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Museu Frederic Marès
Placa de Sant Iu 5-6
Barcelona
Catalunya
93 310 58 00
Type: Museum
Addmission Fee: entry 3 Euro, free the first Sun. of each month and every Wed. afternoon
Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10 am-7 pm, Sun. 10 am-3 pm
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Barcelona
Catalunya
93 310 58 00
Type: Museum
Addmission Fee: entry 3 Euro, free the first Sun. of each month and every Wed. afternoon
Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10 am-7 pm, Sun. 10 am-3 pm
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Access to the Museu Frederic Marès is around the corner from the Placa del Rei in the Placa de Sant Iu. Before entering this eclectic museum, take a moment to appreciate the quietude of the courtyard; places like these are hard to come by in Barcelona. In the summertime an outdoor café over in the corner serves coffee and pastries and offers a shaded grouping of tables. Frederic Marès (1893-1991) was a successful Catalan sculptor who managed to amass a fascinating collection of artwork during his long lifetime. The first three floors are devoted to peninsular sculpture from the ancient times to the present, while the top two floors consist of what the curators call the Collector’s Cabinet, displaying various odds and ends (emphasis on odd) that Marès the benefactor hoarded away through the years; the “cabinet” offers an interesting slice of 19th-century life. Rooms are devoted to women’s trinkets (fans, combs, jewelry), smokers (hundreds of pipes) and more. And then, of course, there is a section displaying the sculptures created by Marès the artist.
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