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The Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC)

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The Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC) is located in the Palau Nacional of Montjuïc, built for the International Exposition of 1929. In 1934 it opened its doors as the Museu d'Art de Catalunya. Visiting the museum you can see the best collection of Romanesque mural painting in the world and the most representative artists of Catalan Modernism, such as Gaudí or Casas. The collection is completed by Gothic art, great European Renaissance and Baroque painters, for example Tiziano or Velázquez, and the collection of photography.

  • Winter opening times: October to April, Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 am to 6 pm; Sundays and public holidays, from 10 am to 3 pm
  • Summer opening times: May to September, Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 am to 8 pm; Sundays and public holidays, from 10 am to 3 pm
  • Monday closed, if not public holiday