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energy sources. You can wander around the building (and check out the solar panels on the
roof), though all signage is in Catalan or Spanish.
WORTH A DETOUR
EXPLORING CATALAN IMMIGRATION
Dedicated to the history of immigration in Catalonia, the small
Museu d'Història de la
124; 10am-2pm & 5-8pm Tue-Sat; Verneda)
contains a display of photos, text (in Catalan)
and various documents and objects that recall the history of immigration to Catalonia
from the 19th century on. The star attraction is a wagon of the train (parked outside)
known as El Sevillano, which in the 1950s trundled between Andalucía and Catalonia,
jammed with migrants on an all-stops trip that often lasted more than 30 hours!
There's also an engaging video with images of migrant life decades ago and today. The
museum resides in the former country house, Can Serra, which is now surrounded by
light industry, ring roads and warehouses.
Poblenou, Port Olímpic & El Fòrum
MUSEUM
MUSEU DE LA MÚSICA
dent €5/4, 3-8pm Sun free; 10am-6pm Tue-Sat, to 8pm Sun; Monumental)
Some 500 instruments (less than a third of those held) are on show in this museum, housed
on the 2nd floor of the administration building in L'Auditori, the city's main classical-music
concert hall.
Instruments range from a 17th-century baroque guitar through to lutes (look out for the
many-stringed 1641 archilute from Venice), violins, Japanese kotos, sitars from India, eight
organs (some dating from the 18th century), pianos, a varied collection of drums and other
percussion instruments from across Spain and beyond, along with all sorts of phonographs
and gramophones. There are some odd pieces indeed, like the
buccèn,
a snake-head-adorned
brass instrument. Much of the documentary and sound material can be enjoyed through au-
diovisual displays as you proceed.
From Tuesday to Sunday at 3.30pm, the museum holds a concert (€15, including museum
admission), in which musicians perform on rare instruments held in the collection.
