Thermalia, Museu de Caldes de Montbui

About the museum

Under the name Thermalia, Museu de Caldes de Montbui, several buildings and collections are grouped together that summarise the history of the town: Roman baths, a Romanesque chapel, a Gothic civic building and an 18th-century manor house, spread across three venues.

The main venue occupies the Antic Hospital de Santa Susanna, a Gothic building from the late 14th century that was joined to the Romanesque chapel of the same name, consecrated in 1403. It was a hospital for the poor with thermal baths, run by the town council; it is already mentioned in 1330 and was reformed in the 15th and 16th centuries. It retains semicircular barrel vaults from 1385, Gothic windows and 18th-century tiled baths. Today it houses a temporary exhibition room, an interpretation centre on spa culture and the Mas Manolo collection, with the main public display of the sculptor and painter Manolo Hugué, together with ceramics, lithography and drawings by his friend Pablo Picasso.

The second venue is Can Delger, a Romantic house museum that the Delger family handed over to the town council in 1959 and which keeps the furniture, works of art and an outstanding library of a rural bourgeois manor house. The third is the Termes Romanes, a Cultural Heritage Asset of national significance and one of the best-preserved bathing complexes of the classical era in Europe.

Highlights

• Mas Manolo collection, with works by Manolo Hugué and ceramics by Picasso
• Termes Romanes, a Cultural Heritage Asset of national significance
• Can Delger, a Romantic house museum of the 18th century
• Interpretation centre on spa culture in the former Santa Susanna hospital
• Guided tours of the thermal circuit

Permanent exhibitions

• Colección Mas Manolo – Main public display of the sculptor and painter Manolo Hugué, with ceramics, lithography and drawings by Pablo Picasso.
• Circuito termal: Termes Romanes – Guided tour of the Roman baths, a Cultural Heritage Asset of national significance and one of the best-preserved classical bathing complexes in Europe.
• Can Delger, casa-museo romántica – Manor house with objects, furniture and a library that show everyday life in a middle-class family from the 18th century to the early 20th century.

Operated by

Ayuntamiento de Caldes de Montbui

Admission & discounts

Free admission: The first Sunday of each month.

Free admission also for ICOM members, teachers, Carnet Joven holders, members of the Associació de Museòlegs de Catalunya and Voluntaris per la Llengua.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

The museum is on Plaça de la Font del Lleó, opposite the town hall. It can be reached via the C-59 from the AP-7, the C-17 or the C-33 at Mollet del Vallès, or via the C-1413 from Sabadell and the C-1415 from Granollers.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

The tourist office, in the same building, has a souvenir shop with products typical of the town.

Events & venue rental

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