meet.barcelona

Visit and love it

El MACBA

Download date: 06/11/2026

Favorites
Photo

The building that kick-started the transformation of the Raval neighbourhood was the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), one of the city's key cultural landmarks.

  • Museums

  • Accessibility
    Accessible for people with physical disabilities

A dream building

The creation of this museum was a long-held dream that finally came true. In 1953, writer and art critic Alexandre Cirici created the Associació d’Artistes Actuals (Association of Contemporary Artists) with the aim of bringing contemporary art together in a single space, as had already been done at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the famous MOMA. However, it was not until 1987 that this idea became a reality when architect Richard Meier was commissioned to build a unique building in which to house it.

The MACBA is located in the Raval neighbourhood, in Plaça dels Àngels, a bright, light space measuring some 14,000 square metres, which was the first step in the process of redeveloping the area. Meier’s modern and rationalist architecture, with a very light building, made from glass, metal and reflective elements, contrasts with the placidness and Gothic sobriety of the Convent dels Àngels, one of the buildings integrated into the MACBA which hosts exhibitions, and the Alexandre Cirici Document Centre, with a collection of more than 64,000 documents.

Contemporary art

The MACBA collection, which includes 5,500 works by different artists, offers a journey through art from the abstract art of the mid 20th century, through European pop art and the new avant-garde, up to the present day. The collection includes works by distinguished local artists, such as Joan Miró, Antoni Tàpies, Joan Brossa, Joan Ponç, the Dau al Set collective, Josep Maria Subirachs, Jaume Plensa and the Mallorcan artist Miquel Barceló. It also has work by national and international artists, particularly South Americans and artists from Eastern countries, including works from distinguished artists such as the Equipo Crónica collective, Jorge Oteiza, Alexander Calder, Andy Warhol, Gordon Matta-Clark and Jean-Michel Basquiat, among many others.

The MACBA forms part of the Raval Cultural project, which aims to provide everyone with access to the neighbourhood’s artistic and cultural heritage. Alongside this initiative, the MACBA celebrated the 25th anniversary of the mural produced by Keith Haring in 1989, as part of the fight against AIDS, by restoring it.

Translator ofgoogle :

Location and contact

Location and contact

El MACBA

Address:
Plaça dels Àngels, 1
Districte:
Ciutat Vella
Neighborhood:
el Raval
City:
Barcelona
Getting there
  • Phone number
    934813368 (Informació Museu)
    934120810 (Oficines)
  • Links
    Web: https://www.macba.cat/
    Email: macba@macba.cat

Timetable and prices

Timetable

Period Dies Hores Preus
Del 25 September al 24 June Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday except 24 December and 31 December From 11:00 am to 07:30 pm
General admission: 12 €

(grants access to all current exhibitions and

to the Collection display as many times as

you wish for one month from the date of purchase)


Online ticket: 10,80 €


Reduced admission: 9,60 €

- Students

- Groups (more than 15 people)


Reduced admission: 6 €

Carnet Jove

- Xarxa de Biblioteques card

- Ateneu Barcelonès


Free admission:

- Under 18s

- Over 65s or Rosa Card holders

- Saturdays from 4 pm to 8 pm

- Friends of MACBA

- AAVC members

- ICOM members

- Unemployed people

- Large or single-parent family card holders

- 12 February (Santa Eulàlia)

- 30 and 31 May (Món Llibre)

- 18 May (International Museum Day)

- 24 September (La Mercè)


Off-peak admission: 10,20 €

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 am to 11:00 am.


MACBA Friend Card: 18 €

Unlimited admission for one year.


Articket: 38 €
24 December and
31 December		 From 11.00 am to 06.00 pm
Saturday From 10:00 am to 08:00 pm

Sunday and public holidays

Closed on 25 December and 1 January

 From 10:00 am to 03:00 pm

Horari especial festiu:

3 d'abril, 6 d'abril i 24 de juny

 de 10.00 h a 20.00 h

La Nit dels Museus 2026:

16 May

 From 07.00 pm to 01.00 am
Free admission
Del 25 June al 24 September

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday

and public holidays (24 June, 15 August and 11 and 24 September)

 From 10:00 h to 08:00 pm
General admission: 12 €

(grants access to all current exhibitions and

to the Collection display as many times as

you wish for one month from the date of purchase)


Online ticket: 10,80 €


Reduced admission: 9,60 €

- Students

- Groups (more than 15 people)


Reduced admission: 6 €

Carnet Jove

- Xarxa de Biblioteques card

- Ateneu Barcelonès


Free admission:

- Under 18s

- Over 65s or Rosa Card holders

- Saturdays from 4 pm to 8 pm

- Friends of MACBA

- AAVC members

- ICOM members

- Unemployed people

- Large or single-parent family card holders

- 12 February (Santa Eulàlia)

- 30 and 31 May (Món Llibre)

- 18 May (International Museum Day)

- 24 September (La Mercè)


Off-peak admission: 10,20 €

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 am to 11:00 am.


MACBA Friend Card: 18 €

Unlimited admission for one year.


Articket: 38 €
Sunday From 10:00 h to 03:00 pm

Events

Observacions

Consorci format per la Generalitat de Catalunya, l'Ajuntament de Barcelona i la Fundació MACBA.

Discover other related points of interest