Opening hours and prices

Opening hours and prices

Museum opening hours

  • Winter opening times: October to April, Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 6pm; Sundays and public holidays, 10am to 3pm.
  • Summer opening times: May to September, Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 8pm; Sundays and public holidays, 10am to 3pm.
  • Mondays closed, except public holidays. Monday public holidays 2017: April 2nd, May 21st and September 24th.
  • Annual closing: January 1st, May 1st and December 25th.

Museum prices

  • Gaudí: €14. The admission price includes the visit to the whole museum and a audio narration of the exhibition. No free admission (except for children under 16, ICOM members, groups of architecture and art history students with prior reservation, Saturdays from 3 p.m. and open doors days), or discounts (except for families - 2 adults and 1 child, large families and groups of adults with prior reservation). Combined tickets are not valid for this exhibition.
  • General admission: €12. It allows access to the building, to visit the permanent collection, the temporary exhibitions (except Gaudí) and the Rooftop Viewpoint (valid for two days during a month from the purchasing date). See discounts and free admission in the tabs below.
  • Basic ticket: €2. It allows access to the building and the following activities: exhibition Museum in Danger! Safeguarding the Catalan Artistic heritage (1936-1939) (27 February 2022) and self-guided tour of the building's spaces (material available throughout the year). Free admission for under 16s and over 65s, if you buy a general admission ticket.

Admission to the museum is free every Saturday from 3 pm, every first Sunday of the month and open doors days, but early online admission must be reserved for better control of capacity.

The ticket offices close 30 minutes before the museum closes. The rooms are emptied 15 minutes before.

Library opening hours

  • Winter schedule (14 September - 30 June): Monday and Friday, from 9.30 am to 3 pm; from Tuesday to Thursday, from 9.30 am to 6 pm. Closed on Monday and Friday afternoon, Saturday, Sunday and public holidays.
  • Summer schedule (1 July - 13 September): from Monday to Friday, from 9.30 am to 3 pm.

For more information: Library and archive

Cafè opening hours

  • Tuesday to Friday from  10 am to 6 pm.
  • Saturdays from 10 am to 6 pm.
  • Sundays from 10 am to 3 pm.

Restaurant Òleum opening hours

  • Wednesday to Sunday and public holidays, from 1 to 4 p.m.
  • Other days and nights, only for groups with previous reservation at 93 289 06 79

Read more at: Òleum restaurant

Terrace bar Fresc opening hours

From Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays and public holidays, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Rooftop Viewpoint opening hours

  • Winter opening times: October to April, Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 6pm; Sundays and public holidays, 10am to 3pm
  • Summer opening times: May to September, Tuesday to Saturday, from 10am to 20pm; Sundays and public holidays, 10am to 3pm
  • Mondays closed, except public holidays
  • Annual closing: January 1, May 1 and December 25

Shops opening hours

  • Outdoor shop: open on Saturdays from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Sundays from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Indoor shop: open from Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday and public holidays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Become a friend of the museum

Basic friend of the museum (annual fee from the date of purchase): €18 (unlimited access to the permanent collection and the temporary exhibitions)

Choose your friend category and start to experience art from a closer vantage point!

Free entry

  • Under 16 years old
  • Over 65 years old of the European Community
  • Accredited teachers and groups of schoolchildren or students, accompanies by teachers or professors with prior booking
  • Students accredited by the corresponding department carrying a research work and students of History of Art
  • Members of the ICOM, of the Association of Museologists and of Art Critics
  • Art gallery owners and licensed in Fine Arts
  • Tourist guides
  • People accompanying groups
  • Duly accredited unemployed people
  • Titleholders of accredited Cards for Disabled from the Generalitat de Catalunya
  • Members of the Club Súper 3 and of the Association of Visual Artists
  • Youths with the discount book of the Carnet Jove (Youth Card)

Saturdays, from 3pm onwards; the first Sunday of each month; 18 May, the International day of Museums; 11 September, the national day of Catalonia. Admission must be reserved for better control of capacity.

Reduced admission fee

  • Students, 30% discount
  • Family (2 adults + 1 child), single-parent families and titleholders of the large family card, 30% discount
  • Groups of adults, 30% discount
  • Groups of school children or students, accompanied by teachers or professors without prior booking, 30% discount
  • Tourist Bus and Barcelona City Tour, 20% discount
  • Members of the Club 3C, of the Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc, of Òmnium Cultural, Modernist Route, of the RACC Master, 30% discount
  • Youths with the Carnet Jove (Youth Card), 50% discount
  • Special conditions for tour operators. For more information call (00 34) 93 622 03 75 or send an e-mail to [email protected]

Combined admission

Combined tickets are not valid for Gaudí's exhibition.

  • Articket BCN €35. This ticket offers the possibility of visiting the six Articket centres of Barcelona (Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC), Fundació Joan Miró, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB) and Museu Picasso) over a period of one year. Special conditions for tour operators (minimum 10 tickets).
  • BCN Card. From €33.30. Free of charge and access to the most important museums of Barcelona, free transport and discounts to other museums and places of interest, visits, tours, leisure, shows, night venues, shops, restaurants, singular transport and other services.
  • Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya / Poble Espanyol €20. The admission price includes the visit to the permanent exhibition and to the temporary exhibitions of the museum and the visit to the Poble Espanyol.

Until further notice, this combined ticket will not be sold:

  • Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya / Centre del Romànic de la Vall de Boí €15. The admission price includes the visit to the churches of Sant Climent de Taüll, Sant Joan de Boí and Santa Eulàlia d’Erill la Vall (including also Santa Maria de Taüll, whose admission is free) and the permanent exhibition of the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (including the temporary exhibitions and the rooftop viewpoint). Admission valid for one year from purchase date.
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