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Museu Picasso vs MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona
Both Picasso Museum and MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona are rated very highly by reviewers writing for major publications. On balance, Picasso Museum ranks significantly higher than MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona. Picasso Museum is ranked #1 in Barcelona with accolades from 12 reviews such as Condé Nast Traveler, The Telegraph and Let's Go.
Museu Picasso
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Montcada 15-23, 08003 Barcelona
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Fodor's
"The Picasso Museum is housed in five adjoining palaces on Carrer Montcada, a street known for Barcelona's most elegant medieval palaces."
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Frommer's
"Five medieval mansions in a row contain a massive collection of the work of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)."
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Lonely Planet
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"The setting alone, in five contiguous medieval stone mansions, makes the Museu Picasso unique (and worth the probable queues)."
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Travel + Leisure
"There can be a long wait to get in, but it's worth it, if only to see the extensive collection of portraits by the artist when he was a young man."
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Condé Nast Traveler
"Especially good on the artist's early work—Picasso spent his formative teenage years in Barcelona and donated the paintings."
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MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona
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1 Placa dels Angels, 08001 Barcelona
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Fodor's
"This gleaming explosion of light and geometry in the darkest corner of Raval houses a permanent collection of contemporary art as well as traveling exhibits."
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Concierge
"When Richard Meier's cool, white, futuristic "ship" sailed into the heart of El Raval, it regenerated an area best known as the underbelly of Barcelona."
Travel + Leisure
"The Raval district's futuristic, all-white museum designed by Richard Meier looks like something out of The Jetsons and contains a world-class collection of art created in the past 50 years."
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Condé Nast Traveler
"Barcelona’s contemporary art museum (known as MACBA) focuses on mid-century abstraction and European Pop."
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Lonely Planet
"Macba (Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona) has become the city's foremost contemporary art centre, with captivating exhibitions for the serious art lover."
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