Museu de la Garrotxa
Art museum in Olot with the Olot School, the Modernisme of Miquel Blay and Ramon Casas's “La Càrrega”, in the former Hospici.
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About the museum
The Museu de la Garrotxa, founded in 1982, is on the third floor of the former Hospici in Olot and occupies nearly a thousand square metres. It manages the heritage of the city and the region and forms part of the Museus d'Olot together with the Museu dels Sants and the Casa Museu Can Trincheria, which are less than three minutes' walk away.
Its route centres on the creation of the Olot Drawing School in 1783 and the city's later history. It begins with textiles and indianas (printed cotton fabrics) and with the origins of the museum and the school, and continues with the Olot School, the landscape movement led by Joaquim and Marian Vayreda and Josep Berga i Boix. Modernisme is represented by Miquel Blay, one of the period's most prominent sculptors, by the poster collection of Cigarrillos París and by “La Càrrega” by Ramon Casas, a key work of Catalan art. Josep Clarà and Francesc Vayreda are at the centre of the section on Noucentisme, and the last section covers the Second Republic, the Escola Superior del Paisatge and the post-war period, with artists such as Melcior Domenge, Enric Galwey, Iu Pasqual and Leonci Quera.
In 2016 the museum received thirteen works on deposit from the collection of the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. It closed temporarily in January 2017, and on 1 April of that year it opened a new permanent exhibition, with a museography and contents reworked from the artistic history of the city and its art school.
Highlights
- The Olot School: landscape painting of Joaquim and Marian Vayreda and Josep Berga i Boix
- “La Càrrega” by Ramon Casas and the poster collection of Cigarrillos París
- Modernista sculpture by Miquel Blay and Noucentista sculpture by Josep Clarà
- Works on deposit from the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
- Family games: light table, Miquel Blay puzzle and activity booklet
Permanent exhibition
- Exposición permanente: arte y paisaje de los siglos XIX y XX – Tour of Olot's art history, from the Drawing School and the Olot School to Modernisme, Noucentisme and the post-war period, with “La Càrrega” by Ramon Casas as the main piece.
- Founded
- 1982
- Operated by
- Ayuntamiento de Olot
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €3.50 |
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| Reduced | €1.75Retired people, organised groups and large families (50% discount). |
| Seniors | €1.7550% discount for retired people. |
| Visitors with disabilities | freeFree admission for people with a duly accredited disability. |
| Students & apprentices | freeFree admission for students. |
| Groups | €1.75 per personOrganised groups: 50% discount. |
| Combined ticket for the Museu de la Garrotxa and the Museu dels Sants | €4.50Valid for 30 days. |
Free admission: The first Sunday of each month.
Free entry also for holders of the Carnet Jove, unemployed people and language-learning couples (parelles lingüístiques). Temporary exhibitions are free to enter. Apropa Cultura manages bookings for people at risk of social exclusion.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator
- Accessible restroom
- Accessible parking
- Service dogs welcome
- Tactile models & exhibits
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description
The main entrance on the ground floor is at street level, and the museum, on the third floor, occupies a single level reached by stairs or lift. The doors to the museum and to the Oberta 1 and 2 rooms are heavy. Free loan of wheelchairs. Two accessible toilets (ground floor and third floor). Four public parking spaces for people with reduced mobility less than five minutes' walk away. Audio description of the painting “La Càrrega” in Catalan, Spanish, English and French, with a written transcript. Induction loop at the reception counter, ear protectors and stress toys for people with autism spectrum disorder or auditory hypersensitivity. Some activities have Catalan Sign Language interpretation. Only assistance dogs are admitted.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
- Family tours & workshops
- Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide
- Hands-on stations
Free activity booklet at reception, in two versions by age. Play corners: a light table for mixing colours and matching fragments of paintings, a Miquel Blay puzzle and a sculpture-building game. The Museu dels Sants also offers popular street-theatre (farándula) activities.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Estació d'autobusos (TEISA) · 2-min walk
Bus station (TEISA), at carrer Bisbe Lorenzana, 20, 2 minutes' walk away, with buses from Girona, Figueres, Lleida, Barcelona and Vic, and an Olot intercity transport stop (TPO, lines B, C and D).
By car
Public spaces for people with reduced mobility on carrer Bisbe Lorenzana, 2; carrer d'Esteve Castellà i Lloveres, 1; carrer de l'Hospici, 9 (opposite the museum) and carrer Joaquim Vayreda, 6.
- Accessible parking
All three Olot museums are less than 3 minutes' walk from one another.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Lockers
Lockers with keys next to the information point, two of them reserved for people with reduced mobility. Five rest areas along the route and a reading point in room 10.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Guide to the room contents in Spanish, French and English. Guided tours for groups on request and subject to availability (serveis.pedagogics@olot.cat); there are not yet regular guided tours. |
