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Fundació Stämpfli – Art Contemporani

Contemporary art centre in Sitges with a collection of about ninety works by artists linked to Paris in the sixties and seventies.

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About the museum

The Fundació Stämpfli was founded in 2006 on the initiative of the couple Pere (Peter) and Anna Maria Stämpfli, with the aim of giving Sitges a contemporary art centre bringing together works by significant artists from the international scene. All the works in the collection were donated by the artists themselves, their heirs or leading gallerists, and they form a distinctive ensemble of art from the last fifty years. Peter Stämpfli, an artist known above all in France, Switzerland, Belgium and the United States, was named adopted son of Sitges in 2004.

In 2011 the foundation opened its premises in the completely remodelled former fish market building on the Plaza del Ayuntamiento: room 1 is at street level and room 2, on a lower floor, faces the calle d'en Bosc. An internal connection links to room 3, in the adjoining Can Mec building. Until 2017 exhibitions were programmed devoted to artists represented in the collection, such as Erró, Jacques Villeglé, Miguel Chevalier and Jacques Monory.

In 2019 the extension at Can Serramalera opened, with three new rooms devoted to the three key periods of Stämpfli's career, from the sixties to the first decade of the 21st century. The collection brings together about ninety works by sixty artists from twenty-two nationalities, almost all of whom spent a significant part of their careers in Paris in the sixties and seventies. The foundation now forms part of the offer of the Museus de Sitges.

Highlights

Collection of about 90 works by 60 artists from 22 nationalities
Contemporary art linked to the Parisian scene of the sixties and seventies
Works by Peter Stämpfli from the sixties to the 2000s
Former fish market building and Can Serramalera
Combined ticket with the Cau Ferrat and the Maricel

Permanent exhibition

Colección de la Fundació Stämpfli – Selection from the foundation's collection, with about 90 works by 60 artists from 22 nationalities, and work by Peter Stämpfli.

Founded: 2011
Operated by: Fundació Stämpfli

Admission & discounts

Adults	€7
Reduced	€4.50Large or single-parent families and members of friends-of-museums associations in the networks in which the Museus de Sitges take part
Children & teens	freefree up to age 16 · Free admission for under-17s and for school groups from infant and primary education.
Seniors	€3.50Retirees, with proof of status.
Visitors with disabilities	freecompanion free · Free with the disability card issued by the Generalitat de Catalunya or similar proof; the companion enters free if the need for a third person is recognised.
Students & apprentices	€3.50Students with Carnet Jove.
Groups	€5 per personGuided visit for organised groups, per person.
Families	€5Family reduced rate of 20%.
Combined ticket Cau Ferrat + Maricel + Fundació Stämpfli	€17
Reduced family combined ticket (20%)	€13
Super-reduced combined ticket	€8.50Retirees, staff of the Diputació de Barcelona and of Sitges City Council, students with Carnet Jove and holders of the Carnet Blau.

Free admission: First Wednesday of each month (including public holidays), International Museum Day, Museums' Night and other open-day events.

The super-reduced rate of €3.50 applies to retirees, staff of the Diputació de Barcelona and of Sitges City Council, students with Carnet Jove and holders of the Carnet Blau. Teachers, unemployed people, official guides and members of ICOM and the Associació de Museòlegs de Catalunya also enter free.