Museums and galleries in Girona

Girona has five main museums:

• Museu d'Art (Art Museum)
• Museu d'Història (History Museum)
• Museu d'Història dels Jueus (Jewish History Museum)
• Museu d'Arqueologia (Archaelogy Museum)
• Museu del Cinema (Cinema Museum)

They are all free every first Sunday of each month (Sunday opening times are generally open from 10 AM to 2 PM).

Museu d'Arqueologia (Archaelogy Museum)

A Romanesque monastery housing the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Exhibits trace human history from the Paleolithic to the medieval period.

The museum is located inside Sant Pere de Galligants, an old Benedictine monastery founded in the 10th century.

The Roman remains of the city are kept and displayed here.

C. de Santa Llúcia, 8. 972 202 632

Museu d'Art (Art Museum)

Located in the former Episcopal Palace, it showcases Catalan art from the Romanesque period to the 20th century, including sculpture, altarpieces, and painting. Pujada de la Catedral, 12. 972 203 834

Museu d'Història (History Museum)

Tells the story of Girona from its founding to the present day. Housed in an 18th-century Capuchin convent, with preserved spaces like the cistern and cemetery. At the entrance, the Girona's capgrossos, giants, and the Tarlà are usually on display, and you can see them without having to pay to enter.

C. de la Força, 27. 972 222 229

Museu d'Història dels Jueus (Jewish History Museum)

Located in the city’s last synagogue (1492), this museum explores the life and culture of Girona’s medieval Jewish community. C. de la Força, 8. 972 216 761

Museu del Cinema-Col·lecció Tomàs Mallol (Cinema Museum)

Cinema museum, Girona

An interactive, family-friendly museum tracing the history of moving images, from shadow theatre to the birth of cinema.

Created by Tomàs Mallol, who apparently really liked cinema.

C. Sèquia, 1. 972 412 777

Casa Masó

Casa Maso

Casa Masó is the only “Onyar house” open to the public. It is open Tuesday to Saturday, and closed on Sundays and Mondays. You need a ticket to enter. You get the ticket from the website (https://rafaelmaso.girona.cat/cat/casa.php).

All visits are guided tours and last 50 minutes.

The house was the birthplace of architect Rafael Masó (1880–1935) and one of his most significant works.

C. de les Ballesteries, 29 | 972 413 989 | rafaelmaso.girona.cat/cat/casa.php | info@rafaelmaso.org

Ticket Prices

• €10 – Standard ticket
• €7 – Carnet Jove
• €5 – Reduced ticket (Girona Cultura Card, Voluntariat per la Llengua, large or single-parent families, people with disabilities, students, pensioners, retirees, and unemployed visitors – valid ID required)
• Free – Children under 16 (with an adult), temporary exhibitions, and ICOM members (with ID). Also on 16 August (Rafael Masó’s birthday), entry is free for Girona Cultura Card holders.

Caixa Forum

CaixaForum Girona is a free or low-cost cultural and arts space in the Barri Vell. Its's run by the Fundación “la Caixa”, the social-and-cultural foundation associated with CaixaBank. It’s part of a network of CaixaForum centres across Spain that aim to bring art, culture, education and community activities to the public.

They have one main exhibition (exposición) which is free entry. It changes around every five months. They also have free workshops, concerts, talks, and family activities.

The main exhibition is free but you need to get tickets on the Caixaforum website. The booking process asks for your name, email address, phone number, and date of birth. The only important field is email address, so if you don't want Caixa Bank storing some of your most personal information in a database, you can make up a bunch of fake information for the rest.

Website: caixaforum.org/es/girona Current exhibitions: https://caixaforum.org/es/girona/exposiciones Past exhibitions: https://caixaforum.org/es/girona/exposiciones?p=2&t=past Activities and workshops: https://caixaforum.org/es/girona/actividades

Outside Girona

• Les Bernardes is a free art gallery in Salt