Workshops, guided tours, live music and, of course, the city’s best exhibitions—on May 13th, La Nit dels Museus returns, with over 70 museums across the city opening their doors for free from 19:00 until 1:00 in the morning! From Montjuïc to the Museu Blau and everywhere in between, culture vultures can get their fill of all the best the city's museums have to offer. Here’s our pick of the top spots to get your culture fix on the night. (Just remember that due to limitations on capacity, advance reservations are required at many places!)
Additionally, this year there are seven new spaces that will open their doors for the first time for La Nit dels Msueus: the Antiga Seu Editorial Gustavo Gili, La Modelo, the Torre Glòries Viewpoint, the Moco Museum, the MUHBA Bon Pastor, the MUHBA Santa Caterina and the Plaça del Diamant Air Raid Shelter.
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Antiga Seu Editorial Gustavo Gili
Carrer del Rosselló 87-89, 08029 BarcelonaRecently acquired by the City of Barcelona, the Antiga Seu Editorial Gustavo Gili is located inside one of the Eixample’s residential blocks. Built between 1954 and 1960, it was awarded the FAD Prize for Architecture in 1961. Peruse the exhibit Hard Lines Buildings, Design and Urbanism in Barcelona, which brings together 29 case studies arranged chronologically and reconstructed through documents, texts and images, most of which are shown for the first time in a museum context. The exhibition is completed with an itinerary through five different branches of the Gustavo Gili Publishing House, and a photographic report that Francesc Català-Roca made on the building.
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CaixaForum Barcelona
CaixaForum has organized a fun-filled program of activities to get in the spirit of La Nit dels Museus. In addition to free access to its exhibits The Century of the Portrait, Alex Reynolds, Expanded Visions. Photography and Experimentation and the immersive audiovisual experience Symphony, there will be live music with Laura Fisas & Co and interactive workshops using games to teach the whole family about art and history.
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Castell de Montjuïc
Carretera de Montjuïc 66, 08038 BarcelonaSpend your night under the stars at this hilltop castle, dating as far back as 1073. Discover hidden corners of the castle on a tour through dungeons and old barracks. Enjoy electronic music throughout the castle from the organizers of the Mostra Festival, and when you're ready for a break grab a snack at the gastronomical space in the courtyard. After checking out the castle’s visitor center and temporary exhibition, you can enjoy a drink on the castle's terrace as you overlook the city.
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Civil War Air Raid Shelter Plaça del Diamant
Plaça del Diamant, 08012 BarcelonaBuilt twelve meters below ground level by the residents of the neighborhood during the Spanish Civil War, it gave shelter to more than two hundred people during the many air-raid attacks launched on the industrial district of Gràcia of that time. This shelter was one of the more than 90 in the neighborhood, and it is one of the largest of the 1,300 that were built in Barcelona, one of the first cities bombarded systematically from the air in a war. Visits are every 30 minutes and advanced registration is required on the museum website.
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Egyptian Museum
Carrer de València 284, 08007 BarcelonaImmerse yourself in the magic of the ancient Egyptians; pharaohs and gods, sarcophagi and mummies await your visit. The collection has areas dedicated to hieroglyphic writing, funerary beliefs and practices, jewelry, cosmetics, worship in temples an much more.
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Fundació Antoni Tàpies photo by M. Peinado (CC BY 2.0).
Fundació Antoni Tàpies
Carrer d’Aragó 255, 08007 BarcelonaVisitors to the Fundació Antoni Tàpies will be able to enjoy free entry to the exhibitions Roman Ondak, Infinitum and Tàpies, Wood, Paper, Cardboard and Collages as well as free guided tours at 20:30, 21:30, 22:30 and 23:30; attendance is limited, spaces filled on order of arrival.
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Fundació Joan Miró
In celebration of La Nit dels Museus, the Miró foundation, home to the Catalan artist Joan Miró’s private collection, throws open its doors providing free access to its exhibits. For a preview, the foundation shares key insights into the collection in the Miró at Hand series of short online videos to inspire you and spark your creativity. Advanced reservations required via the museum website.
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La Model
Carrer d'Entença 155, 08029 BarcelonaDiscover one of Barcelona's most imposing buildings from the beginning of the 20th century and the details of its controversial history. At La Nit dels Museu, in addition to the old prison, you will find the exhibition 1,322: Refugis antiaeris de Barcelona, a photographic tour of a colossal network of passive defense spaces, which became a European benchmark and which still survives today in the basement of our streets.
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MUHBA Bon Pastor
Carrer de Barnola 22, 08030 BarcelonaRecently opened to the public, the MUHBA Bon Pastor reflects the memory of the history of housing in Barcelona during the 20th century by preserving an island of cheap houses in this working class neighborhood, one of the four housing estates built in the city in 1929. Inside you will find two exhibitions: Living in Cheap Houses. Bon Pastor , 1929-2010 and Accommodating the Majority. Barcelona, 1860-2010.
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MUHBA Santa Caterina
Carrer d'En Giralt el Pellicer 25, 08003 BarcelonaLocated inside the current Mercat de Santa Caterina, the Espai Santa Caterina - Archaeological Interpretation Center summarizes some of the fundamental facts of Barcelona's history from the Bronze Age to the latest manifestations of contemporary architecture. In the 13th century, the Dominican convent of Santa Caterina was built there, the first seat of the city's Consell de Cent.
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Mirador Torre Glòries
Avinguda Diagonal 211, 08018 BarcelonaLocated at Torre Glòries, an iconic building of the city's urban skyline, the Mirador Torre Glòries is on the 30th floor; at a height of 125 meters, you will enjoy a 360 degree perspective never seen before and the spectacular walkable sculpture Cloud Cities Barcelona. On the −1 floor, the Hypermirador will let you discover in real time an unprecedented Barcelona with which you will feel the heartbeat of the city. Reserve your ticket in advance before they are gone!
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Moco Museum Barcelona
Carrer de Montcada 25, 08003 BarcelonaIn the Moco Masters gallery you’ll find works by world-renowned artists, including Warhol, Basquiat, Dalí, Haring, Hirst, Kusama and many more. In the Moco Contemporary gallery, you can see original works by artists such as Murakami, Hayden Kays and David LaChapelle. Digital art is also represented with immersive exhibitions by teamlab, Les Fantômes and Studio Irma. A visit to the Moco Museum will show you things from a different perspective and make you question the world around you. Tickets must be reserved in advance on the museum website.
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Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC)
Take in the spectacular views of city from the terrace and peruse the museum's exhibits Mey Rahola, The New Photographer and Borrassà and the Cathedral of Barcelona. The Alba Armengou Quintet will present a delicate and moving sound journey in the Oval Room, with influences from bolero, Catalan song, Brazilian music and jazz at 21:00, 22:00 and 23:00 and The Marxing Band of the Taller de Músics will energize the evening with four sessions throughout the night.
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Museu Picasso (Flickr).
Museu Picasso
In addition to enjoying free access to the collection and the temporary exhibition Carmen Calvo, the museum's mediators will accompany you to discover everything you want to ask about Pablo Picasso or the Museum's collection. Advance registration is required and can be reserved on the museum website.
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Photo by Pepe Navarro (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA)
In celebration of museum night MACBA presents a constellation of sounds from the African diaspora in dialogue with the exhibition of the artist Bouchra Khalili, author of films and video installations that intertwined stories of postcolonial liberation and solidarity. At 21:00, Ikram Bouloum will present his music in the museum's Atrium, and an hour later the DJ set of Pasaporteman, nickname of Baba Sy, co-founder of the Barcelona collective Jokkoo, will set the rhythm. The open house includes access to the exhibits MACBA Collection: New Presentation, Corpus Infinitum, Josep Grau-Garriga: Dialogue with Light and Bouchra Khalili: Between Circles and Constellations. In addition, the MACBA Bar will stay open until 1:00 in the morning.
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Museu de Ciències Naturals, photo by Aronu (CC BY-SA 3.0) via Wikimedia Commons.
Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
Enjoy the museum's exhibits and activities free of charge all night long! Once Upon a Time... Science and Stories is a science and technology exhibition based on the magical stories of ten classic tales from children's literature, it explores phenomena and concepts from the social and natural sciences. The exhibit An LGTBI+ look at Planeta Vida proposes a journey through the sexual diversity of the animal world with an LGTBIQA+ perspective. Piano music fills the evening air as you discover the museum's Live Rooftop—the first wild green roof of the city. This space of 7,100 square meters covered in Mediterranean flora and fauna offers fantastic views of Barcelona's coast.
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Museu de la Música de Barcelona
Carrer Lepant 150, 08013 BarcelonaHead to l’Auditori’s very-own museum for Music for Rubber Tape, by Julio César Palacio, an abstract sound composition for performer and conductor with a high aesthetic, sound and visual content made with the sound generated by various adhesive tapes when being manipulated. The arrangement of the different tapes is made with a graphic pattern as a score in which movements and the order in which they are performed are indicated. Explore the museums' exhibits, enjoy concerts and family workshops all for free!
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Image courtesy of the Ajuntament de Barcelona (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau
Rediscover the most representative corners of this classic modernista jewel; explore the underground tunnels, the Sant Salvador exhibition space, the Operations House, the gardens and the heritage rooms of the Administration Pavilion. But there's more! At 19:30 to 20:30 enjoy a concert by artists from the Orpheus Jove Camerata and from 21:00 to 23:00 artists from the Victoria de los Ángeles Foundation will perform in a lieder jam session. Advance registration is required on the Sant Pau website.
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