MNAC (Catalan National Art Museum) Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
-
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
-
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Catalan National Art Museum (MNAC) is housed in the magnificent palace overlooking the fountains of Montjuic.
You will found there Catalan works of Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance arts from 11th to 18th century. Very interesting museum even though quite long to visit.
Articket: Art Passport Card for 6 Art Museums in Barcelona
The MNAC embraces all the arts (sculpture, painting, objets d'art, drawing, engraving, posters, photography and coinage) and has the task of explaining the general history of Catalan art from the Romanesque period to the mid-twentieth century.
In the case of the Romanesque and Gothic collections, this discourse is characterized by the Catalan provenance of most of the pieces, although, particularly in the Gothic, comparisons are made with art from other provenances.
With regard to the Renaissance and Baroque collections, the works included lead to a more international discourse, with the work of great painters, such as El Greco, Zurbarán, Velázquez, Cranach, Rubens...
The MNAC art collections from the end of the nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentieth century are once again mostly made up of the work of Catalan artists, forming a discourse which explains Modernisme, Noucentisme and the Avant-garde, always taking into account all the arts.
MNAC (Catalan National Art Museum) Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Parc de Montjuïc, 08038 Barcelona, SpainArea: Sants / Montjuïc
Email: infoSPAMFILTER@museunacional.cat
Website: MNAC - Catalan National Art Museum 's website
Opening hours: Tuesday - Saturday: 10am - 7pm; Sunday & holidays:10am - 2:30pm. ; Mondays closed (except holidays) ; Closed 25th Desember, 1st January and 1st May
Prices: General entrance: 12 € / 30% off for retired people, students / Free for children under 16, older than 65 years old
Phone: 00 34 93 622 0360
Metro/Bus: Metro: L1 and L3 Espanya / Bus: 13, 37, 50, 55 and 9, 27, 30, 37, 56,57, 65, 79, 109, 157, 165
Barcelona metro map
Hotels: Find your hotel in Barcelona in this area.
Nearby best places
-
Museum
Joan Miro Foundation
Joan Miro Foundation in Barcelona
Sants / Montjuïc - Parc de Montjuïc -
Restaurant
El Xalet de Montjuïc
One of the most beautiful views of Barcelona...
Sants / Montjuïc - Av. de Miramar,31 -
Restaurant
El Sortidor de la Filomena Pagès
Back for a hundred years !!
A Modernist facade of 1908, more than 100 years of history, El Sortidor reborn under the name of El Sortidor de la Filomena Pagès and it is a great success!
Poble Sec - Plaça del Sortidor, 5 -
Shop
La Fabrique
Artisanal and eco-responsible bread!
Yes, at the moment we're craving good, real bread... Hence this second bakery, "La Fabrique", which we visited in just a few days.
Barceloneta - Carrer de Radas, 35
4 comments
à voir en ce moment - bvisit (10 Sep 2023 - 09:54)
Great exhibition these days to discover the singular creativity of two women, the Catalan artist Josefa Tolrà (1880-1959) and the British artist Madge Gill (1882-1961). Artists of vast production who never thought of being recognised with this condition, both closely linked to esoteric knowledge and the methodology of the creative act guided by the automatism of the altered state of consciousness: "the guiding hand".
till end of may 2014 - sublimo (4 Feb 2014 - 09:00)
You should see the exhibition about Joan Colom a great catalan photographer.. We loved to see it at Mnac.. it's till the end of may. Enjoy
Barcelona - Paige (27 Mar 2011 - 10:45)
What an awesome place to visit!
MNAC - D G Fusco (5 May 2007 - 00:00)
thank you for the link to MNAC's website, this superb european treasure house is well represented by the generous web site. The spiritual experience of the Romanesque collection, and the stunning theatricality of it's presentation by Aulente, make this the perfect counerpoint to Barcelona's contemporary vibrancy. (and the view from the front door takes in the whole city!)