Barbier-Mueller Museum of Pre-Columbian Art

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Barbier-Mueller Museum of Pre-Columbian Art

Pre-Columbian art in a palace

Carrer de Montcada 14
Barcelona 08003
+34 93 3197603
http://www.barbier-mueller.ch

This is the only museum in Europe devoted exclusively to Pre-Columbian cultures. Housed in a gothic palace, its collection is one of the finest of its kind and gives visitors an insight into the rich world of the earliest cultures on the American continent. This tiny, intimist museum contains some one hundred pieces, including wood and stone sculptures, ceramics, tapestries, jade, and archaeological ensemble often found in international exhibitions and prestige publications. The collection is structured around the human groups, which inhabited the territory between Mesoamerica and South America before the arrival of the Spanish. The cultures represented include the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, Chavin, Mochica and Inca civilisations. Admission is free on the first Sunday of the month from 10am to 7pm.

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Barbier-Mueller Museum of Pre-Columbian Art photo by Gilabertus

Barbier-Mueller Museum of Pre-Columbian Art Photo: Gilabertus