of Tarragona with a library, a documentation centre and a photographic archive. The building that houses the museum is the result of joining three 18th-century houses. It was renovated by the architect Jaume Mutllo and the building as we know it today, fully equipped and restored, was opened to the public in 1991. In 2008 the Museum of Modern Art shall be updating its permanent display with a new museological project that will add a whole new didactic dimension to the presentation of the collections. To bring art closer to children and young people, the Pedagogical Service of the Museum of Modern Art provides guided tours for school parties (minimum age three years old) by appointment. The Pedagogical Service extends the range of its services every year in an attempt to involve the teaching community in transmitting knowledge about modern and contemporary art.

The Pau Casals Museum is one of the finest European museums dedicated to a musician. If offers a regular program of activities and services for general public throughout the year and has a gift shop, garden and a restaurant with sea views. Housed in the summer residence that the international cellist Pablo Casals, had built on the seafront of the San Salvador Beach in El Vendrell, you will be moved by his life, music and peace legacy.

Muria Apiarian Interpretation Center is an innovative initiative created by Mel Muria, aimed at spreading the culture and heritage of the world of honey and bees. The Centre, covering over 300 m2, offers a tour inside the bee world through several areas where new technologies allow visitors to study bee-keeping in greater depth using various interactive and educational facilities.