Museu Barbier-Mueller d'Art Precolombí

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

logo of the Museum
Location in Catalonia, Spain
Established May 27, 1997
Location Montcada, 14
Barcelona, Spain
Type Art museum
Specialising in pre-Columbian artworks and artefacts
Public transit access Metro line 4 (Jaume I station) or
line 1 (Urquinaona station)
Website en.amigosprecolombino.es

The Museu Barbier-Mueller d'Art Precolombí (its local name in Catalan; also known in Spanish: Museo Barbier-Mueller de Arte Precolombino, and in 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.

References

Fogel, Jonathan; and Philippe Bourgoin (1997). "Editorial" (reproduced online). The World of Tribal Arts / Le monde de l'art tribal. Summer (St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands: Tribarts) 97. ISSN 1354-2990. OCLC 31001532. http://www.tribalarts.com/forum/summer97.html. 
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 2008-03-27. 
Wagner, Elizabeth (2006). "Selected Collections and Museums". In Nikolai Grube (ed.). Maya: Divine Kings of the Rain Forest. Eva Eggebrecht and Matthias Seidel (assistant eds.). Cologne, Germany: Könemann. pp. 450–455. ISBN 978-3-8331-1957-6. OCLC 71165439. 

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