Museu Maricel

About the museum

The Museu Maricel occupies the Maricel de Mar building, part of the complex that Charles Deering promoted in Sitges at the beginning of the 20th century and that is linked by a bridge over the calle de Fonollar to the Palau de Maricel. The Diputació de Barcelona bought the building in 1969 and the museum opened shortly afterwards, around 1970. After a renovation, it reopened in December 2014.

The core of the collection comes from the gynaecologist and collector Jesús Pérez-Rosales (Manila 1896 – Barcelona 1989), who gathered more than 3,000 pieces. Since 1995 the museum has also held the Colección de Arte de la Villa de Sitges, of about 50 works, and the maritime holdings of Emerencià Roig i Raventós. Since 2012, works by Ramon Casas, Miquel Utrillo, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila and other artists have been added.

The route goes from medieval art up to the 20th century. On the second floor there are Romanesque and Gothic sculptures and altarpieces, as well as Renaissance and Baroque ceramics and furniture; on the first floor, neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, the Luminist School, Modernism and noucentisme, with a room of paintings from the Cau Ferrat tavern. The ground floor includes the former Gothic chapel of the Hospital de Sant Joan, a terrace with sea views and three noucentista sculptures by Joan Rebull, and the Sala Sert, with large paintings from 1915–1916 on the Great War.

Highlights

• Pérez-Rosales Collection: more than 3,000 pieces from the Romanesque to the 20th century
• Sala Sert, with six large canvases on the Great War
• Sea-view terrace with noucentista sculptures by Joan Rebull
• Former Gothic chapel of the Hospital de Sant Joan
• “Desconsol” by Josep Llimona and “Maternitat” by Joaquim Sunyer
• Palau de Maricel, with guided tours

Permanent exhibition

• Colección permanente – Tour over three floors, from medieval art to noucentisme, with the Sala Sert and a terrace over the sea.

Founded

1970

Operated by

Consorci del Patrimoni de Sitges

Admission & discounts

Free admission: The first Wednesday of every month (no guided tours or organised groups admitted); also on International Museum Day, Night of the Museums and other open-door days.

Prices correspond to the combined ticket for the Cau Ferrat and the Museu Maricel; the website does not publish a separate rate for the Maricel alone. Free admission also for unemployed people, teachers, the school community of Sitges, ICOM members, official guides and accredited journalists.

Accessibility

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

The Museus de Sitges have lifts and stairlifts that staff activate, and lend wheelchairs and folding chairs on request. There are accessible toilets, a changing table on the ground floor and induction loops at the ticket counter, as well as individual receivers for visits with an educator. In the Museu Maricel there are benches to sit on and two subtitled audiovisuals with Catalan Sign Language, shared with the Cau Ferrat. Guide dogs are admitted.

Kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Baby changing facilities

The Museus de Sitges run activities for children and families and have a family and educational corner on their website.

Getting there & parking

By car, on the C-32 motorway, exit 30 (Sitges Centre). The museum is by the sea, on the calle de Fonollar.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Shop and bookshop of the Museus de Sitges.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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