The idea of creating a Museum to display the history of FC Barcelona goes back to the twenties, when the club founder Joan Gamper put the suggestion to members of the board.
For various reasons, the project never got off the ground. It was not until 1984 during the Josep Lluís Núñez presidency that the club was able to inaugurate its Museum. FC Barcelona was once again setting standards for the rest of the football world to follow. Since then, the Museum has been expanded on three occasions, in 1987, 1994 and 1998, to now become a facility that takes up a surface area of 3,500 m2 Year after year, the Museum has been consolidated as one of the finest platforms for explaining the social and cultural projection of the club. It has gained so much prestige that it is now generally considered the best football museum in the world, and is also the most visited museum in the whole of Catalonia, welcoming more than 1,200,000 visitors a year. The Museum has also set an example that many other clubs both in Spain and abroad have followed by starting similar initiatives of their own. A visit to the Museum, which includes a panoramic view of the stadium from the grandstand, can be divided into three main areas of content. • The Historic Museum: Displays more than a hundred years of club history including all the major trophies won by the different sports teams, photographs, sports materials from different periods, audiovisual presentations, anecdotes and a wide range of other exhibits and souvenirs that make any visit an emotional experience. • Futbolart Collection - Pablo Ornaque: A whole universe of curiosities and antiques related to the history of the sport from the 19th century to the modern day, all set in an authentically modernist ambience. • Temporary exhibitions: Displays that can cover all manner of different subjects, for example ‘The Joan Gamper Exposition, 1877-1930: The men, the club, the country', which explains the life and times of the club founder; 'The Camp Nou - 50 years of the Blaugrana beat', a display that looks back over the 50-years of Camp Nou, one of the main symbols of the Catalan club.An extended way of enjoying an FC Barcelona Museum Visit is to go on the Camp Nou Tour on which, as well as the museum area, visitors can also enjoy the chance to explore some of the most emblematic areas of the Barcelona stadium.
For various reasons, the project never got off the ground. It was not until 1984 during the Josep Lluís Núñez presidency that the club was able to inaugurate its Museum. FC Barcelona was once again setting standards for the rest of the football world to follow. Since then, the Museum has been expanded on three occasions, in 1987, 1994 and 1998, to now become a facility that takes up a surface area of 3,500 m2 Year after year, the Museum has been consolidated as one of the finest platforms for explaining the social and cultural projection of the club. It has gained so much prestige that it is now generally considered the best football museum in the world, and is also the most visited museum in the whole of Catalonia, welcoming more than 1,200,000 visitors a year. The Museum has also set an example that many other clubs both in Spain and abroad have followed by starting similar initiatives of their own. A visit to the Museum, which includes a panoramic view of the stadium from the grandstand, can be divided into three main areas of content. • The Historic Museum: Displays more than a hundred years of club history including all the major trophies won by the different sports teams, photographs, sports materials from different periods, audiovisual presentations, anecdotes and a wide range of other exhibits and souvenirs that make any visit an emotional experience. • Futbolart Collection - Pablo Ornaque: A whole universe of curiosities and antiques related to the history of the sport from the 19th century to the modern day, all set in an authentically modernist ambience. • Temporary exhibitions: Displays that can cover all manner of different subjects, for example ‘The Joan Gamper Exposition, 1877-1930: The men, the club, the country', which explains the life and times of the club founder; 'The Camp Nou - 50 years of the Blaugrana beat', a display that looks back over the 50-years of Camp Nou, one of the main symbols of the Catalan club.An extended way of enjoying an FC Barcelona Museum Visit is to go on the Camp Nou Tour on which, as well as the museum area, visitors can also enjoy the chance to explore some of the most emblematic areas of the Barcelona stadium.
Opening times:
Monday to Saturday, (from 2nd April to 28th October) from 10:00 to 20:00 - Camp Nou Tour until one hour before the Museum closes. The rest of the year the Museum opening hours are from 10:00 to 18:30. Sundays and public holidays, from 10:00 to 14:30 - Camp Nou Tour until one hour before the Museum closes. On days of League and Champions league matches in the stadium, from 10:00 to 13:00 - Camp Nou Tour not available January 1 and 6 and December 25, closed
Free parking
Information and reservations:
Tel. 902 1899 00
Tel. (+34) 93 496 36 00
Fax (+34) 93 496 37 79
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