Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya

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  • Address
    Mirador del Palau Nacional, Montjuïc
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  • Phone
    93 622 03 76
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  • Transport
    underground rail: Espanya

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Lonely Planet review

The grandest and worthiest of all Barcelona's art museums, the MNAC gathers under one roof a plethora of Catalan works that range from the Middle Ages to well into the 1900s. The Romanesque art in particular is a unique experience.

If that was the initial intention, then its conversion into the seat of the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya is all the more ironic, since the 'nation' in question here is Catalonia, not Spain. The museum's two main permanent expositions cover Romanesque and Gothic art, although these are slowly being augmented with other collections, including those of the former Museu Nacional d'Art Modern de Catalunya, covering Catalan art from the mid-19th century through to modernisme and Noucentisme . By far the most extraordinary section is that dedicated to Romanesque art, one of the most important concentrations of early medieval art in the world.