The museum was founded in 1891 and has been housed in various venues. Its current home, designed by the architects Federico Correa and Alfonso Milà with made-to-measure spaces for each collection, was officially opened in 2002. The museum is best known for its truly outstanding Gothic and Romanesque sculpture and painting collections. Nevertheless, the collections devoted to archaeology, textiles and liturgical garments, wrought ironwork, and gold and silversmithing are among the finest in Catalonia.

Practical information

Entrance fee:
Entrada individual – 8 €
Yearly fee– 12 € (Free entrance during a year from the date of purchase).
Reduced fee for groups- 5 € (From 15 people up)
Reduced fee – 5 € (Retired and unemployed people, children and teenagers between 10 and 18 years old, the disabled including the carer, holders of student cards, ‘carnet jove’ holders, holders of ‘familia nombrosa’ (more than three children) or ‘single parent’ card holders, and holders of the TV3 club card TR3SC.
Free entrance (Under 10 year-olds, membres of ICOM and the Association of Museologists, the first Thursday of every month (except holidays and local festivities), the 18th of May (International day of Museums), the 5th of July (Vic’s town festival), students (with accredited investigation studies, the MEV staff, Civil servant teachers and professors who work for the Catalan government, The Generalitat of Catalonia, Friends of the National Museum of Art of Catalunya and accredited journalists.

TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS
General fee – 3 €
Ticket for main museum  + temporary exhibition.  – 8 €
Ticket for reduced free for main museum + temporary exhibition.– 5 € 

Opening times:
From Tuesday to Friday from 10AM to 7PM (April to September).
From Tuesday to Friday from 10AM to 1PM and from 3PM to 6PM (October to March).
Saturday from 10AM to 7PM
Sunday and local or national holidays (10AM to 2PM)
The museum closes on Mondays; the 1st and 6th of January; Easter Monday and the 25th and 26th of December. Tickets are on sale up to half an hour before closing time.