Museums

On Passeig de Sant Joan in the Eixample, behind an unassuming facade, one of the most extraordinary libraries in Spain operates in quiet obscurity. Biblioteca Arús was founded in 1895…

At the edge of the Port Vell, where the old harbour meets the sea, L'Aquàrium de Barcelona is one of the most visited attractions in the city and one of…

Inside Barcelona's finest example of 19th-century iron market architecture, something unexpected lies beneath your feet: the excavated remains of an entire neighbourhood demolished in 1714. The El Born Centre de…

Positioned directly on La Rambla, the Museu de l'Eròtica de Barcelona is easy to walk past with a sideways glance and a smirk — which would be a mistake. Behind…

Whatever your relationship with football, the FC Barcelona Museum at Camp Nou is hard to ignore. It is the most visited museum in Spain — more popular than the Prado,…

On Carrer d'Aragó in the Eixample, look for the building crowned with a tangle of wire, tubing, and a cloth figure — the unmistakable sculptural installation Núvol i Cadira (Cloud…

At the foot of La Rambla, in a neoclassical palace dating from 1867, the Museu de Cera de Barcelona has recently undergone a major renovation that transformed it from a…

Tucked into a former convent in the El Born neighbourhood, the Museu de la Xocolata is one of Barcelona's most delicious surprises. It traces the history of chocolate from its…

Long before the Eixample was built, long before the Olympic Village existed, Barcelona's relationship with the sea was defined by the Reials Drassanes — the Royal Shipyards. Built in the…

Housed in the grand 19th-century Palau de Mar warehouse at the edge of Barceloneta, the Museu d'Història de Catalunya tells the story of Catalonia from prehistoric times through to the…