L'Enrajolada, Casa Museu Santacana

About the museum

The house was the Santacana family residence. The museum was founded in 1876 by Francesc Santacana i Campmany (1810-1896), a painter and collector who gathered fragments of old palaces and religious buildings out of a Romantic ideal. His grandson, Francesc Santacana i Romeu (1883-1936), continued the project, named it L'Enrajolada and expanded it after the family pharmacy closed in 1905. In 1916 he designed the new façade on the street that now bears the family's name, and he published illustrated catalogues in 1909 and 1929.

The property passed to the Diputació de Barcelona, which acquired the house and the collections. The rooms are arranged to recall the original function of the pieces: windows, doors, capitals and corbels are set into the garden façades and the interior, and tiles cover the lower walls of several rooms.

The collection includes tiles from the 14th to the 20th century, ceramics, more than one hundred architectural and sculptural elements from churches and convents in Barcelona, Poblet, Montserrat and Ripoll, works linked to the Escuela de Nobles Artes de Barcelona (with pieces by Marià Fortuny, Pau Rigalt and Claudi Lorenzale), the Faraudo collection, with 329 pieces of Catalan and Valencian ceramics, and furniture and decorative objects.

Highlights

• Tiles from the 14th to the 20th century, framed like pictures or fixed to the walls
• More than one hundred architectural elements from churches and convents in Barcelona and elsewhere
• Faraudo collection with 329 pieces of Catalan and Valencian ceramics
• Works by Marià Fortuny, Pau Rigalt and Claudi Lorenzale
• Manor house with a garden where historic façades and pieces have been reinstalled

Permanent exhibitions

• Cerámica y azulejos – The core of the museum: tiles from the 14th to the early 20th century, plates, pharmacy jars and the Faraudo collection.
• Elementos arquitectónicos y escultóricos – More than one hundred stone pieces from various origins, installed on the garden façades and in the rooms of the house.

Founded

1876

Operated by

Diputació de Barcelona y Ayuntamiento de Martorell

Admission & discounts

The €3 rate includes a guided visit to a museum, heritage space or route. Members of ICOM, the Associació de Museòlegs de Catalunya and Amics dels Museus enter free. Temporary exhibitions are free and do not require a guided visit.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

The Martorell museums run family activities throughout the year, such as shows, workshops, storytelling and games, with set dates such as International Museum Day, the Setmana de la Ciència and “Nadal als museus”. Children up to 12 enter free.

Getting there & parking

By car, via the AP-7 (exit 25, Martorell) or the A-2 (exit 592, Castellbisbal / industrial estate).

Amenities & dining

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