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Joan Miro Foundation vs Palace of Catalan Music

Both are endorsed by experts. On balance, Joan Miró Foundation ranks significantly higher than Palace of Catalan Music. Joan Miró Foundation has a TripExpert Score of 96 with positive reviews from 9 publications like Concierge, Travel + Leisure and On the Grid.

Joan Miro Foundation
Joan Miro Foundation
9 / 10
Parc de Montjuic, 08038 Barcelona
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Fodor's Fodor's
"The Miró Foundation, a gift from the artist Joan Miró to his native city, is one of Barcelona's most exciting showcases of contemporary art." Full review
Concierge Concierge
"After an illustrious career in Le Corbusier's Paris studio and then as Harvard's dean of architecture, Josep Lluís Sert designed the Joan Miró museum in memory of his lifelong friend."
Frommer's Frommer's
"Born in Mallorca in 1893, Joan Miró was one of Spain's greatest artists and, along with Tàpies, the undisputed master of contemporary Catalan art." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
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"Joan Miró, the city’s best-known 20th-century artistic progeny, bequeathed this art foundation to his hometown in 1971." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"With its high ceilings, arches, and airy passages, this innovative building houses the world's largest collection of Miró's work plus British art, from 1945 to 1968-that is, postwar to Pop." Full review
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Palace of Catalan Music
Palace of Catalan Music
8 / 10
Palau de la Musica 4-6, 08002 Barcelona
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Fodor's Fodor's
"One of the world's most extraordinary music halls, with facades that are a riot of color and form, the Music Palace is a landmark." Full review
Concierge Concierge
"Architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner's masterpiece, the Palau de la Música, was built between 1905 and 1908 in El Born."
Frommer's Frommer's
"The Palau de la Música is, for many, the most outstanding contribution of the modernist movement." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
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"This concert hall is a high point of Barcelona’s Modernista architecture. It’s not exactly a symphony, but more a series of crescendos in tile, brick, sculpted stone and stained glass." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"Commissioned by the nationalistic Orfeó Català choral society, this jawdropping concert hall was intended as a paean to the Catalan renaixença." Full review
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Be sure to ask questions: the guides are very knowledgeable, but unless prompted, they tend to concentrate mainly on the triumphs of the renovation.
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