If you are looking for an original museum to go with your family in Barcelona, you will love this article. In it we collect 10 fun, different and very original museums in which both children and adults will enjoy a lot. You will be able to take very crazy photos, you will be able to “bathe” in ball pools, discover curious characters, live different and original experiences… Have a good time!
MOST ORIGINAL MUSEUMS IN BARCELONA
JULES VERNE 200
JULES VERNE 200: Immersive rooms, virtual reality, metaverse, and traditional exhibition spaces. The 3D movie projected in the well-known immersive room with over 1,000 m² of screen will incorporate a new dome through virtual reality, launching a Vernian metaverse that surpasses all limits of imagination to explore the spaces of Verne’s 5 most popular novels. Through his best-known works like “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” “Around the World in 80 Days,” “Robur the Conqueror,” and “From the Earth to the Moon,” Verne was able to inspire artists and intellectuals around the world. Dates: starting September 20. Hours: from 10 AM to 10 PM. Location: Digital Arts Center of Barcelona. Ages: all. Price: from €9.50. More information: Jules Verne 200.
BALLOON MUSEUM BARCELONA
Attention families with children! Are you ready for an amazing plan? We’ve visited the new Balloon Museum in Barcelona and loved it! You’ll find a ton of rooms filled with art. Discover a fascinating world where contemporary art centers around air. Inflatables, ball pits, figures and sculptures, lots of balloons, lights, swings, and much more! A perfect activity for the whole family! Tips: If you can go early, there will be fewer people. There’s only one bathroom at the entrance, so let the little ones go in first! Dates: until January. Location: Palau Victòria Eugènia, Pl. de Carles Buïgas, 7, Sants-Montjuïc. Different hours. Suitable for all ages. Price: there are family packages. More info: Balloon Museum Barcelona.
PARADOX MUSEUM
Enjoy an experiential entertainment space with more than 70 exhibits inspired by paradoxes. You will find different spaces such as: the inverted room, the Paradox tunnel and the Paradox Sofa. A museum in which science, art and human perception are mixed. As its motto says: “nothing makes sense and yet everything is real”. A great plan for families with children. Do you want to see how we had it? watch our video of the visit Place: Pl. Urquinaona 3, Bcn. Hours: M-F from 11-21:30 and Sat-Sun from 10-21:30 Price: from €12. See family pack. More information: Paradox Museum Barcelona
IKONO BARCELONA
Dare to travel to different worlds and explore new emotions without leaving Barcelona. You can enjoy different experiences: throw yourself into the ball pool, play with the robot dog, enjoy creating with light, discover more than 12 interactive rooms, hallucinate with the confetti room… A museum with a lot to discover, experiences, spaces originals, photos and lots of fun. Do you want to see how we had it? watch our video of the visit Place: Las Arenas Shopping Center (3rd floor) Price: €18 (from 4 to 13 years old it costs €12.5 and <4 years old is free) Buy your ticket: Ikono Barcelona
BUBBLE PLANET
BUBBLE PLANET: An immersive and enveloping experience where you will be surrounded by bubbles like never before. Dive into a planet beyond your imagination with virtual reality technology, themed rooms, fantastic landscapes, and even a hot air balloon flight simulator! Travel from one immersive space to another and let your 5 senses vibrate! Days: starting in April. Location: a secret place in Barcelona that will be revealed soon. Schedule: different times. Age: all ages (children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult). Price: starting at €14.5. More information: Bubble Planet.
BARCELONA WAX MUSEUM
If you are looking for an original museum in Barcelona, the Museu de Cera de Barcelona will surely not disappoint you. A different museum in which new technologies, figures and scenery are mixed. You can enjoy more than 120 figures in 28 themed interactive settings. Each room is dedicated to different sectors of the world of culture, music, sports, cinema. During the different rooms, the different figures alternate with other interactive rooms where you can jump and play with light… It is a museum perfect to visit with family. Place: Passatge de la Banca, 7 Hours: Saturdays and Sundays: from 10:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (last entry at 7:00 p.m.) (*we recommend checking the schedules as they may vary) Ticket price: adults, 20 euros. children from 5 to 11 years old, 17 euros. From 0 to 5 years old, free. Family pack: 2 adults + 2 children €57.60 More information: Barcelona Wax Museum
BIG FUN MUSEUM BARCELONA AND EL MUSEO DE LAS ILUSIONES
The Big Fun Museum is a large interactive exhibition in Barcelona and has nine small museums with different themes, such as an upside-down house and a museum of illusions. 8 museums under one roof in the heart of Barcelona! Guinness Record Museum, Upside Down House, Sweet Museum, Giant’s House, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Food Art, Museum of Madness + Magic Room. And just five minutes from the museum you will find the Museum of Illusions with 3D paintings. Be part of famous paintings! Hours: Monday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Address: Rambla de Sant Josep, 88-94. Price: You can buy the separate tickets Big Fun Museum €20, Museum of Illusions €10 or the pack of the two museums €25. Children under 5 years old enter free. More information: Big Fun Museum
MOCO BARCELONA
The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, better known as the Moco Museum. A museum whose objective is to bring art closer to the young public. That is why the museum is full of very attractive rooms and spaces that can be photographed, perfect for visiting the museum with the family. Kids will love it. One of the “star” areas of the Moco Museum Barcelona is the Diamond Matrix, the center’s immersive art scene. Surely you have already seen numerous photos on social networks. One of the three immersive art proposals that exist in the museum, designed by Studio Irma, which seeks for visitors to come into contact with art in a fun way Hours: Monday to Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Friday to Sunday 10:00–21:00 Address: Carrer de Montcada, 25, 08003 Barcelona More information: Moco Museum Barcelona
BANSKY MUSEUM BARCELONA
The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, better known as the Moco Museum. A museum whose objective is to bring art closer to the young public. That is why the museum is full of very attractive rooms and spaces that can be photographed, perfect for visiting the museum with the family. Kids will love it. One of the “star” areas of the Moco Museum Barcelona is the Diamond Matrix, the center’s immersive art scene. Surely you have already seen numerous photos on social networks. One of the three immersive art proposals that exist in the museum, designed by Studio Irma, which seeks for visitors to come into contact with art in a fun way Hours: Monday to Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Friday to Sunday 10:00–21:00 Address: Carrer de Montcada, 25, 08003 Barcelona More information: Banksy Museum Barcelona
FAMILY EXHIBITIONS
DALÍ CHALLENGE BARCELONA. The Dalí Challenge Barcelona experience is coming to Barcelona. A fantastic plan for families that invites you to immerse yourself in a journey through the art and life of the universal genius of surrealism. With the help of the latest technology, this unique exhibition will unveil the best-kept secrets of Salvador Dalí, one of the most enigmatic and multifaceted figures of the 20th century. Dates: from January 4 to January 15, 2025. Hours: Monday to Sunday, from 10 AM to 8 PM. Duration: 60 minutes. Location: Reial Cercle Artístic de Barcelona. Age: Suitable for all audiences. Important: Remember to bring your headphones and mobile phone to enjoy the audio story in podcast format. More information: Dalí Challenge
SOROLLA A NEW DIMENSION: Sorolla arrives in Barcelona, a new dimension! An immersive exhibition from the Sorolla Year promising to gift your senses a 360° experience. Dive into the artist’s life and witness Sorolla’s paintings like never before. The exhibition spans two floors, where the first floor introduces you to Sorolla’s Valencia and significant milestones of his career and work, while the second floor brings his paintings to life through cutting-edge digital technology. Additionally, you can literally step into his paintings through virtual reality. Dates: until May 10th. Hours: 10:00am to 9:00pm (last entry at 8:00pm). Location: Centre d’Art Amatller (Casa Amatller). Age: all ages. Price: from €7. More information: SOROLLA Exposición inmersiva
FC BARCELONA IMMERSIVE TOUR AND MUSEUM: ENTRY + ROBOKEEPER: The new BARÇA IMMERSIVE TOUR will coexist for a few years with the works of the future Spotify Camp Nou and, therefore, will be the main reference point from where fans from Catalonia and around the world can continue to learn about the essence of Barça. An exhibition full of emotional content, concluding in a grand immersive audiovisual space, recreating all the sensations to be experienced in the new stadium, making FC Barcelona More Than A Club. Hours: choose the date and time you want. Location: FC Barcelona Immersive Tour and Museum. Age: all ages. More information: FC BARCELONA TOUR INMERSIVO
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