There are showcase exhibits on display in the annex next to the Montcada Venue's reception area. This is a small-format, free exhibition dedicated to pieces and subjects that are not covered by the museum's permanent and temporary exhibitions.
20 April - 15 October 2023
From 20 April 2023, the museum will be offering an exhibition where the significance of the objects on display lies in the infinite power of belief. Known as ex-votos, these artefacts represent a miraculous moment in time when a divine being helps someone to get through a difficult situation.
Expand the information17 November 2022 – 9 April 2023
More than toys: Japanese “kyōdo-gangu” displays a selection of the museum’s collection of kyōdo-gangu, small Japanese objects that have often been described in the West as toys, but which in actual fact went well beyond recreation.
Expand the information21 May - 19 December 2021
Displayed to coincide with the exhibition Picasso and artist’s jewellery at the Museu Picasso, the exhibition “Baule and Kafir Jewels. Dialogues with Picasso” presents a selection of jewellery from the Baule culture in West Africa and a small number of Afgan jewellery pieces from the Kafir culture, from the collections held by the Museum of Ethnology and World Cultures.
Expand the information23 December 2021 – 27 February 2022
“Iconoclasm. The Bamyan Buddhas” shows a selection of materials from the 1967 expedition that Margarida Corachán, Albert Folch, Edmonde Iba and Eudald Serra undertook to Afghanistan and India.
Expand the information4 March - 5 June 2022
«·Bark·Skin·Voice· Past, present, future / ·Purrungupari·Mupurra·Pujinga· Ngini, palinari, amintya» is the result of the research on the collections from the Tiwi Islands (northern Australia) of Museu Etnològic i de Cultures del Món, carried out by the co-curator of the exhibition Narelle Jubelin within the framework of the European Project «Taking Care - Ethnographic and World Cultures Museums as Spaces of Care».
Expand the information15 March 2022 – 15 January 2023
El Museu Etnològic i de Cultures del Món presents, in the Parc de Montjuïc Venue's reception area, its contribution to the celebration of the 175th Anniversary of the Gran Teatre del Liceu: «Museus i Liceu: una història compartida». A selection of works by the Liceu's stage designer, Josep Mestres Cabanes, is on display together with a small architectural relic coming from the first opera house building, destroyed by the fire in 1861, and saved from the rubble by architect Josep Oriol Mestres i Esplugues.
Expand the information18 June - 6 November 2022
“Illustrated Journeys. Field notebooks: from pencil and paintbrush to the digital world” reflects on the role of drawing as a tool at the service of science and knowledge throughout history, within and outside the museum context.
Expand the information1 December 2016 – 19 March 2017
Run by researchers from the University of Barcelona's Department of Cultural Anthropology, Gemma Celigueta and Gabriel Izard, and as part of the activity Connecting Diasporas of Objects and People, “Dialogues with Africa” aims to develop a dialogue between the museum and Africans living in Catalonia. In order to do so, objects from the MUEC BCN African collections and the personal objects of participants were displayed together in the exhibition.
Expand the information7 February - 16 November 2015
“Wayang kulit. Javan Shadow Puppets at the Museu de Cultures del Món” is the first showcase exhibition in the foyer of the Museu Etnològic i de Cultures del Món's Montcada Venue. Consisting of eight pieces from the museum's collection, the exhibition concerns one of the great theatrical traditions in Indonesia, which has been documented since the 10th century.
Expand the information16 November 2015 – 1 December 2016
30,000 Naxi ritual manuscripts are conserved in museums and libraries around the world. This exhibition consists of Dongba written manuscripts that belong to the Museu Etnològic i de Cultures del Món's collection.
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