{"id":55913,"date":"2015-07-15T21:55:52","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T19:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=55913"},"modified":"2016-05-26T10:41:35","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T08:41:35","slug":"barcelonas-egyptian-museummuseu-egipci-de-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/barcelonas-egyptian-museummuseu-egipci-de-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona\u2019s Egyptian Museum|Museu Egipci de Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Barcelona\u2019s Egyptian Museum<\/strong> (Museu Egipci de Barcelona) was inaugurated in 1994 in <strong>Rambla Catalunya<\/strong> as Spain\u2019s first Egyptian Museum. Later, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/museu-blau\/\" target=\"_blank\">museum<\/a> moved to <strong>carrer de Valencia<\/strong> to a more ample setting that allowed the showcasing of a greater number of artifacts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/barcelonas-egyptian-museummuseu-egipci-de-barcelona\/#The_museums_collection\" title=\"The museum\u2019s collection\">The museum\u2019s collection<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/barcelonas-egyptian-museummuseu-egipci-de-barcelona\/#The_museums_opening_hours\" title=\"The museum\u2019s opening hours\">The museum\u2019s opening hours<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_museums_collection\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/barcelona-2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-55915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/barcelona-2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"barcelona 2\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><strong>The museum\u2019s collection<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, the museum\u2019s <strong>collection<\/strong> is composed by thousands of pieces, divided into 10 categories: T<strong>he pharaoh, Ranks, Jewelry, Stone and ceramics, Cosmetics and Eroticism, Beliefs and funerary practices, Funerary divisions, The chapel of cult, The temple cult, Egyptian God.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The museum also receives a series of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.museuegipci.com\/es\/exposiciones\/actual\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"broken_link\"><strong>temporary exhibits<\/strong><\/a> like \u201c<strong>Fashion and beauty in Ancient Egypt\u201d, \u201cBarcelona\u2019s Egyptian Museum\u2019s secrets\u201d, \u201cPre-Colombian funerary art. T\u00f3rtola Valencia\u2019s passion.\u201d <\/strong>and <strong>\u201cDiseased skeletons: a vision of sickness through time\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For those who would like to learn more about the <strong>Egyptian culture<\/strong>, the museum offers a series of activities like <strong>adult classes, summer camps, Egyptology studies <\/strong>and <strong>cultural expeditions<\/strong>. You can learn more about these activities and others by visiting the page\u2019s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.museuegipci.com\/es\/cursos-y-actividades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Classes and Activities<\/a><\/strong> page.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_museums_opening_hours\"><\/span><strong>The museum\u2019s opening hours<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Winter<\/strong>: January 7<sup>th<\/sup> to July 21<sup>st<\/sup> and September 12<sup>th<\/sup> to November 30<sup>th<\/sup>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Monday through Friday from 10 am to 2 pm and from 4 pm to 8 pm. Saturdays from 10 am to 8 am. Sundays 10 am to 2 pm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Summer:<\/strong> July 22<sup>nd<\/sup> to September 11<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 8 pm. Sundays from 10 am to 2 pm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ticket prices<\/strong> are <strong>11\u20ac<\/strong> for a regular ticket, <strong>8\u20ac<\/strong> for students, official tour guides, large families, Carnet Jove holders, carnet docente holders, unemployed people, people over 65 years old and children between 5 and 15.\u00a0 <strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is also the option of buying an\u00a0<strong>entrada combinada<\/strong> which allows you to visit the <strong>Egyptian Museum<\/strong> and the <strong>Museu de Culturas del Mundo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.museuegipci.com\/es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Museu Egipci de Barcelona<\/a><\/strong> is located at Carrer Val\u00e8ncia, number 284.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/5724407970_5c76124bf8_z.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-55916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/5724407970_5c76124bf8_z-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Barcelona\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>To get to the museum using <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/public-transport-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">public transportation<\/a><\/strong> take the <strong>green line (L3)<\/strong> of the <strong>subway<\/strong> and stop at <strong>Passeig de Gr\u00e0cia<\/strong> or <strong>Diagonal<\/strong>. If you happen to be staying closer to the <strong>yellow line (L4)<\/strong>, exit at <strong>Girona<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Note: Don\u2019t forget to visit the store at the end of your visit, where you can purchase beautiful replicas of some of the decorative and jewelry pieces in the exhibition.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"55913\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Rate us!<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona\u2019s Egyptian Museum (Museu Egipci de Barcelona) was inaugurated in 1994 in Rambla Catalunya as Spain\u2019s first Egyptian Museum. Later, the museum moved to carrer de Valencia to a more ample setting that allowed the showcasing of a greater number of artifacts. Table of Contents The museum\u2019s collectionThe museum\u2019s opening hours The museum\u2019s collection Today, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":55914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4346],"tags":[2550,2549],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55913"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55913"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56300,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55913\/revisions\/56300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}