Casa Museu Lluís Domènech i Montaner

About the museum

The Casa Museu occupies two buildings of heritage interest: Can Rocosa, a 17th-century farmhouse (masía), and the Casa Domènech, a Modernist house from 1919. It presents the career of the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1849–1923), a key figure of Catalan Modernisme.

The Domènech Roura family spent their summers in Canet de Mar, at first renting houses in the town, until in 1885 they bought one on the riera Buscarons and, about ten years later, the neighbouring house. In 1900 Maria Roura acquired Can Rocosa, which the architect used as a workplace; there he designed major works, including the Hospital de Sant Pau.

The Casa Domènech, built between 1918 and 1919, was his last work: it remodelled two fishermen's houses he had bought at the end of the 19th century. On the ground floor are the day rooms (dining room, lounge, kitchen, bathroom and Maria Roura's bedroom), and on the upper floors the bedrooms, arranged around a double-height inner courtyard staircase. The town council bought Can Rocosa in 1991 to dedicate it to spreading knowledge of the architect's work and life.

The permanent collection brings together ceramics that Domènech used in his buildings, wrought-iron designs made with various blacksmiths, often with zoomorphic motifs such as dragons and griffins, and trial plasters from his collaborators. The museum holds no original stained glass, but it does have later works and replicas of those in other buildings by the architect.

Highlights

• Casa Domènech (1918–1919), the architect's last work
• Can Rocosa, the farmhouse where he worked and designed the Hospital de Sant Pau
• Ceramics and wrought-iron designs with dragons and griffins
• Trial plasters by Domènech's collaborators
• Staircase around a double-height inner courtyard

Permanent exhibition

• Colección permanente de la Casa Museu – Ceramics, wrought iron, stained glass (later works and replicas) and trial plasters related to the buildings of Domènech i Montaner, set within the family home.

Founded

1998

Operated by

Ayuntamiento de Canet de Mar

Admission & discounts

Free admission: First Sunday of each month, International Museum Day, Night of the Museums and Domènech i Montaner Day (27 December)

Training centres in Canet de Mar enter free on guided visits and group outdoor routes.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Most of the spaces are accessible for people with reduced mobility. Adapted toilets and a changing table are on the ground floor. Guide dogs and assistance dogs are admitted throughout the building. There are benches and chairs in the permanent exhibition; the lift buttons have Braille and raised numbers, and some interactive objects can be touched.

Kids & families

• Baby changing facilities

Free admission for accompanied children under 12. Changing table on the ground floor.

Getting there & parking

The house stands on the corner of the riera Gavarra and the riera Buscarons.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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