The return of the collections to Barcelona

On the return of the works to Barcelona, the collection was divided between two buildings: the medieval, the renaixentista and Baroque returned to the Palau Nacional, the premises for the Museu d’Art de Catalunya, which reopened its rooms between August 1940 and 12th June 1942. The works from the 19th and 20th centuries went to the Palace of the Ciutadella, in which the Museu d’Art Modern was inaugurated on 5th June 1945.  This building also housed the Library and the Numismatics Cabinet of Catalonia.