Museum of the History of Barcelona
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.Photo: Kippelboy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours:
Monday—Saturday: 10:00 AM—7:00 PM
Sunday: 10:00 AM—8:00 PM - Type: Museum
- Description: History museum in Barcelona, Spain
- Also known as: “MUHBA” and “Museo de Historia de Barcelona”
- Address: Carrer del Veguer 4, Barcelona, 08002
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapel of Santa Àgata and Temple of Augustus, Barcelona.
Chapel of Santa Àgata
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Chapel of Santa Àgata is a chapel located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is also as the Royal Chapel. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1866.
Temple of Augustus, Barcelona
Photo: Enfo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Temple of Augustus in Barcelona was a Roman temple built during the Imperial period in the colony of Barcino. The temple was the central building on Tàber Hill, currently in Carrer del Paradís number 10, in the city's so-called Gothic Quarter.
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 460 metres northwest of Museum of the History of Barcelona.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santa Caterina and Gothic Quarter.
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.
borne
Quarter
Photo: 1997, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera is a neighborhood in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, Catalonia. It is formed by the former neighborhoods of Sant Pere, Santa Caterina and la Ribera.
Museum of the History of Barcelona
- Categories: history museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.38392° or 41° 23′ 2″ northLongitude
2.17768° or 2° 10′ 40″ eastOpen location code
8FH495MH+H3OpenStreetMap ID
node 1643199193OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q3571337
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Museum of the History of Barcelona” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متحف تاريخ برشلونة”
- Aragonese: “Museu d’Historia d’a Ciudat de Barcelona”
- Armenian: “Բարսելոնայի պատմության թանգարան”
- Basque: “Bartzelonako Historia Museoa”
- Catalan: “MHCB”
- Catalan: “MUHBA”
- Catalan: “Museu d’Història de Barcelona”
- Catalan: “Museu d’Història de la Ciutat de Barcelona”
- Catalan: “Museu d’Història de la Ciutat”
- Chinese: “巴塞隆納城市歷史博物館”
- Dutch: “Barcelona City History Museum”
- Dutch: “Historisch Museum van Barcelona”
- French: “musée d’histoire de Barcelone”
- French: “Musée d’Histoire de Barcelone”
- French: “Museu Historia de Barcelone”
- German: “Historisches Museum der Stadt Barcelona”
- German: “Museo de Historia de Barcelona”
- Hebrew: “המוזיאון להיסטוריה של ברצלונה”
- Hindi: “इतिहास संग्रहालय बार्सिलोना”
- Italian: “Museo di storia di Barcellona”
- Japanese: “バルセロナ市歴史博物館”
- Japanese: “バルセロナ歴史博物館”
- Japanese: “市歴史博物館”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Museu d’Història de Barcelona”
- Norwegian: “Museu d’Història de la Ciutat”
- Panjabi: “ਇਤਿਹਾਸ ਅਜਾਇਬ-ਘਰ ਬਾਰਸੀਲੋਨਾ”
- Portuguese: “Museu de História de Barcelona”
- Russian: “Исторический музей Барселоны”
- Russian: “Музей истории Барселоны”
- Spanish: “Museo de Historia de Barcelona”
- Spanish: “museo de historia de la ciudad”
- Spanish: “Museo de Historia de la Ciudad”
- Swahili: “Makumbusho ya Kihistoria ya Barcelona”
- Swahili: “MUHBA”
- Swedish: “Museo de Historia de Barcelona”
- Turkish: “Barselona Tarihi Müzesi”
- Turkish: “Museu de História de Barcelona”
- Ukrainian: “Музей історії міста Барселони”
- Urdu: “برشلونہ تاریخی عجائب گھر”
- Western Panjabi: “بارسلونا تریخی عجائب گھر”
- “Museo de Historia de Barcelona”
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