Museums & Galleries

Barcelona's fabulous range of museums and galleries offer a cultural feast that equals its architectural fireworks. Local artists Picasso and Miró dazzle in their own museums, while the massive Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC), has stunning collection of paintings and sculptures from their early medieval to 20th-century precursors, while the Museu d'Art Contemporani and Centre de Cultura Contemporània keep tabs on their successors.

History is well covered in the city's excellent but under-visited archaeology museum, the city history museum in the heart of the Barri Gòtic, the maritime museum in the medieval shipyards, and in the Catalan history museum in Port Vell. You can even visit a bomb shelter used in the Civil War.