Archaeology Museum of Catalonia in Girona

One of the best museums I've visited lately. Not only are the pieces well presented, the building in itself is a beautiful place to visit. The ticket with a student discount cost about 5€ so definitely worth a visit. The top floor has a more chronological order to the things excavated around Girona, with loads of information. It is the main building/basilic that I found interesting. The cluster is also a peaceful place to take a pause at during the visit.

The Museu d’Arqueologia de Cataluña (MAC) is housed in a former Benedictine abbey. The museum’s origins date back to around the mid-1850s while the building where the MAC is now located dates back to the 12th century and is exemplary of Catalan Romanesque architecture. Entrance is €7 per adult. We chose to not enter due to limited time in Girona, which has a very impressive historic center.

The location is superb, a romanic Monastir, with its cloister and all. The big nave of the church is occupied by a wonderful display of 50ish items from paleolitic to high Middle Age. The displays are also technologically wonderful with light and mirrors that let the item appear and disappear... After the appetizer, the main dishes are in the rooms of the monastery, in every detail. You can have, for 10 or 12 euros, a cumulative ticket to visit free all the other 4 sites of the archeological network of Catalunya (i visited also Barcelona arc. Museum and Empuries, greek and roman cities, but there are other two sites i forgot)

Wonderful layout for the history. Great way to get to know the roots and the struggles of this country. Feel so sad about their persecution through so many centuries until the death of Franco relatively recently they have a kind of peace. I’m inspired to learn Catalonian. Hang your independence flag high!!

Wonderful place! Students actively digging for archeological artefacts while tourists visit. You get to see where hominids lived thousands of years ago.

We shared our comments with an interest in the museum. Would have appreciated an alternative description in English as there are many international tourists that visit Girona. Thought the exhibits were well presented. A lot could be done with a more descriptive verbal presentation. All in all a more lively and interactive presentation would bring it more alive.

The entrance opens up into a fantastic interior with clearly labeled display cabinets. Unfortunately nothing is translated into English. A bit of a pointless experience if you don’t read Spanish

Very informative and displayed exilent

The archaeology museum is housed in the former monastery church of Sant Pere de Galligants, but it is the original building which forms - in my view - the most interesting reason to visit. The museum itself contains rather formal displays of the history of the area from prehistoric times onwards, but the Romanesque architecture of the church, and of the octagonal bell-tower and the cloister, with columns and pillars topped with capitals decorated with plants and scenes from the Gospels, in particular, are a delight: in fact, they are regarded as among the best examples of Romanesque architecture in Catalonia. The church also has a delightful setting, with squares and gardens on three sides. Adjacent to the church, across the road at the west front, is the small but attractive Romanesque funerary chapel of Sant Nicolai, with a classic trefoil-plan apse. It was built at the same time as Sant Pere, and was originally part of the same complex.