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Shooting and photo shoots
We have several versatile spaces available for filming and photo shoots of all kinds. The building, the backdrop to the 1929 International Exhibition, has become one of the architectural icons that shape the city's skyline.
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Spaces which, as well as featuring emblematic artworks from the collection, also boast a unique architecture.
Two terraces with privileged views of the city and the Magic Fountain of Montjuïc and the Olympic Ring.
Located in the former Throne Room of the 1929 Palace with exceptional views of Barcelona.
Take a break and enjoy a restaurant surrounded by art during the Automobile Barcelona
Come to the Òleum Restaurant at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya and enjoy your meal near the awesome modern art collection and enjoy the exceptional views of Barcelona.
During the Automobile Barcelona, from 11 to 21 May, we offer you a 10% discount* in the restaurant (à la carte). You must show your badge or your fair ticket.
We recommend you to reserve in advance: T.(00 34) 93 289 06 79
Opening times:
Tuesday to Sunday, from 12.30 pm to 3.30 pm
Friday and Saturday from 8 to 11 pm (Reservation required)
(*) Exclusive offer for visitors and exhibitors, from 11 to 21 May 2017
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The Museum’s Night 2021
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| If you're looking for a different kind of gift, come and visit our shop. You'll find a wide variety of products designed exclusively for the Museu Nacional, such as toiletry bags, notebooks, children's items, design |
Sant Jordi
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Did you know that in the collection of the Joaquim Folch i Torres Library you can find four different editions of Salomé by the Irish writer Oscar Wilde? Don't miss this post by our library colleagues Sandra Herrera and Raúl Gimeno.
Perhaps you have ever wondered who Saint George was and since when has he been the patron saint of Catalonia, or where did the tradition of giving books and roses come from. And why is his day celebrated on April 23? What do we know about all this?
Do you want to learn more about our temporary exhibitions? Don't miss the topic guides proposed by our librarians at the Joaquim Folch i Torres Library.
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On April 23 10% discount on all publications
From April 24 to 28 5% discount on all museum publications.
Participate in the Museum's Restaurant contest to win a meal for two on on April 23 at Instagram's Oleum profile.
Check out our themed Pinterest boards about #dragons, #exlibris, #books or figures of #SaintJordi and share them on your social media! Do you know more?
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Una mà de contes
Get carried away by fantasy and imagination
with 20 tales inspired by museum artworks
(in Spanish)
Illustrators of children's literature
In the museum there are also fairies, wizards, mushrooms, flowers and forest animals!
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Has the concept of the book changed over time? This itinerary lets you see how in the Romanesque it is a symbol of what is holy, which in the Gothic was to become an appreciated object and even censurable.
From vignette to vignette is a proposal of appropriation of the museum to abandon a passive attitude during the viewing of the exhibit works, to imagine other possibilities, to interpret them, continue them, to put them to another place… meaning, to make the works ours.
![Obres de Narcisa Freixas [Música impresa]: edició d'homenatge](https://www.museunacional.cat/sites/default/files/paragraphs/horizontal_gallery/fc/images/imatge_3_0.jpg "Obres de Narcisa Freixas [Música impresa]: edició d'homenatge")
The exhibition contains children's books and in which you can find examples of children's books illustrated by renowned Catalan illustrators: Lola Anglada, Feliu Elias, Joan Junceda, Apel·les Mestres, Xavier Nogués, Josep Obiols and Pere Torne-Esquius, among others.
The selection of exlibris in the virtual exhibition Japanese Exlibris is part of the collection of the Joaquim Folch i Torres Library. These colour prints, dating from 1960 to 1980, are attached to the calendars of the Nippon Exlibris Association. The exlibris were designed by several artists such as Azechi Umetaro, Hashimoto Okiie, Kanamori Yoshio, Kawakami Sumio, Maeda Masao, Mori Doshun, Seimiya Hitoshi, Takei Takeo or Yasushi Omoto.
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La Mercè 2022 - open doors
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Read morePrivate rooms of the King and the Queen
These private rooms of King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenia, in the front of the building, situated on either side of the Throne Room. They were equipped with furniture that still today is kept in the Museu Nacional.
Ten panels of mural painting, the work of Josep Obiols, decorated the left foyer of access to the private rooms of the King and the Queen, on the two sides of the Throne Room. These are marine compositions in which mermaids, mermans and dolphins combine with sea characters. Due to the remodelling of the Palau Nacional, the panels were taken down and these rooms became exhibition rooms on the first floor, either side of the Òleum restaurant. On the one hand, the Queen's Office currently is the space of the kitchen of the restaurant, and on the other hand, the Cabinet of the King now is access to the Rooftop Viewpoint.
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