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BARCELONA MUSEUMS

Fundació Miró
Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: Montjuïc
Address: Parc de Montjuïc, s/n, 08038 Barcelona, Spain.
Phone: 934 439 470

Fundació Miró
The Miró Foundation was a gift from the artist Joan Miró to his native city and is one of Barcelona's most exciting showcases of contemporary art. The airy, white building was designed by Josep Lluís Sert and opened in 1975; an extension was added by Sert's pupil Jaume Freixa in 1988. Miró's unmistakably playful and colorful style, filled with Mediterranean light and humor, seems a perfect match for its surroundings. Look for Alexander Calder's mercury fountain. Miró himself rests in the cemetery on Montjuïc's southern slopes. When he died in 1983, the Catalans gave him a send-off amounting to a state funeral. COST: EUR5. Tues.-Wed. and Fri.-Sat. 10-7, Thurs. 10-9:30, Sun. 10-2:30.

Gaudí Casa-Museu
Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: La Rambla and the Raval
Address: Parc Güell (up hill to right of main entrance), Barcelona, Spain.
Phone: 93/219-3811

Gaudí Casa-Museu
Gaudí lived with his niece from 1906 to 1926 in this pink, Alice-in-Wonderland house, now a house museum. Exhibits include Gaudí-designed furniture, decorations, drawings, and portraits and busts of the architect. COST: EUR3. May-Sept. daily 10-8; Oct.-Feb. daily 10-6; Mar.-Apr. daily 10-7.

Museu Picasso
Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: Sant Pere, La Ribera, La Ciutadella and Barceloneta
Address: Carrer Montcada 15-19, Barcelona, Spain.
Phone: 93/319-6310

Museu Picasso
The Picasso Museum is across Via Laietana, down Carrer de la Princesa, and right on Carrer Montcada - a street known for Barcelona's most elegant medieval palaces. Picasso spent several of his formative years (1901-06) in Barcelona, and this collection, while not one of the world's best, is particularly strong on his early work. Displays include childhood sketches, pictures from the beautiful Rose and Blue periods, and the famous 1950s Cubist variations on Velázquez's Las Meninas (Ladies-in-Waiting).COST: EUR4.50; free 1st Sun. of month. Tues.-Sat. 10-8, Sun. 10-3.

Palau de la Música Catalana
Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: Sant Pere, La Ribera, La Ciutadella and Barceloneta
Address: Sant Francesc de Paula 2, Barcelona, Spain.
Phone: 93/268-1000

Palau de la Música Catalana
One of the world's most extraordinary music halls, with facades that are a riot of color and form, the Palau de la Música (Music Palace) is a Barcelona landmark. From its polychrome ceramic ticket windows on the Carrer de Sant Pere Més Alt side to its overhead busts of (from left to right) Palestrina, Bach, Beethoven, and (around the corner on Carrer Amadeus Vives) Wagner, the Palau is a flamboyant tour de force. Designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner in 1908, it is today considered the flagship of Barcelona's Moderniste architecture. If you can't attend a concert, take a tour of the hall, offered daily at 10:30, 2, and 3 (in English) for 700 ptas./EUR4.21. Ticket office: (just off Via Laietana, around a corner from the hall itself).

Cátedra Gaudí
Av. Pedralbes, 7 (08034)
932 045 250
932 048 670
These are the ten works by Gaudí in Barcelona:

Casa Vicens (1883-1888)
Carolines, 18-24
Clearly oriental in inspiration, the use of colour in the ceramic tiles of the façades of this building is remarkable, very different to its setting in the Gràcia district of Barcelona.

Pabellones de la Finca Güell (1886-1889)
Av. de Pedralbes, 7
Two pavilions with a large wrought-iron gate which served as an entrance to the old holiday estate belonging to the family of the financer Eusebi Güell, Gaudí's great patron.

Palau Güell (1886-1890)
Nou de la Rambla, 3
933 173 974 / 933 175 198
Built by Antoni Gaudí as the Barcelona residence of Count Güell, its interior has extraordinary richness of detail.
Visits: Mon-Fri: 10-14/16-19.30h. Closed: Sat, Sun and holidays. Guided tours in different languages.
Adults: 2,40 €.
Students and senior citizens: 1,20 €.

Col.legi de les Teresianes (1888-1890)
Ganduxer, 85-105
932 123 354
This building, built as a school, is imbued with an austerity and rationality uncommon to Gaudí's works.
Visits by prior telephone: Mon-Fri: from 10h.
Sat (except July, August, September and holidays)

Casa Calvet (1898-1900)
Casp, 48
934 124 012
Although at first sight it does not look like one of the Gaudí's works, one only has to enter the main-hall to see the details unique to the architect.

Torre Bellesguard (1900-1904)
Bellesguard, 16
Built near the Serra de Collserola hills in the place where King Martí l'Humà had his residence.

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Park Güell (1900-1904)
Olot, s/n
934 243 809
This is the work of the greatest scope in terms of size which Gaudí realized in Barcelona. It covers an area of 20 hectares, and the initial aim was to make it a garden-city in the English style (the reason why it was called a park). Gaudí collaborated with the architect Josep Maria Jujol on this work. The park contains some architectural features of unusual power: the two pavilions, linked by a stone wall, which mark the main entrance from Olot street and the steps up to the park area; the ceiling with 96 hypostyle columns supports the enormous square and its curved benches, which looks over the plane of Barcelona; as well as all those elements of the infrastructure such as the viaducts, holding halls, raised walkways and numerous other unique components.
November-February: 10-18h.
May-August: 10-21h.
March and October: 10-19h.
April and September: 10-20h.
Parking for cars and coaches.
Guided tours: 1,20 €.

Casa Batlló (1904-1910)
Pg. de Gràcia, 43
934 880 666
934 883 090
Unique mosaic façade and ceramic roof.
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Casa Milà, La Pedrera (1906-1912)
Pg. de Gràcia, 92
Considered the epitome of Modernism with its impressive façade of undulating stone and iron balconies. The irregular interior patios and the startling roof designs are nothing less than fascinating.

Centre d'Art Santa Mònica
Rbla. de Santa Mònica, 7
933 162 810
933 162 817
Mon-Sat: 11-14/17-20h. Sun and holidays: 11-15h. Closed: 25th december, 1st and 6th January and Good Friday.
Free.
Exhibitions halls. Centre Cultural Caixa Catalunya
Pg. de Gràcia, 92 (08008)
934 845 979
934 845 889
www.fundacio.caixacat.es
fcc@funcaixacat.com
Mon-Sun: 10-20h. (last admissions at 19.30h.)
Guided tours: Mon-Fri: 18h. Group visits by prior arragement only call: 934 845 530
Free
Fundación "La Caixa". Antigua fábrica Casaramona
Av. Marquès de Comillas, 6-8
902 223 040
www.lacaixa.es
Fundació "La Caixa". Palau Macaya
Pg. de Sant Joan, 108
902 223 040
934 581 308
www.fundacio.lacaixa.es
info.fundacio@lacaixa.es
Tue-Sat: 11-20h. Sun and holidays: 11-15h. Closed: Mon
Free
Fundació "La Caixa". Sala Montcada
Montcada, 14
902 223 040
934 046 173
Tue-Sat: 11-15/16-20h. Holidays: 11-15h.
Free
La Capella de l'Antic Hospital de la Santa Creu
Hospital, 56
934 427 171
Tue-Sat: 12-14/16-20h.
Free
Palau de la Virreina
La Rambla, 99
933 017 775
933 174 986
Tue-Sat: 11-20.30h. Sun: 11-15h.
3,00 €. Wed: 1,50 €.


	BARCELONA MUSEUMS Fundació Miró Category: Museums/Galleries Location: Montjuïc Address: Parc de Montjuïc, s/n, 08038 Barcelona, Spain. Phone: 934 439 470 Fundació Miró The Miró Foundation was a gift from the artist Joan Miró to his native city and is one of Barcelona's most exciting showcases of contemporary art. The airy, white building was designed by Josep Lluís Sert and opened in 1975; an extension was added by Sert's pupil Jaume Freixa in 1988. Miró's unmistakably playful and colorful style, filled with Mediterranean light and humor, seems a perfect match for its surroundings. Look for Alexander Calder's mercury fountain. Miró himself rests in the cemetery on Montjuïc's southern slopes. When he died in 1983, the Catalans gave him a send-off amounting to a state funeral. COST: EUR5. Tues.-Wed. and Fri.-Sat. 10-7, Thurs. 10-9:30, Sun. 10-2:30. Gaudí Casa-Museu Category: Museums/Galleries Location: La Rambla and the Raval Address: Parc Güell (up hill to right of main entrance), Barcelona, Spain. Phone: 93/219-3811 Gaudí Casa-Museu Gaudí lived with his niece from 1906 to 1926 in this pink, Alice-in-Wonderland house, now a house museum. Exhibits include Gaudí-designed furniture, decorations, drawings, and portraits and busts of the architect. COST: EUR3. May-Sept. daily 10-8; Oct.-Feb. daily 10-6; Mar.-Apr. daily 10-7. Museu Picasso Category: Museums/Galleries Location: Sant Pere, La Ribera, La Ciutadella and Barceloneta Address: Carrer Montcada 15-19, Barcelona, Spain. Phone: 93/319-6310 Museu Picasso The Picasso Museum is across Via Laietana, down Carrer de la Princesa, and right on Carrer Montcada - a street known for Barcelona's most elegant medieval palaces. Picasso spent several of his formative years (1901-06) in Barcelona, and this collection, while not one of the world's best, is particularly strong on his early work. Displays include childhood sketches, pictures from the beautiful Rose and Blue periods, and the famous 1950s Cubist variations on Velázquez's Las Meninas (Ladies-in-Waiting).COST: EUR4.50; free 1st Sun. of month. Tues.-Sat. 10-8, Sun. 10-3. Palau de la Música Catalana Category: Museums/Galleries Location: Sant Pere, La Ribera, La Ciutadella and Barceloneta Address: Sant Francesc de Paula 2, Barcelona, Spain. Phone: 93/268-1000 Palau de la Música Catalana One of the world's most extraordinary music halls, with facades that are a riot of color and form, the Palau de la Música (Music Palace) is a Barcelona landmark. From its polychrome ceramic ticket windows on the Carrer de Sant Pere Més Alt side to its overhead busts of (from left to right) Palestrina, Bach, Beethoven, and (around the corner on Carrer Amadeus Vives) Wagner, the Palau is a flamboyant tour de force. Designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner in 1908, it is today considered the flagship of Barcelona's Moderniste architecture. If you can't attend a concert, take a tour of the hall, offered daily at 10:30, 2, and 3 (in English) for 700 ptas./EUR4.21. Ticket office: (just off Via Laietana, around a corner from the hall itself). Cátedra Gaudí Av. Pedralbes, 7 (08034) 932 045 250 932 048 670 These are the ten works by Gaudí in Barcelona: Casa Vicens (1883-1888) Carolines, 18-24 Clearly oriental in inspiration, the use of colour in the ceramic tiles of the façades of this building is remarkable, very different to its setting in the Gràcia district of Barcelona. Pabellones de la Finca Güell (1886-1889) Av. de Pedralbes, 7 Two pavilions with a large wrought-iron gate which served as an entrance to the old holiday estate belonging to the family of the financer Eusebi Güell, Gaudí's great patron. Palau Güell (1886-1890) Nou de la Rambla, 3 933 173 974 / 933 175 198 Built by Antoni Gaudí as the Barcelona residence of Count Güell, its interior has extraordinary richness of detail. Visits: Mon-Fri: 10-14/16-19.30h. Closed: Sat, Sun and holidays. Guided tours in different languages. Adults: 2,40 €. Students and senior citizens: 1,20 €. Col.legi de les Teresianes (1888-1890) Ganduxer, 85-105 932 123 354 This building, built as a school, is imbued with an austerity and rationality uncommon to Gaudí's works. Visits by prior telephone: Mon-Fri: from 10h. Sat (except July, August, September and holidays) Casa Calvet (1898-1900) Casp, 48 934 124 012 Although at first sight it does not look like one of the Gaudí's works, one only has to enter the main-hall to see the details unique to the architect. Torre Bellesguard (1900-1904) Bellesguard, 16 Built near the Serra de Collserola hills in the place where King Martí l'Humà had his residence. ¡Error!Referencia de hipervínculo no válida.¡Error!Referencia de hipervínculo no válida. Park Güell (1900-1904) Olot, s/n 934 243 809 This is the work of the greatest scope in terms of size which Gaudí realized in Barcelona. It covers an area of 20 hectares, and the initial aim was to make it a garden-city in the English style (the reason why it was called a park). Gaudí collaborated with the architect Josep Maria Jujol on this work. The park contains some architectural features of unusual power: the two pavilions, linked by a stone wall, which mark the main entrance from Olot street and the steps up to the park area; the ceiling with 96 hypostyle columns supports the enormous square and its curved benches, which looks over the plane of Barcelona; as well as all those elements of the infrastructure such as the viaducts, holding halls, raised walkways and numerous other unique components. November-February: 10-18h. May-August: 10-21h. March and October: 10-19h. April and September: 10-20h. Parking for cars and coaches. Guided tours: 1,20 €. Casa Batlló (1904-1910) Pg. de Gràcia, 43 934 880 666 934 883 090 Unique mosaic façade and ceramic roof. ¡Error!Referencia de hipervínculo no válida.¡Error!Referencia de hipervínculo no válida. Casa Milà, La Pedrera (1906-1912) Pg. de Gràcia, 92 Considered the epitome of Modernism with its impressive façade of undulating stone and iron balconies. The irregular interior patios and the startling roof designs are nothing less than fascinating. Centre d'Art Santa Mònica Rbla. de Santa Mònica, 7 933 162 810 933 162 817 Mon-Sat: 11-14/17-20h. Sun and holidays: 11-15h. Closed: 25th december, 1st and 6th January and Good Friday. Free. Exhibitions halls. Centre Cultural Caixa Catalunya Pg. de Gràcia, 92 (08008) 934 845 979 934 845 889 www.fundacio.caixacat.es fcc@funcaixacat.com Mon-Sun: 10-20h. (last admissions at 19.30h.) Guided tours: Mon-Fri: 18h. Group visits by prior arragement only call: 934 845 530 Free Fundación "La Caixa". Antigua fábrica Casaramona Av. Marquès de Comillas, 6-8 902 223 040 www.lacaixa.es Fundació "La Caixa". Palau Macaya Pg. de Sant Joan, 108 902 223 040 934 581 308 www.fundacio.lacaixa.es info.fundacio@lacaixa.es Tue-Sat: 11-20h. Sun and holidays: 11-15h. Closed: Mon Free Fundació "La Caixa". Sala Montcada Montcada, 14 902 223 040 934 046 173 Tue-Sat: 11-15/16-20h. Holidays: 11-15h. Free La Capella de l'Antic Hospital de la Santa Creu Hospital, 56 934 427 171 Tue-Sat: 12-14/16-20h. Free Palau de la Virreina La Rambla, 99 933 017 775 933 174 986 Tue-Sat: 11-20.30h. Sun: 11-15h. 3,00 €. Wed: 1,50 €.