Museu de Granollers

About the museum

The Museu de Granollers was founded in 1932, when a group of local artists persuaded the town council of the need for an art collection. That same year the Museu de Granollers i del Vallès Oriental was founded with about thirty works donated by the artists themselves. During the Civil War the Junta de Salvaguarda del Patrimonio deposited pieces from private and church collections of the region in it, and those that nobody claimed became part of the holdings.

The first home was the former town prison; in 1937 the museum moved to the Casa Molina, where it stayed for almost thirty years. It closed in 1965 because the building threatened to collapse and, eleven years later, in 1976, the present building was opened, designed by the architects Bosch, Botey and Cuspinera and built on the site of the former Unió Liberal. It is a landmark of Catalan brutalist and rationalist architecture.

The collection is organised into four holdings. The art collection spans from the 13th–14th century to the present, with religious art and works by artists such as Eliseu Meifrén, Manolo Hugué and Hernández Pijoan, as well as pieces from the Premio Granollers de Pintura (1959–1964). The archaeological holdings come from excavations carried out in the city since the 1940s, including two large Roman mosaics. The numismatic and ethnographic holdings complete the collection. The museum also manages L'Adoberia, a site with an interpretation centre on medieval Granollers.

Highlights

• Building from 1976 by the architects Bosch, Botey and Cuspinera, a landmark of Catalan brutalism
• Art collection from the 13th century to today, with altarpieces and 20th-century painting
• Roman archaeological finds from Granollers, including two large mosaics
• Numismatic and ethnographic collections
• Free admission

Founded

1932

Operated by

Ajuntament de Granollers

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission.

Accessibility

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

A lift serves all floors except the SET room, which has a raised platform. Some activities and events have interpretation in Catalan Sign Language, and several exhibitions include the “Mirada Tàctil” project of the Diputació de Barcelona for people with visual impairments. Only assistance animals are admitted.

Kids & families

School workshops for pre-school, primary and secondary pupils on local history and heritage are available. Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.

Getting there & parking

Granollers offers several parking options, detailed on the town council's website. By car, via the A-7 motorway, exit 13 (Granollers-Vic), or via the C-60 and C-17.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop
• Coat check
• Lockers
• Wi-Fi

The shop sells catalogues, books, audiovisual material, postcards, posters and gifts. There are coin-operated lockers (€1 coin) for items larger than 35 × 35 × 25 cm and for sharp objects. Free public Wi-Fi.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent

Up to 130 guests.

The assembly hall, with capacity for 130 people, sound system, video projection and laptop, is available for hire; availability must be requested from the museum (+34 938 426 841).

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