Museu Torre Balldovina

Over het museum

The museum grew out of the finds from the Iberian settlement of Puig Castellar, discovered from 1902 on the slopes of the Cerro del Pollo. The archaeological and natural science materials were first kept at the Centro Excursionista Puigcastellar and, from 1974, in the Museu Puig Castellar, installed on the ground floor of a building in the town.

In 1982 the town council and members of that museum agreed to create a new one in the Torre Balldovina. The building, restored to a design by Jordi Ambrós, has passed through several stages: a defensive tower in the 11th century, a farm building in the 14th century, a large manor house in the 18th century and a summer house of the family of the writer Josep Maria de Sagarra. In May 1986 it became the seat of the municipal museum and the historical archive, and the museum opened on 19 June 1987.

From 1990 the architect Enric Solsona completed the restoration, and from 1995 the building has had an assembly hall and a workshop classroom for schoolchildren. The reference exhibition traces the history of Santa Coloma de Gramenet from the Iberians of Puig Castellar to the 20th century. In the basement a Civil War air-raid shelter is preserved, dug out using an old medieval hypogeum and now turned into a museum display.

Hoogtepunten

• Medieval tower restored as the museum's home
• Permanent exhibition “La muntanya, el riu, la ciutat”
• Material from the Iberian settlement of Puig Castellar
• Civil War air-raid shelter in the basement
• Free admission

Vaste collectie

• Santa Coloma de Gramenet: la muntanya, el riu, la ciutat – A tour of the history and territory of Santa Coloma de Gramenet, from the Iberian settlement of Puig Castellar to the present, organised in three areas: the mountain, the river and the city.
• Refugio antiaéreo de la Torre Balldovina – Underground Civil War gallery, turned into a museum display to explain life in wartime in Gramenet del Besòs. It is visited on scheduled dates.

Opgericht

1987

Beheerder

Ajuntament de Santa Coloma de Gramenet

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Free admission. Guided visits to the air-raid shelter and school activities are free, some with prior booking.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The website states that the building is accessible. The contents of the permanent exhibition are adapted to easy reading (guide in Catalan and Spanish).

Kinderen & gezin

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

The museum has a shop and bookshop.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur

Tot 136 personen.

The assembly hall (136 people, with sound system, projector and screen) is lent to associations, bodies and citizens' groups; requests are made using a form.

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