Travel Reference
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Museu Blau
A spacious natural history and science museum with interactive exhibits and a
huge animal collection - dinosaurs included.
Art & Design
Vinçon
Beautiful furniture and home design from a famed Barcelona brand.
Fundació Joan Miró
A temple to the great artist, complete with outdoor sculpture gardens.
Fundació Antoni Tàpies
Fascinating collection of a great Catalan artist set in a Modernista
building.
Sala Parés
Reputable gallery that's been going strong for over 100 years.
Museu del Disseny de Barcelona
Dedicated to decorative arts, this is the city's newest mu-
seum, set in a controversial ultramodern building.
Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
A must for art lovers, the CCCB hosts excel-
lent cutting-edge exhibitions.
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona
(MACBA;
www.macba.es
;
Plaça dels Àngels 1; adult/
concession €7.50/6; 11am-8pm Mon & Wed-Fri, 10am-8pm Sat, 10am-3pm Sun;
Universitat) A packed collection of 20th-century artwork in a modern Richard Meier-designed
building.
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC)
Stunning collection of Romanesque art dating
back 900 years.
CaixaForum
Inside a modernist building designed by Puig i Cadafalch, this place hosts fant-
astic exhibitions.
Contemporary Architecture
Torre Agbar
Jean Nouvel's striking cucumber-shaped tower dominates the new high-tech
zone of 22@.
Teatre Nacional de Catalunya
The design of this stately theatre is a perfect medley of An-
cient Greece with high modernism.
El Fòrum
A blue triangular building by Herzog & de Meuron that manages to be both organic
and weirdly futuristic.
Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes
One of the latest projects to transform a messy urban area,
with a new market and museum.
