Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona

Om museet

MACBA opened on 28 November 1995 and gave Barcelona its first public museum of contemporary art, thanks to the impetus of the artistic and cultural community and civil society. The main building, on Plaça dels Àngels, is the work of the American architect Richard Meier, designed in 1990 and built between 1991 and 1995. In 2004 an auditorium was added in the basement.

The museum is complemented by the former Convent dels Àngels, opposite the main building. It houses the Study and Documentation Centre, with the library and archive, and the chapel, an experimental exhibition space that opened in 2006. The MACBA Foundation, created in 1987, forms part of the museum’s consortium together with the Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona City Council and the Ministry of Culture.

The MACBA Collection, officially constituted in 1997, brings together art from the late 1950s to the present, with particular attention to Catalan and Spanish art after 1945 and to artists from South America, the Arab world and Eastern Europe. Following the integration of the holdings of the “la Caixa” Foundation in 2011, the collection exceeds 5,500 works. Between January 2025 and February 2027 extension works are being carried out in Plaça dels Àngels, during which the museum remains open.

Højdepunkter

• White building by Richard Meier, opened in 1995
• MACBA Collection of contemporary art from the late 1950s
• Temporary exhibitions and public programme
• Free admission on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 18:00
• Free digital guide with audio guides and multimedia content
• MACBA Bar on Plaça dels Àngels

Permanent udstilling

• Colección MACBA – Display of the museum’s collection, with works of contemporary art from the late 1950s onwards, included in general admission.

Grundlagt

1995

Ejer

Consorci del Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona

Ledelse

Elvira Dyangani Ose

Besøgende pr. år

ca. 715.745

Entrépriser & rabatter

Gratis entré: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 18:00 (MACBA Afternoons); the first Sunday of each month during all opening hours, including scheduled guided tours (booking required); open-day events (Santa Eulàlia, International Museum Day, Museum Night, Món Llibre and La Mercè).

Admission allows access to all current exhibitions and to the collection display as many times as you like for one month from activation at reception. Free admission is also available to teaching staff with official accreditation, Friends of MACBA and various groups and agreements (ICOM, CIMAM, journalists, tourist guides, among others).

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator
• Handicaptoilet
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning

There are ramps and lifts between floors, adapted toilets on floors 0 and 1, rest areas with seats and folding chairs, and two wheelchairs that are requested at reception. Induction loops, monoculars and magnifiers are also provided for people with low vision, and water bowls for assistance dogs. Key works have audio descriptions in the museum’s app, and visits are offered for people with intellectual disabilities or with support needs for comprehension.

Børn og familie

Under-16s enter free, and large or single-parent families with the card also get free admission.

Transport & parkering

There are bicycle parking areas around the museum. During the works, the Bicing stations are at Carrer d’Agustí Duran i Sanpere, 10, and Carrer de Valldonzella, 2.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Museumsbutik
• Opbevaringsskabe

MACBA Bar, open to museum visitors and neighbourhood people, with access from Plaça dels Àngels. MACBA Store Laie, with free and separate entrance. Lockers operated with a €1 coin. Scooters and bicycles may not be brought in.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje

The museum hires out rooms and organises events; contact espais@macba.cat.

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