Natural Science Museum (Museu Blau)
The Natural Science Museum of Barcelona was founded over 130 years ago and is housed in three centers which are located in different areas of the city, as the Forum Park, Ciutadella Park and Montjuic Park.
The Natural Science Museum of Barcelona has its origins back to the end of the 19th century, when the collections of the naturalist Francesc Martorell i Peña were donated to the city, that later become the first public museum of Barcelona.
Today (2015), the museum holds an asset of around four million specimen of natural heritage collections in various fields, like zoology, paleontology, mineralogy, petrology and botany. Part of the collection was obtained by the museum, while others are derived from private donations.
The museum centre in Ciutadella Park is housed in two buildings. The Martorell Museum, which is the natural history museum, and the Nature Laboratory which is a collection, research and documentation centre housed in a beautiful modernist building known as “Castell dels Tres Dragons”.
There are two centers in Montjuic hill, the Botanical Garden and the Historic Botanical Garden. The third centre is the Museu Blau, which is located at the Forum Park. The Museu Blau was opened to the public in 2011 and has around 3,000 square meters of exhibition space, plus conference hall, a media library, workshop rooms and laboratories.
The mission of the museum is very clear. Collections and research works are carried out to create the necessary knowledge to be shared with the society, so that people is better informed and more connected with nature in a more responsible way.
The mission statement in their website clearly says in one of the paragraphs: “We do this by safeguarding collections that are tangible evidence of Catalonia’s natural heritage, by researching its biological and geological diversity and by creating experiences that encourage exploration, learning, appreciation, enjoyment”.
Regular Price: 6€
Opening Hours: Oct – Feb:
Tue – Fri: 10am – 6pm
Sat: 10am – 7pm
Sun and holidays: 10am – 8pm
Mar – Sep:
Tue – Sat: 10am – 7pm
Sun and holidays: 10am – 8pm
Closed: Mondays (except public holidays), Jan 1, May 1, Jun 24, Dec 25
Address: Plaça Leonardo da Vinci 4-5 (Parc del Forum)
Transport: Metro: L4 (stop Maresme-Forum)
Bus: 7, 36, 43, H16
Tram: T4 (stop Forum)
Bus Turistic: stop Forum
Tips & Secrets!
Discount with Bus Turistic: 20%
Discount with Barcelona Card: 100%
Special Price
2.70€ (people from 16-29, over 65, unemployed)
Free?
With the Barcelona Card
Children under 16
Every Sunday: 3pm – 8pm
Santa Eulalia (Feb 12)
La Merce (sep 24)