Víctor Balaguer Library Museum

Founded in 1884 by Víctor Balaguer, a Catalan politician and writer, the Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer is one of Catalonia’s oldest and most singular museums.

Its galleries show an exceptional trajectory through the different artistic movements of the 19th century and the first years of the 20th century in Catalonia, from Romanticism to Noucentisme. The important legacy in contemporary art also stands out, with a relevant section of Informalism Art.

The painting section is completed with a permanent exhibition of approximately 20 oil paintings of the Spanish and European Baroque period, which come from the historical collection of the Prado Museum (Madrid). This section includes works of El Greco, Ribera, Goya, Rubens or Van Dyck.

Amongst the ethnographic collections, with objects from the Philippines, China, Japan and America, stands out the Egyptian collection, which was the first one in Catalonia and includes a child's mummy.

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