Institutions of interest and agenda

Museo Joan Abelló

The Museo Joan Abelló is housed in a Modernist building built in 1908. It was opened in 1999 and it houses part of the foundation of the Joan Abelló collection which he donated to the town of Mollet.

The museum’s ethos is based on the permanent exhibition with Catalan artworks from the 19^th and 20^th centuries. At the same time, the Museum promotes contemporary art with temporary exhibitions and with the Mollet Art contest dedicated to young artists of our country.

The Museum consists of several spaces: The Artist’s House, a labyrinth where the visitor, little by little, discovers the artist’s complex, interesting and diverse collection and the Aparador, a space to produce and divulge the visual arts, an opening for the interdisciplinary nature of the language of emerging artists.

It has a wide activity programme for schools and families.

What does ICONO do there?

               Reception

               Ticket selling

               Guided visits and schoolchild activities

               Shop management

               Creation of educational aids for courses and workshops

Museu Història de Catalunya (MHC)

The aim of the Museum of the History of Catalonia is to put the history of Catalonia on display and make people aware of their shared heritage, and so help them identify with their national history.

The building that we know today as the Palau de Mar is the former General Stores, the sole building of Barcelona's Old Port still standing. The Stores were designed in 1881 by the engineer Maurici Garrán, the first director of the Barcelona Port Board of Works, and were intended for use as trading depots.

What does ICONO do there?

           Guided visits for schools and adults

           Workshops for schools and families

           Coordination of guided visits

           Staff management

Museo Municipal de Náutica de Masnou

The Museum of History and Archaeology of el Masnou was opened in 1962 thanks to the help of local residents. It was named the Nautical Municipal Museum of el Masnou in 1990 because the naval items there were had grown increasingly important.

Nowadays, the volume of information about maritime issues is wide and varied. There are certain objects highlighted for their quality, such as navigation devices, an art gallery about maritime topics, a wide range of nautical charts and a specialist library dating back to the 18^th century.

The Museum is supplied with the Municipal School of Naval Modelling, the Archives and a publication about local history, edited under the title La Roca de Xeix.

What does ICONO do there?

               Staff management

               Cultural management

               Guided visits for schools and adults

               Workshops for schools and adults

               Walking tours around the town

               Creation of educational aids for courses and workshops

               Diffusion of activities

               Organization of recreational activities

               Reception

               Management of the Escuela de Maquetismo

               Shop management

Museu Picasso

The Picasso Museum in Barcelona is a key reference for understanding the formative years of Pablo Ruiz Picasso. The genius of the young artist is revealed through the more than 3,800 works that make up the permanent collection. Furthermore, the Museu Picasso, opened in 1963, also reveals his deep relationship with Barcelona: an intimate, solid relationship that was shaped in his adolescence and youth, and continued until his death.

The history of the Picasso Museum in Barcelona is the chronicle of the artist’s firm desire to leave the imprint of his art on our city. Thanks to the wishes of Picasso and his friend and personal secretary, Jaume Sabartés, Barcelona now has the youthful work of one of the twentieth century’s most significant artists.

What does ICONO do there?

           Staff management

           Guided visits for adults

           Support for children’s workshops

           Support for the activities of the Museum

Ateneu Barcelonés

The Ateneu Barcelonès is an emblematic institution that has been inextricably linked to Catalan society and culture for over 100 years with the aim of participating actively in the promotion and the development of the country.

The most illustrious people of Catalan art and culture, politics, thought and writing, have found in the Ateneu the perfect refuge to think, debate, explain and spread all kind of ideas and projects that, in many occasions have been of vital importance for Catalonia.

The building, the Savassona Palace, declared of historical and artistic national heritage, offers the visitor many architectural and aesthetic charms.

What does ICONO do there?

           Guided visits

           Management of reservations

           Coordination, selection and staff formation

Gran Teatre del Liceu

Founded in 1847 on Barcelona's La Rambla, the Gran Teatre del Liceu is an opera house that has retained its role as a culture and arts centre throughout its history and one that represents one of the symbols of the city.

Today, it is a publicly-owned theatre – by the Catalan Regional Government, Barcelona City Council, Barcelona Provincial Council and the Ministry of Culture – under the administration of the Fundació del Gran Teatre del Liceu, which, besides the above institutions, incorporates the Patronage Committee and the old Societat del Gran Teatre del Liceu.

What does ICONO do there?

           Guided visits for general public

           Guided visits for schoolchildren

           Guided visits for special groups for patrons and protocol

Museu de Sant Cugat

The Museu de Sant Cugat opened its doors with the aim of promoting the investigation, conservation and diffusion of the historical, artistic and cultural heritage of Sant Cugat, from a wide point of view. The Museum has different buildings: the Monastery and the Casa Aymat.

The Monastery, a Benedictine construction of Medieval Barcelona which has been totally restored, is the main and the most emblematic building of the Museum. It has rooms for temporary exhibitions, a concert hall, workshop rooms and a special room for the collections.

At Casa Aymat, collections of Catalan contemporary tapestries are usually displayed. They were made at the factory that was located in this building, Casa Aymat. It has also a room for temporary exhibitions that receives contemporary artwork.

What does ICONO do there?

Guided visits for schools and adults

Workshops for schoolchildren and families

Reception

Information desk  

Oficina de Turisme de Sant Cugat

The Tourist Office plays a key role in the outward promotion of the town and boosting Sant Cugat’s status as a cultural town.

The Office doesn’t just provide information about the heritage of the town; it is also an information point of the town council and offers the possibility to do cultural tours in other places of Catalonia and Spain. The Tourist Office is located at the gateway of the Monastery.

What does ICONO do there?

           Reception

           Tickets selling

Museu Barbier-Mueller d’Art Precolombí

The Museum is situated in an building of medieval origin, the Palau Nadal, in the historic Montcada Street, opposite the Picasso Museum of Barcelona.

The collection covers most of the styles that exist in the pre-Hispanic cultures of Meso-America, Central America, Andean America, and the Amazon region. The sculptures, ceramics, fabrics and ritual objects on display take us back to a time when the unforeseen discovery of a new continent transformed our understanding of the world.

One of the most prestigious collections in the world, at both national and international levels, was transferred by the Barbier-Mueller Museum of Geneva (Switzerland) to the City of Barcelona.

What does ICONO do there?

    Staff Management