Mataró Museum. Can Serra

Mataró

Can Serra, headquarters of the Mataró Museum. Photo: Eusebi Escarpenter

Mataró Museum is a patrimonial institution whose purpose is the safeguarding, study, conservation, research and dissemination of archaeological, natural and building heritage related to Mataró. It is divided between its headquarters in Can Serra and three extensions: Ca l’Arenas arts centre, Can Marfà Gènere de Punt and the Roman Villa of Can Llauder.

Can Serra is the ancestral home of Jeroni Serra Arnau, built in the Renaissance style in 1565. It retains its original structure and the large central hall on the first floor, alongside its original wooden panelling.

The permanent exhibition presents two of the thematic axes of the exhibition program related to the history of Mataró:

Iluro, Roman city takes us back to the city’s Roman past, a period we have been able to learn more about thanks to recent excavations.

The Mataró, a Mediterranean city exhibition provides a journey through the history of the city from mediaeval and modern times until the present day.

Temporary exhibitions are regularly scheduled on topics related to local history.

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SPACES

<p>Mataró Mediterranean city</p>
<p>Mataró Museum. Photo: Eusebi Escarpenter</p>

Mataró Mediterranean city: Tradition and mastery (from the 5th century to the 17...

Mataró Mediterranean city: Tradition and mastery (from the 5th century to the 17th century)

<p>Mataró Mediterranean city <br />Mataró Museum. Photo: Eusebi Escarpenter</p>

Mataró Mediterranean city: Innovation and adventure (18th and 19th century)

Mataró Mediterranean city: Towards the conquest of freedoms (20th century to the...

Mataró Mediterranean city: Towards the conquest of freedoms (20th century to the present)

<p>Iberian Necropolis of <em>Turó dels Dos Pins</em>, Cabrera de Mar</p>
<p>Photo: Mataró Museum</p>

Iluro, Roman city: Before Iluro. The Iberian ancestors

<p class="Normal1" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;">Iluro, Roman city</p>
<p class="Normal1" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;">Mataró Museum. Photo: Eusebi Escarpenter</p>

Iluro, Roman city: Conquest and Romanisation. The foundation of Iluro (first cen...

Iluro, Roman city: Conquest and Romanisation. The foundation of Iluro (first century BC)

Iluro, Roman city: Iluro, the municipality of Roman citizens

Iluro, Roman city: Private life

Iluro, Roman city: Citizenship and public life

<p>An adolescent's tomb.</p>
<p>Photo: Mataró Museum</p>

Iluro, Roman city: The afterlife. Rituals and beliefs

<p class="Normal1" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;">Iluro, ciudad romana</p>
<p class="Normal1" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;">MdM. Foto: Eusebi Escarpenter</p>

Iluro, Roman city: lluro Urbs and Ager

OBJECTS

<p>Crown of the standard of the Cooperativa Obrera Mataronense (Mataró Workers’ Cooperative), 1884</p>
<p>Antoni Gaudí (Reus, 1852 - Barcelona, 1926)</p>
<p>Bronze</p>
<p>19 x 23 cm</p>
<p>Photo: Ramon Manent. Museum of Mataró</p>

Bee by Antoni Gaudí

<p>Akroterion used in the sewer system of the <em>cardo maximus</em> found during the excavations at number 12, Carrer de Sant Cristòfor</p>
<p>Photo: Museum of Mataró</p>

Akroterion, 1st to 2nd century...

Akroterion, 1st to 2nd century AD

Sculpture of a boy with bird

<p>Fragment of a sculpture, 2<sup>nd</sup> century AD</p>
<p>Marble</p>
<p>From Torre Llauder</p>
<p>Photo: Ramon Manent. Museum of Mataró</p>

Sculpture of Sylvanus

Sculpture of Venus

<p>Eliseu Masafrets, light bulb glazier at the Glass Oven, 1947</p>
<p>Photo: Santi Carreras i Sajaloli</p>
<p>Mataró Municipal Archive / Carreras Collection</p>

Photograph of the Glass Oven

Fragment of a glass vessel

Gorgon

<p>Tombstone with inscription, 1<sup>st</sup> century AD</p>
<p>Marble</p>
<p>From La Riera</p>
<p>Photo: Museum of Mataró</p>

Tombstone of Lucius Marcius Op...

Tombstone of Lucius Marcius Optatus

Mataró des del mar (Mataró fro...

Mataró des del mar (Mataró from the Sea), 1872

Mill

<p>Sewer plate, 1892-1896</p>
<p>Designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch (Mataró, 1867 - Barcelona, 1956)</p>
<p>Moulded bronze</p>
<p>19 x 23 cm</p>
<p>Photo: Museum of Mataró</p>

Sewer plate by Puig i Cadafalc...

Sewer plate by Puig i Cadafalch

Blue ceramic plate from Catalo...

Blue ceramic plate from Catalonia

Portrait of Faustina

<p>Close-up of the ritual scene on a ceramic base, 1<sup>st</sup> century BC</p>
<p>Earthenware</p>
<p>Photo: Museum of Mataró</p>

Base decorated with a ritual s...

Base decorated with a ritual scene

<p>Thymiaterion, 3<sup>rd</sup> century BC</p>
<p>Terracotta</p>
<p>From the necropolis of Turó dels Dos Pins, Cabrera de Mar</p>
<p>Photo: Eusebi Escarpenter. Museum of Mataró</p>

Terracotta thymiaterion

Small treasury

<p>Umbo of a shield, 3<sup>rd</sup> century BC</p>
<p>Ferro</p>
<p>From the necropolis of Turó dels Dos Pins, Cabrera de Mar</p>
<p>29.4 x 9.8 x 6.3 cm</p>
<p>Photo: Eusebi Escarpenter. Museum of Mataró</p>

Umbo of an iron shield

<p>Krater, jar and vessel made of glazed ceramic, 1<sup>st</sup> century AD</p>
<p>Photos: Ramon Manent. Museum of Mataró</p>

Table crockery

Roman villa of Torre Llauder

EXTENSIONS

<p>Torre Llauder Roman villa</p>
<p>Photo: Ramon Manent</p>

Museum of Mataró. Clos Archaeo...

Museum of Mataró. Clos Archaeology at Torre Llauder

<p>Ca l’Arenas Art Centre. Photo: Eusebi Escarpenter</p>

Museum of Mataró. Ca l’Arenas...

Museum of Mataró. Ca l’Arenas Art Centre

<p>Façade of Can Marfà</p>
<p>© Romuald Gallofré- Museu de Mataró</p>

Museum of Mataró. Can Marfà Kn...

Museum of Mataró. Can Marfà Knit Fabric

INFORMATION

ADDRESS

El Carreró, 17-19
08301 Mataró (El Maresme)

FEES

Free admission

TELEPHONE

+34 937582401

WEBSITE

http://culturamataro.cat/

OPENING TIMES

Tuesday to Friday from 5.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m.; Saturdays from 11.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. and from 5.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.; and Sundays and Public Holidays from 11.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.

Closed on 1 and 6 January, Good Friday, 1 May, 24 June, 27 July, 15 August, 11 September, 25 and 26 December

Group visits with prior booking: 937412930

GETTING HERE

By train
With Renfe Rodalies (suburban rail network) lines R1 and RG1

By bus, direct route by motorway:

- Barcelona - Mataró Centre, line e11.1 Express Bus
- Barcelona - Mataró Nord, line e11.2: Express Bus
- Bellaterra UAB - Mataró, line C5: Empresa Casas - Grup Sarbús
- Sabadell - Granollers - Mataró, line e13 (former 555): Express Bus

By car:
Following the C-32 motorway, exits Mataró Sud, Mataró Oest and Mataró Nord, or following the N-II road.
Following the AP-7 motorway, exit Mataró/C-60
From Granollers, follow the C-60, which merges with the C-32 and the N-II.

City buses: Lines L2, L4, L5 and L7 (Pl. Tereses)

EMAIL

museum@ajmataro.cat

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Mataró Museum. Can Serra

AUDIOGUIDE

Listen to the audio guide of this museum

SPACES

Mataró Mediterranean city: Tradition and mastery (from the 5th century to the 17...

Mataró Mediterranean city: Tradition and mastery (from the 5th century to the 17th century)

Mataró Mediterranean city: Innovation and adventure (18th and 19th century)

Mataró Mediterranean city: Innovation and adventure (18th and 19th century)

Mataró Mediterranean city: Towards the conquest of freedoms (20th century to the...

Mataró Mediterranean city: Towards the conquest of freedoms (20th century to the present)

Iluro, Roman city: Before Iluro. The Iberian ancestors

Iluro, Roman city: Before Iluro. The Iberian ancestors

Iluro, Roman city: Conquest and Romanisation. The foundation of Iluro (first cen...

Iluro, Roman city: Conquest and Romanisation. The foundation of Iluro (first century BC)

Iluro, Roman city: Iluro, the municipality of Roman citizens

Iluro, Roman city: Iluro, the municipality of Roman citizens