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Museu de la Música
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Museu de la Música

📍 Carrer de Lepant 150, Barcelona, 08013🏗 1946-05-29

The Museu de la Música de Barcelona is built around a straightforward idea: music history can be studied through the objects themselves. This museum houses instruments from around the world, alongside biographical documents that span from ancient civilisations to technologies of the 21st century. Its collection includes 2,000 musical instruments, with 500 shown to the public at any given time, and the guitar holdings are among the museum’s best-known specialities. The museum was founded on 29 May 1946, and it is administered by Barcelona’s City Council. In 2007, its headquarters moved to the second floor of L’Auditori de Barcelona, placing the collection in direct conversation with one of the city’s main performance venues. What makes this location more than a repository is the museum’s combined focus on historical presentation, conservation work, and research into Barcelona’s— and the world’s—musical heritage. …

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