Museu d’Història de la Immigració de Catalunya
Museu d’Història de la Immigració de Catalunya
- Address
- Carretera de Mataró 124 Sant Adriàde Besòs
- Transport
- Website
- Phone
- 93 381 26 06
- Price
- admission free
- Hours
- 10am-2pm & 5-8pm Tue & Thu, 10am-2pm Wed, Fri & Sat mid-Apr–Sep, 10am-2pm & 4-7pm Tue & Thu, 10am-2pm Wed, Fri & Sat Oct–mid-Apr
Lonely Planet review for Museu d’Història de la Immigració de Catalunya
The star piece of this museum dedicated to the history of immigration in Catalonia is a wagon of the train known as El Sevillano, which in the 1950s trundled between Andalucía and Catalonia, jammed with migrants on an all-stops trip that often lasted more than 30 hours! The one-room exhibition in the former country house, Can Serra (now surrounded by light industry, ring roads and warehouses), contains a display of photos, text (in Catalan) and various documents and objects that recall the history of immigration to Catalonia from the 19th century on. There’s also an engaging video with images of migrant life decades ago and today.
