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Museu Etnològic de Barcelona

Download date: 17/10/2024

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People are the backbone of the Barcelona Museum of Ethnology (MEB), an intercultural knowledge space for studying social complexities.

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Items from every continent

The collections on display feature over 10,000 items from every continent. The museum originally exhibited collections compiled by prominent Catalans in such places as the Philippines and Spanish Guinea. But it conducted ethnographical campaigns from 1950 to 1980 in such countries as Morocco, Nepal and Afghanistan. The American collections came from work carried out in Peru, Bolivia and Central America. And later it incorporated African collections too.

The birth of the museum

The MEB’s origins date back to the 1920s, when a group of intellectuals sought to create information centres on traditional societies. The Ethnological and Colonial Museum opened in 1949 but the MEB’s current home was officially opened in 1973.

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Location and contact

Location and contact

Museu Etnològic de Barcelona

Address:
Passeig de Santa Madrona, 16*22
Districte:
Sants-Montjuïc
Neighborhood:
el Poble-sec
City:
Barcelona

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