Creation of the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya

The Law 17/1990, of 2nd November, of Museums (DOGC núm. 1367, 14.11.90 [2], in Catalan) reunifies the Museu d’Art de Catalunya, the Museu d’Art Modern, the Numismatics Cabinet of Catalonia, the Cabinet of Drawings and Prints and the Library of History of Art.  A long remodelling process of the Palau Nacional, by the Italian architect Gae Aulenti [3], led to the new museum being opened in three phases: on 15th December 1995, the Section of Romanesque Art; on 18th July 1997, Gothic Art, and finally, on 16th December 2004, the complete inauguration took place of the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya.