If you are a curious person who loves discovering new sites apart from the Barcelona tourist places and looking to have meaningful experiences with your friends or family, keep reading.
This energetic city is full of treasures and secrets in every corner, so if you are searching for things to do in Barcelona, I recommend these 4 hidden museums from diverse categories, such as history, gastronomy, and fashion. All of them are great alternatives to explore in your free time. Most of them are open every day and the entrance price is very cheap.
1. Egypt museum, a Egypt window in Barcelona.
This year, the Barcelona Egipcy Museum celebrates the first half quarter of the 25th century 1994-2019. It aims to promote the general art and archeology of ancient Egypt.
Inside you will find a private Egypt art collection compose by 1,200 archeological pieces, which represent a big part of the pharaonic history that show different aspects of everyday life and the funerary world. This collection is considered one of the most important in Europe.
The most representative objects you will find are:
- Pharaonic jewels used in prehistory until the last moments of the Pharaonic civilization such as necklaces, pectorals, rings, earrings ...) all made with materials such as gold, faience, turquoise, carnelian, lapis lazuli.
- Elements used in funeral practices, burial chambers, sarcophagi, canopic vessels or amulets.
- Gods of Egypt, real representations of the pharaohs: Nectanebo I, Ramsés III and Taharqa, amount others.
In case you want to take a souvenir of your visit, at the store you will find a wide range of products related to ancient Egypt such as Jewelry, books and kid's games.
Submerge in the ancient world.
Where: Carrer Valencia 284
Entrance price: From 5€
2. Born CCM (Centre for Culture and Memory).
If you are a fan of cultural experiences and architecture, you should not miss this place.
The Born CCM is a space created for the city to encourage and promote the remembrance of local and national events, as well as those affected communities around the world. The cultural center was inaugurated in 2013.
Inside the center, you will find a faithful picture of daily life in the Barcelona of the early 18th century, as you stroll through the streets of the city that resisted the siege by Philip V’s troops in 1713 and 1714, until the final attack and surrender on 11 September. It should be noted that in this place operated The Born Market (a place for supplies, food, and exchange) between 1876 and 1971. It was the first large architectonic iron building built in Barcelona, its structure remains intact and is one of the most striking in the sector.
Nowadays, the center serves as a forum for meetings and debates, a space for learning and enjoying artistic works that reflect the facts and events that form human culture.
Where: Plaza Comercial 12
Price entrance: From 3€
3. Chocolate museum, The Barcelona sweety side.
First, please eat your ticket once you are inside (as it is made with chocolate).
The Chocolate Museum provides a journey through the origins of chocolate: its arrival in Europe, its spread as an element between myth and reality, its medicinal properties and nutritional value and relating tradition with the future and forming part of our collective imagination.
It aims to become a leading center for researching, cataloging and publicizing the product and to become a leader in the preservation of the artistic side of the chocolate confectionery tradition.
Despite learning fascinating facts, manufacturing processes and stories about chocolate, you can participate in activities such as chocolate and wine tasting; it allows visitors to experience and interact, with all our senses, with the products to awaken the sensitivity and the creativity of participants (They set up activities and workshop suitable for people of all ages).
Needless to say, but do not forget to buy some of the delicious chocolate boxes for gifts, Christmas is just around the corner so these are a perfect present for you and yours.
Where: Carrer Comerç 36
Price entrance: 6€. Free for kids under 7 years ols.
4. Textile and Clothing Museum, the evolution of fashion.
The Textile and Clothing Museum is a must-see. It is a great museum to visit for both fashion-lovers and fashion students alike.
This museum recalls the evolution of textile art in 1500 years. It contains fascinating pieces of both clothing and jewelry of the history of fashion - from the Baroque era to the twentieth century - in which the collector Manuel Rocamora gave a donation in the 1960s, and in which it is one of the best collections of this type in the world.
Some of the items on display include Hispano-Arab fabrics from the Medieval Age, some liturgical garments the embroidery of the city and the lace collection. Important donations include that of the Spanish designer Cristóbal Balenciaga, famous for the doll dress of 1958 and the hat of the fort.
The Textile and Clothing Museum occupies two adjacent buildings: the Nadal Palace and the Palace of the Marquises of Llió; The latter retains some of its wooden roofs of the 13th century.
Where: Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, 37-38
Price entrance: from 3€
