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Museo Picasso de Barcelona | |
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  Location within Barcelona | |
| Established | 9 March 1963 |
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| Location | Montcada Street, Barcelona, Spain |
| Coordinates | 41°23′07″N 2°10′51″E / 41.385216°N 2.180893°E |
| Type | art museum |
| Visitors | 1,047,094 (2023)[1] |
| Director | Emmanuel Guigon |
| Curator | Malén Gual |
| Website | museupicasso |
The Museu Picasso (Catalan pronunciation: [muˈzɛw piˈkasu], "Picasso Museum") is an art museum in Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. It houses an extensive collection of artworks by the twentieth-century Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, with a total of 4251 of his works. It is housed in five adjoining medieval palaces on Montcada Street in the La Ribera neighborhood in the Old City of Barcelona.[2] It opened to the public on 9 March 1963,[3] becoming the first museum dedicated to Picasso's work and the only one created during his lifetime. It has since been declared a museum of national interest by the Government of Catalonia.[4]
Highlights of the collection include two of his first major works, The First Communion (1896), and Science and Charity (1897). In particular, the Museu Picasso reveals Picasso's relationship with the city of Barcelona, a relationship that was shaped in his youth and adolescence and continued until his death.
- ^ "The 100 most popular art museums in the world—blockbusters, bots and bounce-backs". theartnewspaper.com. The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ AADD (2010). Museums and Cultural Heritage in Catalonia. New York: Department of Culture of the Generalitat of Catalonia. ISBN 84-393-5437-1.
- ^ DDAA (1979). Singular Museum of Catalonia Chapter of the Picasso Museum. New York: Editorial DIAFORA. ISBN 84-85205-33-2.
- ^ Government of Catalonia. "The Museum of National Interest".