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For getting to, and getting around Montjuïc, bear in mind that the Metro will be running throughout the night. What’s more, this Saturday there will be additional trains running on the Metro, and the Funicular de Montjuïc service will be extended up until 1.30 am. You can plan your visit to any of the spaces with the Vull Anar app.

Avenues Reina María Cristina, Ríos i Taulet (from C/ Guardia Urbana) and Ferrer i Guàrdia (from C/ Mèxic) are closed for the AutoMobile Barcelona Show. For this reason the number 150 bus goes up and down C/ Mèxic, turning on the other side of Avda. Paral·lel, in the direction of Plaça d’Espanya and Hostafrancs. This Saturday, when the AutoMobile show closes at around 8.15 pm, a direct route between Plaça Espanya and Avda. Rius i Taulet will be opened up to the public, on the side lane on the left-hand side of Avda. Maria Cristina, so that people can walk up and down Montjuïc on Museum Night.

Montjuïc Castle
Spectacular night views of the port and the city from the terrace (last admission at 12.30 am). Furthermore, from 7.30 pm to 12.30 am, there will be tours of various areas of the castle, some of which are normally closed to the general public, accompanied by a guide who will bring the history of the castle and the city to life. The tours last a maximum of 30 minutes, and run continuously with limited capacity on a first-come, first-served basis. The last visit starts at midnight.

On Museum Night, Montjuïc Castle is providing a special shuttle bus service, will run continuously between 9 pm and 1.30 am, departing from the junction between Avda. Paral·lel and C/ Lleida (in front of the petrol station). The last bus will leave the castle at 1.30 am.

It’ll be open doors on Sunday from 10 am to 8 pm too, with guided tours at 1 pm (in English), 3.30 pm (in Spanish) and 4.30 pm (in Catalan).

CaixaFòrum
Free admission to current exhibitions, prior booking required:

“Uncertain Times. Germany in the Interwar Period” takes you back to the turbulent times of the Weimar Republic (1919-1933), a period of enormous social and political tension, but also one of remarkable cultural vibrancy. Innovative ideas, intense debates and boundless creativity marked this turbulent era, leaving behind a legacy that still resonates today.

“Out of Frame. Works by Rineke Dijkstra and Philippe Parreno”: two audiovisual pieces from the “la Caixa” Foundation’s Contemporary Art Collection that revisit masterpieces of painting. Dijkstra explores the darkness of Goya’s black paintings, while Parreno offers an immersive interpretation of Rembrandt’s The Night Watch.

At 8 pm, 9 pm and 10 pm, you can enjoy short performances in an intimate setting. Featuring a broad range of musical styles, spanning jazz, classical and electronic music, songs by singer-songwriters, swing and world music, this is an opportunity to discover the talent of the groups chosen in the CaixaForum call for musical performances. Duration: 30 minutes.

It’ll be open doors on Sunday from 10am to 8 pm too – prior booking required.

Collection of Funeral Carriages
Guided tours of the Funeral Carriages Collection. At 8 pm, 9 pm, 10 pm and 11 pm, prior booking required.

The tour showcases each of the pieces, and explains the role they played in the social evolution of Barcelona. Here you’ll discover the stories behind them and the meaning of the different symbolisms. An extensive collection of graphic documents provide an insight into the Barcelona of the mid-18th to the mid-20th century.

Fire Fighters Space
You’ll be able to learn about the Barcelona Fire Department through an exhibition spanning more than 180 years of history that focuses on its heritage and its links to the city, . Moreover, the firefighters of today will explain what a modern-day fire engine looks like, and you’ll even be able to climb aboard one yourself! Admission is free, but with prior booking only at espaibombers@bcn.cat.
It’ll be open doors on Sunday from 11 am to 3 pm too – no prior booking required.

Joan Miró Foundation
Visit free of charge the Joan Miró collection, the exhibitions “Between Two Courtyards. Fina Miralles, Susana Solano and Eva Lootz’s time in Espai 10” and “New talent in Asian video art: Musquiqui Chihying and Timoteus Anggawan Kusno”, and the Espai 13 and Photography exhibitions in the foyer. Prior booking required.
It’ll be open doors on Sunday from 10 am to 7 pm too – prior booking required.

MUHBA Shelter 307
From 7 pm to 12.30 am, there will be 25-minute guided tours of Shelter 307 in the Poble-sec neighbourhood, explaining how the neighbourhood dug 200 metres of tunnels through the mountain to protect themselves from air raids, and what life was like for those who were forced to take refuge there. Several rooms can still be seen: the toilets, a fountain, an infirmary, the children’s room and a fireplace. Shelter 307 has been restored and opened to the public to highlight the cruelty of war and its consequences.

Catalan Museum of Archaeology (MAC)
Open doors from 6 pm to 1 am. Journey back to Catalonia’s historical roots. Discover surprising objects and stories in two of the permanent exhibitions: “Prehistories” and “Phoenicians and Greeks in the Mediterranean”, and enjoy the two current temporary exhibitions as well: “Megalithic Sardinia. The Island of the Stone Giants” and “El museu somiat. Pedro Bosch Gimpera”.

What’s more there’ll be free admission to a range of activities:

• IMPERIVM. Roman stories
  At 7 pm, 8 pm, 9 pm, 10 pm, 11 pm and midnight · Prior booking required
  A guide to discovering and understanding Roman civilisation through the stories of different people who lived in the Roman Empire, their concerns and their desires. First-hand accounts of what it was like to live in a complex and diverse world that was also global and inclusive.
• Come and dig at the MAC!
  At 7 pm, 8 pm and 9 pm · Workshop, prior booking required
  Have you ever wondered how archaeologists work? How do all those items end up in museum glass cases? What kind of work lies behind all that? Where does the information from history books come from? We haven’t travelled back in time! Come and learn about an archaeologist’s work, from researching the site to determining what period the finds date from and what the they might have been used for.
• Come and play at the MAC
  From 7 to 10 pm Games
  Get ready for games involving balancing dolmens, following the path of human evolution through movement, recreating a fishing trip, and rediscovering cave paintings, bell-shaped pottery and how it was decorated.
• Rome is coming to visit!
  At 7.30, 8, 9 and 9.30 pm · Show
  After 2,000 years, the Romans are back in Montjuïc, and we’re celebrating with a gladiator show. Come along and cheer your favourite gladiator on in this historical re-enactment show.

It’ll be open doors on Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm too, with a guided tour of the exhibition “IMPERIVM. Roman Stories” (12.30 pm) and a family workshop ‘Explorers of Prehistory’ (10.30 am, admission costs €2 – prior booking required).

Jardí Botànic de Barcelona
At 7.30 pm, 8.30 pm and 9.30 pm, discover the botanical gardens with guided tours led by the Associació d’Amics del Jardí Botànic de Barcelona.
It’ll be open doors on Sunday from 10 am to 7 pm too – no prior booking required.

Museu de les Arts Escèniques [Museum of Performing Arts]

• El Petit Liceu de Jaume Respall. Opera in Miniature
  From 7 pm to midnight · Show, prior booking required
  Discover the theatre in an exclusive and unusual performance in miniature.
• Dance at the Institut del Teatre
  At 8.30 pm
  With two dance schools and students aged 12 and over.
• Dramatised tour of “The Memory of Ephemeral Arts”
  At 6.30 pm, 7.45 pm, 9 pm, 10.15 pm and 11.30 pm · Prior booking required
  Actress Neus Martínez steps into the shoes of a lamplighter from long ago, shedding light on key points in the history of Catalan theatre, works that deserve to be remembered and revived.
• Restoring souls. Children’s workshop on puppet making using recycled materials
  At 6.30 pm · Prior booking required
• Balla k Juga. Creative dance workshop for children
  At 6.30 pm · Prior booking required
• Hip-hop with Clàudia de la Fuente. Urban dance workshop for young people
  At 8.30 pm · Prior booking required

Museum of Ethnology and World Cultures – Montjuïc venue)
The permanent exhibition “Feel the Legacy” explains how ethnographic objects are imbued with the nature of the community that conceives and uses them. You can also enjoy the temporary exhibition “Barcelona, City of Giants. 600 years of festivals and tradition”, which invites you to embark on a gigantic journey, discovering anecdotes, facts and quirky titbits, some of which are almost or completely unknown.

• Express guided tour of the temporary exhibition “Barcelona, City of Giants. 600 years of festivals and tradition”
  At 7.30 pm (in Catalan) and at 8.30 pm (in Spanish)
• Express guided tour of the temporary exhibition “Sentir l’objecte”
  At 8 pm (in Catalan) and at 9 pm (in Spanish)

Catalan National Art Museum (MNAC)
Visit the permanent collection and temporary exhibitions free of charge, until 1 am. Discover “Zurbarán (super)natural” in the temporary exhibition rooms, and the exhibition “The Open House” from the MNAC’s Comunitat 360º community project in Room 82.

• The Museum is Growing: guided tour.
  From 7 to 9.30 pm
  Every year, the museum expands its collection with new acquisitions. The acquisitions policy prioritises works by artists who have been relegated to the margins, and focuses primarily on photography and contemporary art.
• Concert: Up-and-coming artists from the Sants-Montjuïc district.
  From 8.30 to midnight
  Musical performances by Potser Dimarts, Matilda Mirana and Asian Passerby, three groups with links to the Sants-Montjuïc district to watch out for.

It’ll be open doors on Sunday from 10am to 3 pm too – prior booking required.

Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic and Sports Museum
Visit the permanent exhibition at the Olympic and Sports Museum to learn about the history of the Olympic movement, relive the celebration of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, and discover the huge range of sports played around the world.

Mies Van der Rohe Pavilion
Visit one of the masterpieces of the Modern Movement. It was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich as the German pavilion for the 1929 International Exhibition. It was dismantled in 1930. Over time, it became a key point of reference for 20th-century architecture. In 1980, Barcelona City Council’s Oriol Bohigas championed its reconstruction, and architects Ignaci de Solà-Morales, Cristian Cirici and Fernando Ramos were commissioned to make the project a reality. The new building was inaugurated in 1986, on the original site.

This year the theme of International Museum Day, promoted by the International Council of Museums (ICOM), is “The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities”. This idea reflects the important role that museums play in a changing society, as engaged assets and as essential connectors, innovators and guarantors of cultural identity.