Located in the National Palace of Montjuïc, built for the 1929 International Exhibition, it opened It opened its doors in 1934 as the Museum of Art of Catalonia. It takes a tour of a thousand years of art from Catalonia, from the 10th century to the 20th century, through its four permanent collections: Romanesque art and Gothic art, Renaissance art and Baroque art , modern art, Photography, Drawings, Prints and Posters.
In MNAC can see, among all the museum's collections, the best collection of Romanesque mural painting in the world both for its genre and for the quality of the paintings of the Romanesque apses, recreated in situ. The Gothic illustrates the Catalan territorial expansion within the context of Mediterranean Europe of the time. In Renaissance and Baroque Art, the exhibitions feature works by great painters such as El Greco, Zurbarán, Velázquez, Rubens, etc. The section dedicated to Modern Art is one of the most complete, ranging from neoclassicism to avant-garde (18th to 20th centuries). Among the paintings and sculptures, authors such as Fortuny, Casas, Rigalt, Munch, Llimona, Dalí, Picasso, Tàpies and Gaudí, among others, stand out. It is important not to forget to see the mural by Miró that is in the Cupola Room. In the area of drawings and engravings we find the most important collection of art on paper in Catalonia, highlighting Dürer and Toulouse-Lautrec.
October – April: Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Sunday and holidays from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. p>
May – September: Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Sundays and holidays from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Free: Saturdays from 3:00 p.m. First Sunday of the month May 18 and September 11