Barcelona Museu d'Història de Catalunya - Catalan History Museum

The Catalan History Museum spans the Lower Paleolithic era right up to Jordi Pujol's proclamation as President of the Generalitat in 1980. Catalan History Museum offers a virtual chronology of the region's past, through two floors of text, film, animated models and reproductions of everything from a medieval shoemaker's shop to a 1960s bar.

Hands-on activities in the Catalan History Museum, such as trying to lift a knight's armour or irrigating lettuces with a Moorish water wheel, add a little pzazz to the rather dry early history; to exit the exhibition, visitors walk over a huge 3-D map of Catalonia. Every section for the Catalan History Museum has a decent introduction in English; the reception desk can offer in-depth English-language museum guides free of charge, and the English website is also very complete. Excellent temporary exhibitions in the Catalan History Museum typically examine recent aspects of regional politics and history while the huge rooftop café terrace of the in the Catalan History Museum has unbeatable views over the city and marina.

Address

Plaça Pau Vila 3
Area Seafront
Transport Metro Barceloneta .
Telephone 93 225 47 00
Open 10am-7pm Tue, Thur-Sat; 10am-8pm Wed; 10am-2.30pm Sun.
Admission All exhibitions €5; €4 reductions; free under-7s. Temporary exhibitions €3; €2 reductions; free under-7s; free to all 1st Sun of mth.