One night a year you can visit Barcelona’s museums. We’re talking abut the event known as la Noche de los Museos, or Museum night, which is celebrated every year on May 18th. It’s an ideal plan for people looking for a more cultural way to spend their free time. If you’re planning to visit the capital city on those dates, it’s an event not to be missed! Come stay at boutique hotel in Barcelona’s centre and you can easily quite a few of the museums.
May 18th is International Museum Day, whose goal is to promote culture in society. And what better way to promote it than by opening the doors to all the museums in the city? Unusually, not only are all the museums open, but they stay open well past midnight.
Best of all, in addition to the extra hours, access is completely free. This makes it a great chance to visit those museums you’ve always wanted to see without spending a cent. On this special night a huge number of museums and cultural spaces in the capital city will open their doors from 19:00 to 1:00 so the public can see their collections and exhibits for free.
But that’s not all. Since it’s a special day, the various museums also put on workshops, talks, guided visits, and other activities to bring in even more people. The more the merrier!
Around a hundred cultural spaces in Barcelona will participate in Noche de los Museos. They won’t just keep their doors open until after midnight, but also offer activities for their visitors.
A few of the regular participants include the Castillo de Montjuïc, CaixaForum, Fundación Joan Miró, Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Barcelona, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona, Museo Europeo de Arte Moderno, Museo de Arqueología de Cataluña, Museo de Historia de Cataluña, Museo Egipcio de Barcelona, Museo FC Barcelona, Museo Marítimo de Barcelona, Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña and Museo Picasso, among others.
The Noche de los Museos, is also the perfect time to visit some of the most famous works of the architect Gaudí, like La Pedrera and Palau Güell.
At our boutique hotel on Parallel, you´ll find lodging with everything you need for a dream vacation to enjoy the Noche de Museos.
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