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Archaeology Museum of Catalonia - Barcelona

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Archaeology Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona.

Archaeology Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona.

In the privileged setting of the Park of Montjuïc, one of the “green lungs” of the city of Barcelona, the Museum invites you to take a journey to the roots of Catalonia, from Prehistory to mediaeval times. You will find a selection of our best archaeological exhibits, housed in a relaxing atmosphere. The architecture has been preserved for one of the old palaces of the International Exhibition of 1929, located in Poble Sec —one of the most Bohemian and multi-cultural districts of Barcelona.

What is more, every weekend we will capture your imagination with a thousand and one stories. At weekends you can enjoy guided visits to our permanent and temporary exhibitions and family workshops, whose price is included in the admission fee.

 

SPACES

<p>Fragility in time Glass in Antiquity Glass may be regarded as the first synthetic product made by mankind.</p>
Glass collections
Glass collections
<p>The Greeks arrive Emporion was founded at the start of the 6th century BC as a small trading outpost.</p>
Phoenicians and Greeks
Phoenicians and Greeks
<p>The Iberians The indigenous settlements of Catalonia Iberian civilisation developed in Catalonia between the 6th and the 2nd centuries BC.</p>
Iberians
Iberians
<p>Hunters and gatherers Neanderthal hunters established a number of camps in the rock shelter of Roman&iacute; de Capellades.</p>
Prehistory
Prehistory
<p>Romanization and the Roman city The Roman colony of Barcino was founded at the end of the 1st century BC.</p>
Rome
Rome
<p>Christianity The Late Empire The Visigoths, or western Goths, were a Germanic tribe that crossed the Pyrenees in the early 5th century AD.</p>
Visigoths
Visigoths

OBJECTS

<p>Terracotta Cernos from Bordissal (Camarles) Dated between the 4th and 2nd centuries BC.&nbsp;Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona.</p>

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Cernos
Cernos
<p>Polished stone axe dated between 4 200 and 3 200 BC. Necropolis of B&ograve;bila Bellsol&agrave; (Santa Perp&egrave;tua de Mogoda).&nbsp;Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona.</p>

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Stone axe
Stone axe
<p>Flint nucleus from the Neolithic necropolis of B&ograve;bila d&#39;en Sallent (Cerdanyola del Vall&egrave;s, Vall&egrave;s Occidental, Barcelona). Dated between 4 200 and 3 200 BC. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona.</p>

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Flint nucleus
Flint nucleus
<p>Byzantine capital from the 6th century Church of Saint Polyeuktos (Constantinople).&nbsp;Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona.</p>

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Capital of Saint Polyeuktos
Capital of Saint Polyeuktos
<p>Ritual bowl or plate from Castellet de Banyoles (Tivissa). Dated between 250-225 and 195 BC.&nbsp;Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona.</p>

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Butcher’s bowl
Butcher’s bowl
<p>The mosaic of the Three Graces, from the former convent of l&rsquo;Ensenyan&ccedil;a (Barcelona). Is dated between the 3rd and 4th centuries AD.&nbsp;Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona.</p>

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Mosaic of the Three Graces
Mosaic of the Three Graces
<p>Bronze bust from Empuries (L&rsquo;Escala) Dated between 79 and 96 AD.&nbsp;Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona.</p>

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Bronze bust
Bronze bust
<p>Miniature amphora from Tur&oacute; de la Rovira (Barcelona). Dated between the 4th and 2nd centuries BC.&nbsp;Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona.</p>

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Iberian amphora
Iberian amphora
<p>Coloured mosaic with Christian symbols from the Roman villa of Faro (Torrox). Dated between the 4th and 5th centuries.&nbsp;Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona.</p>

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Dove mosaic
Dove mosaic
<p>Beaker-type vessel. Dated between 2 800 and 2 200 BC. From the chalcolithic burial site in Cova de la Ventosa (Piera).&nbsp;Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona.</p>

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Bell-shaped beaker
Bell-shaped beaker
<p>Ceramic pot dating from the 3rd century BC from the south east of the Iberian Peninsula.&nbsp;Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona.</p>

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Iberian pot
Iberian pot
<p>Personal adornment. Dated between the 5th -8th centuries AD.&nbsp;Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona.</p>

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Personal adornment
Personal adornment
<p>Bell-shaped vessel. Dated between 2200 and 1800 BC. It comes from the site of La Riba (Sant Just Desvern).&nbsp;Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona.</p>

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Bell-shaped cup
Bell-shaped cup
<p>Small blown glass container in the form of a bird, with an aperture in the tail. Unknown origin. 4th century AD.&nbsp;Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona.</p>

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Ointment jar in the form of a
Ointment jar in the form of a swallow
<p>Iberian lady from an unknown site in Murcia Dated between the 4th -2nd centuries BC.&nbsp;Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona.</p>

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Iberian lady
Iberian lady
<p>Bronze axe dated to the early Bronze Age (between 2 300 and 1 800 BC) from the cave of Olopte (Is&ograve;vol).&nbsp;Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona.</p>

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Bronze axe
Bronze axe

INFORMATION

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TELEPHONE
WEBSITE
http://www.mac.cat
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EMAIL
infomac@gencat.cat

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