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The Archaeology Museum of Catalonia (Catalan: Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, MAC) is an archaeological museum with five venues that exposes the most important archaeological collection of Catalonia, focusing on prehistoric times and ancient history. The museum was originally founded in 1932 by the Republican Government of Catalonia. The ...
Archaeology Museum of Catalonia (Barcelona) MAC Barcelona: Poble-sec: Sants-Montjuïc: Archaeology: 40,003: Barcelona venue of the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia: Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art MACBA: El Raval: Ciutat Vella: Art: 331,694: Contemporary art museum Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona CCCB: El Raval: Ciutat Vella ...
The museum's headquarters are located on Plaça del Rei, in the Barcelona Gothic Quarter (Barri Gòtic). It also manages several historic sites all around the city, most of them archaeological sites displaying remains of the ancient Roman city, called Barcino in Latin.
The museum was founded as the Provincial Museum of Antiquities and Fine Arts in 1846 by the Provincial Monument Commission, and is therefore one of the oldest museums in Catalonia. Between 1846 and 1857 the Museum had several different locations, until Sant Pere de Galligants monastery in 1857, where it has remained until today, and where it ...
A large medieval house was built 600 years ago in Barcelona, Spain. By the 19th century, it was a chocolate factory. Now, archaeologists are exploring the remains of the ancient building ...
The Roman walls of Barcelona (Catalan and Spanish: Muralla romana de Barcelona) are an archaeological and monumental complex comprising the remains of the wall built to protect Barcino—present-day Barcelona—in the time of the Roman Empire. The walls were built between the 1st century BC and the 4th century AD.
It is divided on 8 historical periods and it develops on the second and third floor of the museum building. [2] At the first floor, instead, temporary exhibitions are showcased, for example: "Fashion and fashion designers" (2019), "Beyond the trenches (1936-1939): Photographies by Alec Wainman" (2019) and "Viladecans Cartells" (2024).
The museum was created in 1882 following the bequest, patronage and will and testament of a local business broker, Francesc Martorell Peña (1822–1878), who left on this purpose to the city of Barcelona his personal archaeological and natural history collections.