Sagrada Família

When work began on the church, in 1882, the architects, the bricklayers and the labourers worked in a very traditional way. When Gaudí took over the direction he was aware that the works were complex and difficult and tried to take advantage of all the modern techniques available. And so, among other resources, he had railway tracks laid with small wagons to transport the materials, brought in cranes to lift the weights and had the workshops located on the site to make the work easier.

Today, 128 years later, the building of the church follows Gaudí's original idea and, just as he himself did, the best techniques are applied to make the building work safer, more comfortable and faster. It is some time now since the old wagons gave way to powerful cranes, the old manual tools have been replaced by precise electric machines and the materials have been improved to ensure excellent quality in the building process and the final result.

The present Church Technical Office and the management are charged with studying the complexity of Gaudí's original project, doing the calculations and the building plans and directing the works as a whole.

http://www.sagradafamilia.cat/sf-eng/index.php

Opening hours: October-March From 9.00 to 18.00

Sagrada Família
C. Mallorca, 401
08013 Barcelona
Tel.: +34 932 080 414

ENTRANCE ON THE PASSION FACADE
C. Sardenya
Metro: L2 L5 - Sagrada Família exit

Caixa Forum

Casimir Casaramona i Puigcercós (Vic 1838 - Barcelona 1913) commissioned the famous architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch (Mataró 1867 - Barcelona 1956) to design a factory for his textile-production enterprise. In addition to being a widely acknowledged architect whose works included the Amatller, Macaya, Quadras and Terradas houses, Puig i Cadafalch also played a leading role in the art-nouveau movement alongside Gaudí and Domènech i Montaner.
The Japanese architect Arata Isozaki designed the main entrance and the visitors' reception area in the Centre.
Access to CaixaForum is by way of a sculpted structure in the form of metal trees covered by panes of glass. This is a full-blown work of art, combining a sensation of lightness with a hint of the oriental, all intended to welcome the visitor to CaixaForum. The escalators and the lift run from Isozaki's sculpture down to the open-air English courtyard below, which gives onto the foyer.
This part of the building also houses the "Secret garden", a minimalist, intimate, closed-off dwelling.

Source :http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es/nuestroscentros/english/caixaforumbarcelona/thebuilding_en.html

Caixa Forum Barcelona
Monday to Sunday 10.00 a.m to 8 p.m
Saturdays 10.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m

Av Marques de Comillas, 6-8
08038 Barcelona

M: L1, L3 place Espanya

Barcelona Pavilion

The Barcelona Pavilion (by Mies von der Rohe), a work emblematic of the Modern Movement, has been exhaustively studied and interpreted as well as having inspired the oeuvre of several generations of architects. It was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) as the German national pavilion for the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition. Built from glass, travertine and different kinds of marble, the Pavilion was conceived to accommodate the official reception presided over by King Alphonso XIII of Spain along with the German authorities.

Source: http://www.miesbcn.com/en/pavilion.html

Av. Marquès de Comilles, s/n, Montjuïc
pavello@miesbcn.com
Tel: 93 423 40 16

M: L1, L3 place Espanya

Opening hours
10 h to 20 h every day (including holidays).

Guided visits
Wednesdays & Fridays from 17:00 h to 19:00 h guided visits in english, catalan and spanish.

Entrance
General public 4,5 euros
Students 2,3 euros
Groups* 2,3 euros
Children under 18 free

DHUB Pedralbes

Disseny Hub Barcelona (DHUB) is a merger between a museum, a centre and a laboratory directed at promoting an understanding and proper use of the design world. A ground-breaking initiative in Spain and Europe whose founding mission is to become a centre of centres.

The four disciplines of Disseny Hub Barcelona are:
Product design,Visual communications design,
Architecture and interior design, Fashion design

The Clothed Body” proposes a tour of the history of garments, covering five centuries, from 1550 to 2000 – a game of fascinating parallelisms between the morphology of the human body, socio-cultural events and historic styles.

http://www.dhub-bcn.cat/en/museus/museu-textil-i-dindumentaria

Opening hours:
Monday closed
Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Bank holidays, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
DHUB is closed on 1st January, 24th June, 25th and 26th December

Museu Tèxtil i d’Indumentària
Palau de Pedralbes
Av. Diagonal, 686
08034 Barcelona
Tel. 93 256 34 65

Metro: L3 Palau Reial

DHUB Montcada

Outumuro LOOKS. Twenty Years Photographing Fashion

Source: http://www.dhub-bcn.cat/en/exposicions

http://www.outumuro.com/
Opening hours:
Monday closed
Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sundays, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Bank holidays, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
DHUB is closed on 1st January, 24th June, 25th and 26th December

Montcada, 12
08003 Barcelona
Tel. 93 256 23 00

Metro: L4 Jaume
L4 Barceloneta station

Museu Picasso

The Picasso Museum in Barcelona is a key reference for understanding the formative years of Pablo Ruiz Picasso. The genius of the young artist is revealed through the more than 3,800 works that make up the permanent collection. Furthermore, the Museu Picasso, opened in 1963, also reveals his deep relationship with Barcelona: an intimate, solid relationship that was shaped in his adolescence and youth, and continued until his death.

http://www.museupicasso.bcn.es/

Museu Picasso of Barcelona
Address: Montcada 15-23
08003 Barcelona

Metro
L1 - Arc de Triomf Station
L3 - Liceu Station
L4 - Jaume Station

Fundació Joan Miró

The Fundació Joan Miró, Centre d'Estudis d'Art Contemporani (Joan Miró Foundation) is a museum of modern art honoring Joan Miró and located on Montjuïc in Barcelona, Catalonia.
The building housing the museum is itself a notable example of modern design drawing from regional traditions. It was completed in 1975 by architect Josep Lluís Sert, who conceived it like an open space, with big terraces and interior courtyards that allowed a correct circulation of the visitors. The building was broadened in 1986 to add the library and the auditorium.
The Foundation has also a space named "Espai 13", dedicated especially to promote the work of young artists who experiment with the art. Also temporary exhibitions of works of other painters are carried out. Moreover, the foundation carries out itinerant exhibitions to introduce the work of the Spanish artist.

http://www.fundaciomiro-bcn.org/

Tuesday to Saturday, 10.00 - 19.00
(October - June)
Tuesday to Saturday, 10.00 - 20.00
(July - September)
Thursdays, 10.00 - 21.30
Sundays and public holidays,
10.00 - 14.30
Closed on Mondays (except public holidays)

Fundació Joan Miró
Parc de Montjuïc s/n
08038 Barcelona
Metro: Funicular from Paral•lel metro station.

Fundació Antoni Tàpies

The Fundació Antoni Tàpies is a cultural center and museum, located in Carrer d'Aragó, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain), dedicated mainly to the life and works of the painter Antoni Tàpies.
The Fundació was created in 1984 by the artist Antoni Tàpies to promote the study and knowledge of modern and contemporary art. It combines the organisation of temporary exhibitions, symposia, lectures and film seasons with a range of publications to go with the activities and periodic shows of Antoni Tàpies’ work. The Fundació owns one of the most complete collections of Tàpies’ work, mostly made up of donations by Antoni and Teresa Tàpies.
The Fundació opened its doors in June 1990 in the building of the former Montaner i Simon publishing house, a work of the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, restored and refurbished by the architects Roser Amadó and Lluís Domènech Girbau. Constructed between 1880 and 1885, at an early stage of the evolution of Catalan Modernisme style, the building was the first in the Eixample district to integrate industrial typology, combining exposed brick and iron.

http://www.fundaciotapies.org/site/spip.php?rubrique64

Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Mondays closed.
Closed 25 and 26 December, 1 and 6 January.
Admission to the Fundació Antoni Tàpies until 15 minutes before closing.

Fundació Antoni Tàpies
Aragó 255
08007 Barcelona

Metro: Passeig de Gràcia (L2, L3, L4)

Museu d’historia de Catalunya

The aim of the Museum of the History of Catalonia is to put the history of Catalonia on display and make people aware of their shared heritage, and so help them identify with their national history. Therefore, the museum has been conceived in such a way that it narrates a story.

Source: http://www.en.mhcat.net/content/view/full/3132
http://www.en.mhcat.net/

From Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 7 pm.
Wednesdays from 10 am to 8 pm.
Sundays and public holidays from 10 am to 2.30 pm.
Mondays closed (except public holidays).
Closed on 25 and 26 December and 1 and 6 January.

Pl. Pau Vila, 3
08003 Barcelona
Tel. 93 225 47 00
Metro; Line 4 (yellow) Barceloneta station

MACBA

The Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, or MACBA) is situated in the Plaça dels Àngels, in El Raval, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Spain.
It was designed by Richard Meier & Partners (1987-1995). The building’s architectural style has strong references to Modernism. This large (120 by 35 meters) white building has much of its southern elevation glazed, providing the visitor with views across the plaza, and allowing natural light into the interior. It includes a central library, specialized in art books and publications.

Groundplan: http://www.macba.cat/uploads/20041204/mapa_download_EN.pdf
Collections: http://www.macba.cat/controller.php?p_action=show_page&pagina_id=27&inst_id=441

http://www.macba.cat/controller.php

Opening hours:
Weekdays: 11 am to 7.30 pm
Saturdays: 10 am to 8 pm
Sundays and holidays: 10 am to 3 pm
Closed: Tuesdays (except holidays), December 25th and January 1st

MACBA
Plaça dels Angels, 1
08001 Barcelona
Tel +34 93 412 08 10
The closest metro stations are Catalunya and Universitat.

Museu Marítim

Since 1929, the Museu Marítim de Barcelona (Barcelona Maritime Museum) has built up a major group of collections that are illustrative of the Catalan seafaring culture and which make it easier to understand the factors that have given rise to and the nature of the country’s maritime history.

Source: http://www.mmb.cat/default.asp?idApartado=103
http://www.mmb.cat/default.asp?idApartado=97

Opening hours: From Tuesday to Friday, between 12:00 and 5:30 p.m.
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, between 10:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m

MUSEU MARÍTIM
Av. de les Drassanes s/n
08001 Barcelona
Tel. 933 429 920

Metro line 3 / Drassanes station (Portal de Santa Madrona exit)
Bus lines 14, 18, 36, 38, 57, 59, 64 and 91