For nine months, starting in October, elderly people from Barcelona will have the chance to get back into museums thanks to the fifth edition of the “Museums Await” cycle. This initiative, which this year adds another five museums, is aimed at people from municipal elderly people’s centres and the VinclesBCN service. Nearly 1,000 people are expected to take part either in person or in virtual activities.

The initiative seeks to introduce and disseminate museums among elderly people in the city and surrounding areas, bringing them closer to these establishments. A total of 38 museums are taking part (19 in Barcelona and 19 outside of the city), with 20 activities planned (60 in Barcelona and 20 in other municipalities). The face-to-face activities in the cycle will have a reduced cost of between one and five euros, while online tours will be free of charge.

Each museum organises its own activity, for example workshops with old items, memory games and dialogues through works or collections, taking into account that all tours share the characteristic of being highly participatory and promoting conversation among those taking part.

The 38 museums taking part are:

• L’Enrajolada
• Casa Museu Santacana
• Castell de Montjuïc
• CIP Molí d’en Rata
• La Fabra – Centre d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona
• Museu d’Art Medieval (MEV)
• Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC)
• Museu d’Arenys de Mar
• Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya
• Museu d’Art de Sabadell
• Museu d’Història de Barcelona
• Museu d’Història de Catalunya
• Museu de Badalona
• Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
• Museu de Granollers
• Museu de l’Aigua i el Tèxtil
• Museu de l’Hospitalet
• Museu de la Música
• Museu de la Pagesia de Castellbisbal
• Museu de Maricel
• Museu de Moià – Casa Rafel Casanova
• Museu de Viladecans
• Museu del Disseny – DHub
• Museu del Joguet de Catalunya
• Museu Etnològic i de Cultures del Món
• Seu Montcada
• Museu Etnològic i de Cultures del Món
• Seu Parc Montjuïc
• Museu Frederic Marès
• Museu Marítim de Barcelona
• Museu municipal de Montcada i Reixac (Casa de les Aigües)
• Museu Municipal de Nàutica del Masnou
• Museu Picasso de Barcelona
• Museu Romà de Premià de Mar
• Museu Tàpies
• Museu Tèxtil
• Museus d’Esplugues de Llobregat
• Palau Güell
• Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau
• Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Pedralbes

The ‘Museums Await’ cycle is a collaboration between Barcelona City Council, the Board of Museums and Accessibility and Barcelona Provincial Council’s Local Museum Network.