Barcelona, Spain City Guide
For over 20 years, Pamela Lanier's Barcelona, Spain Travel Guide has been your connection to Barcelona's tourism community with invaluable details on local attractions, restaurants, shopping, museums, history, outdoor recreation and more.
Museums
 Barcelona is indeed the city of museums and several of them are located on Montjuic. One of the most vibrant museums you will find there is the Fundacio' Miro', a gift from Barcelona's famous artist Joan Miro'. Exhibits include a broad range of Joan Miro's contemporary art and sculptures such as, Bon Dia, Barcelona, and the Mercury Fountain that was designed by American sculptor Alexander Caldar will amaze you.
On a different spectrum the art of the 14th and 15th centuries is displayed with such elegance at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. There are outstanding collections from the Gothic, Romanesque, Renaissance, Baroque Eras as well as exhibitions of Spanish artists Goya and El Greco.
All you Picasso lovers will thoroughly enjoy his early work up to the blue period at the Museu Picasso in Old Town and while you're there take a look a the history of Catalonia through the interactive exhibits at the Museu Historica de Catalunya.
If you're searching for a museum that the kids will enjoy, the Museu de la Xocolata (chocolate museum) is just the place. The whole family will have fun visiting and learning about the history of chocolate and don't forget to taste at least one exotic chocolate creation.
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