Museo Barjola

About the museum

The Museo Barjola grew out of the donation made in 1985 by the painter Juan Barjola and his wife, the Asturian Honesta Fernández, of a broad group of the artist's works. The museum was created on 16 December 1988 with the support of the Government of the Principality of Asturias, which runs it through the Consejería de Cultura.

It occupies the Trinidad complex, made up of the Jove-Huergo palace and the Trinidad chapel, a Baroque building from Gijón completed in 1676. The chapel was restored in 1963 and in 1989 the whole complex was turned into a museum to a design by the architects José Antonio Galea Fernández and Álvaro Llano, who kept the main façade and the structural elements of the chapel and rebuilt the interior of the palace. The building belongs to Cajastur, which ceded it to the Principality for this use, and offers around 1,500 m² of exhibition space.

The permanent collection brings together Barjola's work, centred on his subjective Expressionism and linked by some critics to the new figuration, from the mid-1950s to the late 1980s. The oldest paintings hang on the upper floor and those from the 1960s and 1980s on the intermediate floors. The Trinidad chapel is devoted to temporary exhibitions, mainly of sculpture and installations, and each year the Beca Museo Barjola is awarded for a project designed for this space.

Highlights

• Permanent collection of the painter Juan Barjola, from the 1950s to the 1980s
• Jove-Huergo palace and Trinidad chapel, a Gijón Baroque building of 1676
• Self-portrait of 1950 in the entrance hall and “El muro de las otras lamentaciones” on the ground floor
• Trinidad chapel as a space for sculpture and installations
• Free admission

Permanent exhibition

• Colección Juan Barjola – Paintings by the artist from the mid-1950s to the late 1980s, arranged by floor according to chronology.

Founded

1988

Operated by

Gobierno del Principado de Asturias (Consejería de Cultura)

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission.

Accessibility

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

The museum's website does not publish information on accessibility; it is advisable to enquire by telephone or email.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

The museum is on Calle Trinidad, in the old town of Gijón.

Amenities & dining

The museum has a newspaper and periodicals archive (hemeroteca).

Events & venue rental

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