{"id":680,"date":"2016-10-12T16:44:32","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T16:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resabi.com\/explorer\/barcelona\/?p=680"},"modified":"2016-10-17T12:33:34","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T12:33:34","slug":"national-museum-catalan-art-mnac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resabi.com\/explorer\/barcelona\/national-museum-catalan-art-mnac\/","title":{"rendered":"National Museum of Catalan Art (MNAC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Museu Nacional d&#8217;Art de Catalunya\u00a0(MNAC) is located in an impressive building sitting atop Montjuic hill, built for the 1929 Barcelona expo. It houses an equally impressive collection of visual art spanning from the 10th century to present day, considered one of the most important medieval art collections in the world.<\/p>\n<p>The pavilion is surrounded by the unique scenery of the Montjuic hill combining lush green mediterranean vegetation and stunning modernista architecture. The Magic Fountain connects the Museu Nacional d&#8217;Art de Catalunya to the Plaza d&#8217;Espanya below, flanked by the Barcelona Fair pavilions.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a restaurant in the museum, in case you get hungry after so much time admiring the masterpieces.<\/p>\n<dl class=\"accordion\"><dt id=\"link-venue-info\" class=\"venue-info\"><a href=\"#\">Venue info<\/a><\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t<dd id=\"venue-info\">\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/museunacional.cat\/en\" target=\"_blank\">Museu Nacional d&#8217;Art de Catalunya<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Opening times<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Winter opening times:<\/strong> October to April, Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 6pm; Sundays and public holidays, 10am to 3pm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Summer opening times:<\/strong> May to September, Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 8pm; Sundays and public holidays, 10am to 3pm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mondays closed<\/strong>, except public holidays.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Closed on:<\/strong> January 1st, May 1st and December 25th<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The ticket offices close 30 minutes before the museum closes. The rooms are emptied 15 minutes before<\/p>\n<h3>Prices<\/h3>\n<p><strong>General admission:<\/strong> \u20ac12 (valid for two days during a month from the purchasing date)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rooftop viewpoint:<\/strong> \u20ac2<\/p>\n<p>For other prices please see <a href=\"http:\/\/museunacional.cat\/en\/opening-hours-and-prices\" target=\"_blank\">their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"footnote\">Info from: <a href=\"http:\/\/museunacional.cat\/en\" target=\"_blank\">Museu Nacional d&#8217;Art de Catalunya<\/a><\/div>\n<\/dd><dt id=\"link-getting-here\" class=\"getting-here\"><a href=\"#\">Getting here<\/a><\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t<dd id=\"getting-here\">\n<p><strong>Metro:<\/strong> <span class=\"renderable-component-text-box renderable-component-bold\"><span class=\"renderable-component-text-box-content\"><strong>L1<\/strong>, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"renderable-component-text-box renderable-component-bold\"><span class=\"renderable-component-text-box-content\"><strong>L3<\/strong>, <strong>L8<\/strong> (Pla\u00e7a Espanya)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trains:<\/strong> <span class=\"renderable-component-text-box renderable-component-bold\"><span class=\"renderable-component-text-box-content\">R5, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"renderable-component-text-box renderable-component-bold\"><span class=\"renderable-component-text-box-content\">R6, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"renderable-component-text-box renderable-component-bold\"><span class=\"renderable-component-text-box-content\">R50, R60, S4, S8, S33 (Pla\u00e7a Espanya)<\/span><\/span><\/dd><\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MNAC, one of Barcelona&#8217;s most distinctive landmarks, hosts one of the most impressive medieval art collections in the world.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,12,2,24,3,4],"tags":[35],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - 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