Museums & galleries · Ciutat Vella

Museu d'Historia de Catalunya

The Museu d'Historia de Catalunya occupies the Palau de Mar, a converted nineteenth-century port warehouse on the Barcelona waterfront, and presents the history of Catalonia across two permanent floors.

Good for

Rainy day — An enclosed museum directly on the waterfront, with a publicly accessible roof terrace above it.

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Sources & verification

coordinates.latitude: Barcelona municipal facilities open data (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07; Read from an authoritative geospatial publisher; see the coordinate's own status and role.
coordinates.longitude: Barcelona municipal facilities open data (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
officialWebsite: Museu d'Historia de Catalunya (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07; URL retrieved and confirmed to belong to the named operator.

Operational details last checked 2026-09-07. Facts of this kind are treated as current for 120 days.

Official information

Address: Not recorded
Access: ticketed
Setting: indoor
Admission: Not verified — see official website
Status: active

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Point: 41.38070, 2.18552 · centre of the site · known to about 30 m
Verified: Verified against an official geospatial source, 2026-09-07
Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Visit information

Checked 2026-09-07

Hours: Published per date rather than as a weekly pattern
Booking: No booking needed
Access: ticketed · arrival point is the centre of the site
Worth knowing: The museum's timetable is rendered client-side and was not present in the page text when re-opened during the Phase 4 audit. A weekday timetable recorded in Phase 3 could not be re-confirmed, so it has been withdrawn rather than carried forward unverifiable.

Checked against Generalitat de Catalunya on 2026-09-07. Operational details can change — confirm with the operator before travelling.

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