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As every summer, the city's museums present a varied and engaging programme. A wide selection of themes —art, natural sciences, applied arts, history, archaeology…— shapes a rich and diverse cultural offer. Workshops, treasure hunts, routes, itineraries and guided visits are some of the many participation formats available. Summer holidays become an opportunity to explore the museums' more playful side. Over 180 activities and exhibitions in Barcelona's cultural venues cater to audiences of all ages from three years and up, offering an appealing option for leisure in the city.
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On summer evenings, enjoy the performing arts, visual arts, dance, concerts and much more at the CaixaFòrum de Barcelona. An unmissable event for music and culture lovers that will allow you to discover the most stimulating artists on the current scene.
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Summer nights in Barcelona become a unique experience full of culture, music, and fun. With warm evenings and the city beautifully lit, Barcelona's venues open their doors to offer activities that invite you to enjoy summer in a different way. At Casa Batlló and La Pedrera, modernist art blends with concerts and evening performances on rooftop terraces, offering spectacular views over the city. The Poble Espanyol becomes a magical setting with live music, local cuisine, and popular culture. For classical music lovers, the Classical on the Beach series brings free seaside concerts—an unforgettable experience under the stars. And for film enthusiasts, Open-Air Cinema screens major films in iconic gardens and venues. All these offerings are designed to make the most of Barcelona's summer nights, turning each evening into a chance to experience the city like never before.
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The exhibition World Press Photo 2025 returns to the CCCB with its twenty-first edition, offering a selection of the photographs and multimedia productions that won the prestigious global photojournalism competition. This show presents works that are mostly unpublished in Spain, chosen for their quality and ability to offer a wide variety of perspectives on the most important current global events.
The world's most renowned photojournalism competition uses a regional model that divides the world into six zones, with the aim of ensuring a diverse representation of authors and stories. The works are organized into four categories: Single photographs, Photographic reports, Long-term projects, and Open format, covering a wide range of approaches and techniques. The exhibition not only presents powerful images, but also prompts deep reflection on issues that affect us all.
For an even more enriching experience, guided tours are offered that provide a detailed analysis of the works presented and the context in which they were created. World Press Photo 2025 is a must-see event for lovers of photojournalism and anyone interested in the stories that shape our reality.
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Barcelona is once again celebrating its grand festival, in honor of its patron saint. A program full of different activities is planned for all the public, with music, dance, circus and street arts. And not forgetting the giants, dragons, fire beasts, human towers and sardana groups.
La Mercè is also a festival of music, with streets full of modern and popular rhythms where the BAM, Barcelona Acció Musical, and Música Mercè will offer a programme with more than a hundred local, national and international artists. Free concerts in public spaces to celebrate Barcelona's biggest festival.
La Mercè will end, as always, with the traditional fireworks and music display. an explosion of light and sound, which has become one of the most expected and acclaimed events for the people of Barcelona and its visitors. -
Extraterrestres Museu de la Ciència CosmoCaixa
The exhibition at the Museu de la Ciència – Cosmocaixa explores one of humanity's greatest questions: is there life beyond Earth? Divided into five sections, it first situates our place in the cosmos, presents the historical and philosophical debate around the uniqueness or abundance of life, shows how art, cinema and literature have imagined alien beings, features scientific evidence such as exoplanets and terrestrial extremophiles, and showcases current technologies (like rovers and radio telescopes). With interactives, models, replicas, real artefacts and audiovisuals, the journey ends with a sensory immersion into possible futures in the event of discovering extraterrestrial life.
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Invisible Animals Myth Life Extinction Deextinction Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
The Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona presents Invisible Animals: Myth, Life, Extinction, De-extinction, an exhibition exploring creatures that have vanished, exist only in our imagination, or are real but nearly impossible to see. With innovative museography, the exhibition merges science and art to shed light on often forgotten stories. A journey that invites reflection on biodiversity loss, cultural memory and the effort to preserve what is still unknown. A call to protect the planet and the beings—seen or unseen—that inhabit it.
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Breaking ships breaking lives Museu Marítim de Barcelona
The exhibition "Breaking Ships, Breaking Lives", at the Maritime Museum of Barcelona, explores ship dismantling on beaches in the global South. It offers a critical perspective on labour conditions, environmental impact, and the inequalities surrounding this process. Photographs, audiovisuals, and objects shed light on an often unseen reality and challenge the consequences of a globalised economic system.
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A tour of Roman Barcelona is a box of surprises containing archaeological remains dating from the time the city was established. Barcino, the Roman city founded in the 1st century BC, has left us a valuable legacy, which can be found in the Gothic Quarter, the site of the early walled city.
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A visit to medieval Barcelona is one of the most fascinating city itineraries. The power wielded by the Crown of Catalonia and Aragon over the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages has left a valuable legacy of palazzos, churches and civic buildings. Most of them can be found in the old town, Ciutat Vella.
