Arts & Culture in Barcelona

Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona

White, light-filled building housing art from the 1940s to the present & a large Catalan collection.

El Born Centre de Cultura i Memòria

Event & cultural space in a restored former market, with excavated city ruins from 1700s on display.

Teatreneu

Quaint performing-arts theater with a tapas bar, featuring a regular lineup of plays & improv shows.

Barcelona Maritime Museum

Medieval harbor with a large maritime museum displaying a replica galleon, plus art, maps & models.

Picasso Museum Barcelona

Medieval mansions housing extensive collection of influential Spanish cubist's works & masterpieces.

MUHBA Turó de la Rovira

Panoramic views of Barcelona from Spanish Civil War bunkers where anti-aircraft guns were installed.

CosmoCaixa Museum of Science

Imposing modernist building housing science museum with planetarium & living Amazonian rainforest.

Moco Museum Barcelona

Fundació Joan Miró

Showcase of Joan Miro's modern, colorful artworks in hilltop museum with courtyards and terraces.

Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona

Cultural hub & creative arts venue with a theater, exhibition galleries & lecture halls.

Casa Vicens Gaudí

Grand 4-floor house, designed by Antoni Gaudi, with Moorish influences & a protruding corner tower.

Gran Teatre del Liceu

Landmark historic theater showcasing operas, concerts & dance recitals in an opulent interior.

CaixaForum Barcelona

Eclectic, contemporary art show program on display in striking, art nouveau former textile factory.

Teatre Victoria

3-story performing arts theater with a calendar of big-name international musicals & plays.

FC Barcelona Museum

Stadium museum of the history of FC Barcelona, one of the world's most successful football clubs.

Museum of Natural Sciences of Barcelona

Contemporary exhibition & conference center with an extensive natural history media library & shop.

Christopher Columbus monument

Ornate 1888 Corinthian column topped with a statue of Christopher Columbus pointing toward America.

Palau Güell

Ornate modernist mansion that is a historically significant example of early Gaudí architecture.

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya

Palatial, hilltop museum for 11th- to 20th-century Catalan art plus important Romanesque collection.

Teatre Tívoli

Circa-1919 theater with ornate architecture hosting regular musical, theater & ballet performances.