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On display in the museum is the former private collection of the sculptor Frederic Marès Deulovol which was donated to the city; in addition to religious art there is a large department devoted to cultural history from the 15th to early 20th C. from the private library of Marès. The beautiful building in which it has been housed since 1946 forms part of the Salò de Tinell complex.

Access to the museum is through an archway from the Carrer dels Comtes de Barcelona, leading into a picturesque inner courtyard.
Hobbies & Activities category: Fabrics, textiles, costumes exhibits;  Paintings, art collections;  Historical museum
Attractions within Museu Frederic Mares

Museu Frederic Mares - Lapidarium

In the "crypt" is an extensive lapidarium (stone engravings from the Early Christian, Romanesque and Gothic periods); the foundations contain a small part of the Roman town-wall. Note the two
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Museu Frederic Mares - Religious Sculpture

An open staircase from the inner courtyard leads up to the first floor. Here can be found the second part of the collection of religious sculpture (Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque); a small collection
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Museu Frederic Mares - Second Floor

The second floor houses the "Colleciò Sentimental", a comprehensive collection of small Baroque works of art, tinware, hand-tools and various kinds of scales, playing cards, advertisements, dried
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Museu Frederica Mares - Roman Sculptures

The ground floor contains an outstanding collection of Romanesque and Gothic sacred works of art (particularly crucifixes, the Romanesque being most impressive, and a number of pictures believed to
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Address
Museu Frederic Marès
Plaça Sant Iu 5-6
E-08002 Barcelona
Spain
http://www.museumares.bcn.es
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
OpenClosed10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Closed19:0019:0019:0019:0019:0015:00
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Good Friday - Christian
Easter Monday - Christian
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
Catalunya Day - Spain (September 11)
Our Lady of Mercy Celebrations - Spain (September 24)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)
Cost
Adult3.00 Euros
Child 12 & underFREE
Tips
Admission free on Wednesday afternoons and the first Sunday of the month.
Operating hours on public holidays are the same as Sundays.
Facilities
Restaurant or food service
Transit
Metro: Line 4, Jaume I.
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