The Frederic Marès Museum is a unique collector's museum that preserves the collections gathered by its founder, the sculptor Frederic Marès (1893-1991), and which, through his donation, became part of the heritage of the city of Barcelona in 1946. Two years later, this museum was inaugurated, located in part of the former Royal Palace of the Counts of Barcelona, in the heart of the Gothic Quarter, whose courtyard or orchard

Frederic Marès turned sculpture into something more than an artistic vocation. Throughout his life he gathered an extensive sculpture collection hispanic, from ancient times to the 19th century, in which polychrome religious carving predominates and which constitutes the most homogeneous section of the Museum. Marès also donated part of his own sculptural work, which is exhibited in his Study-library.

In the Collector's cabinet tens of thousands of objects are displayed that form a large collection of collections and document ways of life and customs of the past, mainly from the 19th century. You can find endearing and unusual items, such as fans, pipes, clocks, jewellery, photographs, toys, keys, pharmacy jars and reliquaries, which, presented in an intimate atmosphere, evoke the particular universe of Marès.

Mission

The Frederic Marès Museum preserves, studies and shares the collections of Sculpture and the Collector's Office given to the city by Frederic Marès (1893-1991) with the aim of facilitating the enjoyment and discovery of art, beauty, creativity and the ingenuity of artists and artisans to a diverse public, as well as to enhance the ability to excite and evoke the memories and memory of the past, especially through the thousands of small household objects that they constitute the collections of the Cabinet.

The Museum, as a public service, aims to achieve the highest quality in communication and dialogue with its public through its collections, research and activities using all kinds of resources, traditional and technological, in order to facilitate access to knowledge, education and personal enrichment. Along these same lines, the museum seeks to share ideas, experiences, programs and projects with other museums with similar collections and origins through local and international collaboration networks.

To achieve its mission, the Museum achieves a high social responsibility that makes it a transmitter of basic values ​​that integrate economic, environmental and social aspects.

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