Free Museums in Barcelona

Travel Barcelona for free! For people on a budget and also for the others…

Hi there! You want to discover Barcelona for free? Find out here how you can visit the most famous museums of Barcelona for free: time slots and days. Enjoy the read!

Even though they have free entrance, the number of tourists they are allowed to take inside is limited. Therefore tourists need to “register” before, by reserving a free ticket at the museum’s sales point. I recommend going, at least one day in advance, to take this free ticket from the museums! So please keep in mind that, even if the entrance is free, you are still required to have a ticket for entering, in some of the museums!  The ticket you will receive for free from the museum’s ticket office.

Here is the list of the museums and the time when you can visit them for free.

Museum of Catalonian Art – free entrance

The entrance to this museum has free entrance:

•  Every Saturday after 15:00
• The first Sunday of every month, the whole day
• 12^th February, Staint Eulalia day
• 18^th of May, International  day of museums
• 11^th of September, national day of Catalunya
• 24^th of September

This museum is located in the Placa d’ Espanya. You can reach it via metro line L3 (green), station PL. Espanya. You can find more details here.

Here also takes place the “Magic Fountain” spectacle (which is also free, of course; however you need to arrive early if you want to get a nice view). Read here more, about the official schedule and the show itself.

Botanical Gardens – free entrance

Tourists can walk around freely in the beautiful Botanical gardens of Barcelona, in the following period:

• every Saturday after 15:00
• The first Sunday of every month, the whole day
• 12^th February, Staint Eulalia day
• 18^th of May, International  day of museums
• 24^th of September

You can reach the Botanical garden from PL. Espanya, via the bus line 150, station Doctor Font Quer – Can Valero. You can find more details here.

Picasso Museum – free entrance

Here you can admire the paintings from his “Rose Period”, namely the  “Pigeon Room”, which was painted because his terrace in California was infested with them, also the “Meninas Room”, where copies, of course with a  personal touch, where made after Velazquez work.

You can visit the museum for free:

• every Saturday after 15:00
• The first Sunday of every month, the whole day
• 12^th February, Staint Eulalia day
• 18^th of May, International  day of museums
• 24^th of September

You can get there via metro line L4, station Jaume I. You can find more details here.

Museum of History of Barcelona (MUHBA) – free entrance

The museum opens its door for free to tourists on the following 2 occasions:

• Every Saturday after 15:00
• The first Sunday of every month, the whole day

You can reach the museum by metro line L4, station Jaume I. You can find more details here.

Barcelona Cathedral – free entrance

The Cathedral is situated in the Gothic Quarter and you can visit it for free:

• Each Saturday, between 08:00-12:45 and 17:15-20:00.

You can combine the visit to the Cathedral, with a very beautiful walk through the Gothic Quarter, where you can find a lot of important historical monuments. I have described it here. You can find more details here.

Guell Palace – free entrance

The Guell Palace has free admission on the first Sunday of the month.

The Gruell Palace is situated close to the La Rambla Street, so you can combine a nice walk through the street with a bit of sightseeing. You can find more details here.

Park Guell – free entrance

You can always take a walk for free in the Gruell Parc, which is also very beautiful and I highly recommend it. Entrance is only required if you want to view Gaudi’s work in the Gruell Park.

The entrance to his work is free the first Sunday of every month.

There are many buses going to Park Gruell, depending on where you accommodation is. The closest to the Park, is the Garcia Quarter. You can find more details here.

Design Museum in Barcelona – free entrance

You can visit the design Museum for free:

• Each Sunday, between 15:00 – 20:00
• First Sunday of every month, the whole day
• 12^th February, Staint Eulalia day
• 24^th of September

You can get there via the metro line L1, station Glories. You can find more details about the museum here.

Montjuc Castel – free entrance

You can visit the Montjuc Castel for free:

• Every Sunday after 15:00
• First Sunday of the month, the whole day

You can get to Montjuc Castel by the bus line 150, station Castell. Usually the optimal route is to go first to Pl Espanya, via one of the metro lines and then continue your journey from there. You can find more details here.

Reial Monestir de Pedralbes – free entrance

The entrance is free:

• First Sunday of the month, the whole day
• 12^th February, Staint Eulalia day
• 18^th of May, International  day of museums
• 24^th of September

There are many ways to get to the monastery depending on where your accommodation is.