Museu Frederic Marès

The Museu Frederic Marès is an art and sculpture museum in the Palau Reial Major in Barcelona, Spain. The Museu contains thousands of items from the collection of sculptor Frederic Marès.

Photo: Museu Frederic Marès, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Email: museumares@bcn.cat
Type: Museum
Description: museum in Barcelona
Also known as: “Museu Frederic Mares”
Address: Plaça de Sant Iu 5, Barcelona, Barcelona 08002
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of the History of Barcelona and Palau de la Música Catalana.

Museum of the History of Barcelona

Museum

Photo: Kippelboy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Museum of the History of Barcelona is a history museum that conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the historical heritage of the city of Barcelona, from its origins in Roman times until the present day.

Palau de la Música Catalana

Theater building

Photo: Doomuu, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Palau de la Música Catalana is a concert hall in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Designed in the Catalan modernista style by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, it was built between 1905 and 1908 for Orfeó Català, a choral society founded in 1891 that was a leading force in the Catalan cultural movement that came to be known as the Renaixença. Palau de la Música Catalana is situated 380 metres north of Museu Frederic Marès.

Grand Royal Palace

Castle

Photo: Carquinyol, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Palau Reial Major is a complex of historic buildings located in Plaça del Rei, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was a residence of the counts of Barcelona and later the kings of Aragon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gothic Quarter and Santa Caterina.

Gothic Quarter

Quarter

Photo: Michal Huniewicz, CC BY 3.0.

The Gothic Quarter is the historic centre of the old city of Barcelona. It stretches from La Rambla to Via Laietana, and from the Mediterranean seafront to the Ronda de Sant Pere.