Museu Barbier-Mueller d'Art Precolombí

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Museu Barbier-Mueller d'Art Precolombí Museo Barbier-Mueller de Arte Precolombino Barbier-Mueller Pre-Columbian Art Museum

Established	May 27, 1997
Location	Montcada, 14 Barcelona, Spain
Type	Art museum
Public transit access	Metro line 4 (Jaume I station) or line 1 (Urquinaona station)
Website	en.amigosprecolombino.es

Coordinates: 41°23′06″N 2°10′51″E / 41.38493, 2.180864

The Museu Barbier-Mueller d'Art Precolombí (its local name in Catalan; Spanish: Museo Barbier-Mueller de Arte Precolombino, English: Barbier-Mueller Pre-Columbian Art Museum) is a museum devoted to a collection of artefacts and the artistic legacy of the pre-Columbian cultures of the Americas, located in the Catalonian capital of Barcelona, Spain. It was established in 1997 to house the pre-Columbian art collection formerly held by its parent museum, the Barbier-Mueller Museum in Genève, Switzerland. The collection has continued to expand since its founding.

[edit] References

Fogel, Jonathan; and Philippe Bourgoin (1997). "Editorial" (reproduced online). The World of Tribal Arts / Le monde de l'art tribal Summer 97. St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands: Tribarts. ISSN 1354-2990. OCLC 31001532.

Riding, Alan (1997-07-13), “Wanting the World to See What Pleases Him”, The New York Times, <http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F00E2D81439F930A25754C0A961958260>. Retrieved on 27 March 2008

[edit] External links

Barbier-Mueller Museum of Barcelona, Barbier-Mueller Museums collective website (English) (French) (Catalan) (Spanish)
Friends of the Barbier-Mueller Pre-Columbian Art Museum, details of exhibitions, publications, lectures and visitor information (English) (French) (Catalan) (Spanish)
Museu Barbier-Mueller d'Art Precolombí collection, notes on cultures represented with photos and information on selected art objects