Based on the documentary series La ciència de l'art (The Science of Art), co-produced by the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya and Cabala Films, with the associated production of CaixaForum+, and available on the Canal +MNAC, you will discover how the Museum’s conservation and restoration teams have uncovered previously unknown aspects of some significant works in its collection, thanks to the application of scientific and technological methods to the study of heritage.

El trencaclosques de Sant Pere del Burgal (The Sant Pere del Brugal Puzzle)

This unique guided tour includes a screening of one of the episodes in the series, El trencaclosques de Sant Pere del Burgal (The Sant Pere del Burgal Puzzle), which reveals that a fragment of the frescoes from this Romanesque church, preserved at the Museum, does not fit. Where does it belong? This mystery, along with others surrounding paintings in the collection, will allow us to explore Romanesque painting from a different perspective.

• Sunday 11 October 2026 (Catalan) and Sunday 13 December (Spanish), at 11.30 am

El periple del marbre de sant Pere de Rodes (The Journey of the Sant Pere de Rodes Marble)

This unique guided tour includes a screening of one of the episodes in the series, 'El periple del marbre de Sant Pere de Rodes' ('The Journey of the Sant Pere de Rodes Marble'), which explores the dispersal of the marble elements from the monastery’s portal at Sant Pere de Rodes. This will be followed by a visit to several works in the Romanesque art collection, allowing us to discover how the paintings and sculptures came to the Museum and learn about the process through which the collection we can see today was assembled.

• Saturday 8 November 2026 (Spanish), at 11.30 am