National Museum of Art of Catalonia

Parc de Montjuïc
08038 Barcelona

Opening hours:

Tuesday to Saturday: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m
Sunday and public holidays: 10 a.m. to 2.30 p.m
Monday: closed, except public holidays


Tel. offices: +34 93 622 03 60
Tel. information service: +34 93 622 03 76
Tel. group visit reservations: +34 93 622 03 75
Fax: +34 93 622 03 83
E-Mail: mnac@mnac.cat

More information at http://www.mnac.cat/index.jsp?lan=003


National Museum of Art of Catalonia in Barcelona is located on a Montjuïc hill at the end of Avinguda de la Reina Maria Crisitina. It's a museum of visual art. It combines art collections from the previous museums: Museu d'Art de Catalunya (Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque) and Museu d'Art Modern with its 19th and 20th century collection.

The museum is divided into few sections:

Romanesque - which contains the Catalan art from the 11th to 13th centuries,
Gothic - with Catalan art from 13th-15th centuries,
Renaissance and Baroque - the 16th to 18th centuries art from Spain, Italy and Fleming,
The Cambó Bequest - contains a group of pictures that reflect the history of European painting from the 14th to 19th centuries
Thyssen-Bonermizsa - examples of European art, exhibition contains the paintings and sculptures from the Gothic to the Rococo
Modern - the Catalan art from the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th,
Drawings and prints - a wide selection of drawings, prints and posters of the Catalan artists which shows the art tendencies since 17th century,
Photography - over the 6000 photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries,
Coinage - large collection of coins, medals and valuable paper from Catalonia.