Barcelona: Picasso Museum Guided Tour

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Skip the queues to explore Picasso Museum, created while the painter was alive. Learn about the history of Pablo Picasso, one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century.

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Highlights

Take an exclusive guided tour of the Picasso Museum
Discover the only museum created during the artist’s lifetime
Get to know the history behind Picasso's paintings!

Description

Are you an art lover and would like to discover the works of one of the most important artists of the 20th Century? Then you can miss this guided tour of the Picasso Museum in Barcelona. The meeting point will be at the Fossar de les Moreres. From there, we will head towards the Picasso Museum on a nice and short walk. Although the Picasso Museum was initially housed in a single building, the “Palau Aguilar”, it was extended over the years. It is currently made up of five different palaces, built between the 13th and 14th Centuries. Once inside the Picasso Museum we will learn about his artistic evolution, from his youth to his death, discovering also his period in Barcelona between 1895 and 1904. Did you know the Picasso Museum was the first and only museum created during the artist’s lifetime? It is the perfect place to discover all the details of the artist’s life and career. Appreciate his artistic evolution through the collection of more than 3.500 works and the most complete in the world of works from his youth. With your guide’s explanations, you will learn about the five periods that market Picasso’s lifetime: the blue, pink, cubist, neoclassical and surrealist periods. At the end of the guided tour, you can stay inside the museum for as long as you like, to admire all the works at your own pace.

Includes

Picasso Museum admission Guide Radio system

Important Information

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not recommended for children under 3 years
This is a monolingual tour in English
It is recommended not to carry backpacks. If you take them you must leave them at the box office to access the museum