What to do and see in Catalonia, Spain: The Best Museums

June 29, 2021 Nicolette Lion

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1. Museo Episcopal de Vic

Plaza Bisbe Oliba 3, 08500, Vic Spain +34 938 86 93 60 [email protected] http://www.museuepiscopalvic.com/
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5.0 based on 149 reviews

Museo Episcopal de Vic

The Episcopal Museum of Vic (MEV), founded in 1891, houses a magnificent collection of medieval art with paintings and sculpture from the Catalan Romanesque and Gothic periods. The collections of precious metals, textiles, wrought ironwork, glass and ceramics offer a comprehensive journey through the history of liturgical and decorative art in Catalonia. This highly prized collection, including over 29,000 pieces, is exhibited in a new building on a site adjoining the cathedral, equipped with state-of-the-art exhibition facilities. Due to the exceptional interest of the museum's collections, in 2001 the museum was declared a museum of national interest by the Government of Catalonia.

Reviewed By Mmarymomm - Pleasanton, United States

This museum was probably the best thing we saw on our entire three week trip. First we viewed an excellent collection of early ivories and then the section with all the medieval art. It is in such good condition! There are painted panels, sculptures, and even a wooden deposition group! We used the audio tour but the further you get away from the main desk the more difficult it is to get reception. The person staffing the front desk was very helpful and added to our excellent opinion of the museum.

2. Magic House, Col.leccio XEVI

Avda. Esglesia, 1, 17246 Santa Cristina d'Aro Spain +34 607 23 79 11 [email protected] http://www.xevi-ilusionista.com
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5.0 based on 65 reviews

Magic House, Col.leccio XEVI

3. Museu del Cau Ferrat

Carrer Fonollar s/n, 08870 Sitges Spain +34 938 94 03 64 ext. 1 [email protected] http://www.museusdesitges.cat
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4.5 based on 298 reviews

Museu del Cau Ferrat

Cau Ferrat 's Museum is the workshop that the painter Santiago Rusinol built in Sitges by the sea in 1893 to house its paintings, iron, ceramics, furniture and antique glass. The museum preserves intact the space and works of art that the modernist painter collected. His visit is an invitation to immerse ourselves in the spirit of Modernism and his idea of the creation of total art. On their walls they upload works by their fellow generations such as Ramon Casas, Ramon Pichot, Ignacio Zuloaga or Dario de Regoyos, and young emerging artists from that period such as Pablo Picasso, Manolo Hugue and Isidre Nonell.

Reviewed By mixmixup - Toronto, Canada

Housed in a historic seaside residence, here is a beautiful, varied and eclectic collection of paintings, ceramics, and lots and lots of historical ironwork on several floors. The space itself is super interesting!

4. Museu de Maricel

Carrer Fonollar s/n, 08870 Sitges Spain +34 938 94 03 64 [email protected] http://museusdesitges.cat/ca/museu/maricel/museu-de-maricel
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4.5 based on 319 reviews

Museu de Maricel

The Maricel Museum exhibits a complete artistic route from the tenth century to realism and figuration during the first half of the twentieth century, passing through the art collections of Dr. Jesus Perez Rosales and the Collection of Sitges, with works of great quality. The museum exhibition integrates multiple languages, techniques and artistic media in order to achieve a maximum consistency in the chronological sequence of the development of the arts. The museum included works from the collection of Dr. Jesus Perez-Rosales that never had been exhibited in public, acquisitions by the Sitges Heritage Association since 2012 (Ramon Casas, Miquel Utrillo, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila, Artur Carbonell i Augusti Ferrer Pino) ​​and donations from artist’s relatives (Pere Jou and Alfred Sisquella).

Reviewed By rebeccat616 - Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Very interesting museum. The house was full of delights! Porcelain to ironwork, all exquisite examples of Catalonian craft and art.

5. Dali Theatre-Museum

Gala-Salvador Dali Square, 5 Salvador Dali 5, 17600, Figueres Spain +34 972 67 75 00 [email protected] http://www.salvador-dali.org/museus/teatre-museu-dali/en_index
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4.5 based on 7,650 reviews

Dali Theatre-Museum

Instituted in 1974, this museum was built on the remains of the former Figueres Theater, and features a broad range of works of Salvador Dalí (1904-1989.)

Reviewed By Janoshka - Tbilisi, Georgia

With on-line bought tickets (strongly recommended) and a speed train the museum gives good overview of Dali's talents - paintings, sculptures, visual effects in a labyrinth of a "building" that, already impressive from outside, contains garden and a "theater". Despite time limited ticket entry, the place (in October!) was still crowded but as one can move freely around it is not a big problem. Just wander around and enjoy! Worthwhile the visit to otherwise uninteresting town.

6. Salvador Dali House

Portlligat, 17488 Cadaques Spain +1 213-419-4307 [email protected] http://www.salvador-dali.org/museus/casa-salvador-dali-portlligat/en_index
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4.5 based on 3,391 reviews

Salvador Dali House

Built in the 1930s, this was the summer home of the famous artist Salvador Dalí.

Reviewed By globalnuggets - Barcelona, Spain

Simply amazing. A beautiful house in a perfect location with the house itself as if Dalí left only yesterday. Good value too. A must.

7. Cinema Museum Girona (Museu del Cinema)

C/ Sequia 1, 17001 Girona Spain +34 972 41 27 77 [email protected] http://www.museudelcinema.cat
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4.5 based on 420 reviews

Cinema Museum Girona (Museu del Cinema)

Experience and view the history of moving images, from shadow theatre to the cinema, with the Tomàs Mallol Collection. An interactive, educational and entertaining exhibition, interesting for all ages.

Reviewed By Michaelmackle

You start on the third floor and work your way down to the ground floor with each floor revealing new secrets about the art of cinematography. It is a seamless experience and one that you will never forget. The next tie I'm in Girona this will be the first place I will visit again.

8. The Museum of Jewish History

Carrer de la Forca, 8, 17004 Girona Spain +34 972 21 67 61 [email protected] http://www.girona.cat/call
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4.5 based on 410 reviews

The Museum of Jewish History

The main aim of the Museum is to preserve and reflect the history of the Jewish communities of Catalonia, which throughout the entire medieval period formed part of, and made a decisive contribution to, the history of the country and its cultural and scientific development. In most cases an attempt has been made to illustrate the explanations given during the visit to the Museum with examples of items originating from Girona's own Jewish history. These examples, which may be in documentary, archaeological or pictorial form, thus offer a general explanation of the pattern of Jewish life in medieval Catalonia.

Reviewed By backpacker31 - Boynton Beach, United States

I’ve visited numerous Jewish museums around the world and most focus on what life was like when the Jewish people lived (and prospered) there. This museum, while it does give an accounting of what Jewish life was like, due to the fact that Jews haven’t lived in Girona since the late 1400’s, makes giving a comprehensive history all the more difficult. Recent excavations offer tangible evidence of what life was like here in the Call (Jewish quarter). The Mikveh area was especially fascinating. When walking around the Call, see if you can spot the indentations in the doorways where mezuzahs once hung. What this museum does differently, however, is to give the history of Jewish persecution, led by Spain’s Catholic Church and it’s political rulers. What happened in Girona’s Call and throughout the Iberian Peninsula is no different than what happened in Nazi Germany and throughout 1930’s-40’s Europe. The only difference is that Spain gave the Jews a ‘choice’ to convert. The museum shows how lies, heresy, fear, ignorance and intolerance eventually led to the Inquisition. I commend the museum for preserving what was once a rich history here in Girona and for educating its visitors, especially its young visitors that we must do all we can to never repeat this dark chapter in history - here in Spain or anywhere on Earth!

9. Ruins of Empuries

C/ Puig i Cadafalch s/n L'Escala, 17130 Spain +34 972 77 02 08 [email protected] http://www.macempuries.cat
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4.5 based on 825 reviews

Ruins of Empuries

Empúries is one of the finest historic settings in Catalonia.Two cities, one Greek and one Roman, set by the sea at L’Escala on the south of the Bay of Roses, named by Unesco as one of the most beautiful in the world.

Reviewed By MesaGrandJunction - Grand Junction, United States

What a beautiful and fascinating location - right on the sea! There are 2 cities - the Greek city closest to the water and the Roman city above it. The mosaics in the Roman city are amazing, and the museum has some very well-preserved mosaics and sculptures. The audio guide, which is included in the admission price, is available in many languages and really helps you picture life in Empuries.

10. Museu Nacional de la Ciencia i la Tecnica de Catalunya

Rambla d'Egara 270, 08221 Terrassa Spain +34 937 36 89 66 [email protected] http://www.mnactec.cat/
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4.5 based on 234 reviews

Museu Nacional de la Ciencia i la Tecnica de Catalunya

Through former industrial textile manufacturing spaces and the spectacular architecture of this Modernist building the museum shows the evolution of scientific and technological advances in Catalonia, paying special attention to their industrial application and their effect on society.

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