Museu d'Història de la Ciutat
The Museu d’Història de la Ciutat—better known as the Museu d’Història de Barcelona, or MUHBA—focuses on one long story: Barcelona’s heritage from Roman Barcino to the present day. It opened on 14 April 1943, and its principal promoter and first director was the historian Agustí Duran i Sanpere. Today, the museum’s headquarters sit on Plaça del Rei in the Gothic Quarter, while the institution also manages historic sites across the city, including archaeological remains of ancient Barcino and medieval locations such as the Jewish quarter and the royal palace Palau Reial Major. This museum’s origin is tied to the late-19th-century push to formalize the city’s past: attempts began around the 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition, and a key forerunner came in 1929 with a municipal temporary exhibition during the Barcelona International Exposition. …
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