Museu d'Historia de Catalunya

"This fascinating museum just off Plaça del Rei traces Barcelona's evolution from its first Iberian settlement through its Roman and Visigothic ages and beyond. Antiquity is the focus here." Full review

"Established in what used to be a port warehouse, this state-of-the-art interactive museum makes you part of Catalonian history from prehistoric times through more than 3,000 years." Full review

"The Palau de Mar building facing the harbour once served as warehouses, but was transformed in the 1990s." Full review

"The star attraction is a wagon of the train (parked outside) known as El Sevillano, which in the 1950s trundled between Andalucía and Catalonia, jammed with migrants." Full review

"The Catalan History Museum offers a virtual chronology of the region's past." Full review

"This recently renovated group of buildings built in 1900 houses a permanent exhibition which charts Catalonian history from pre-history to the present day." Full review

"The Museu d'Historia de la Ciutat takes you right down to the Roman foundations of the city dating from the first century B.C. The exhibition route takes you to various parts of the Royal Palace" Full review

"If you thought the winding streets of the Barri Gòtic were old school, check out the Museu d’Història de la Ciutat’s Roman ruins, hidden 20m underneath Pl. del Rei. Beneath the medieval..." Full review

"The city's History Museum is located in Casa Clariana-Padellàs (15C), a fine example of Gothic civil architecture." Full review

"The mountain of Olèrdola has been a strategic enclave with different degrees of settlement since the Bronze Age (a little over 4,000 years ago)." Full review