Escultura i col·leccionisme

The most outstanding Catalan collector of the 20th century, the sculptor Frederic Marès (1893-1991), donated his collections to the city of Barcelona in 1946. Two years later this museum opened in part of the former Royal Palace of the Counts of Barcelona, in the heart of the Gothic Quarter, of which the courtyard or garden is preserved.Sculpture Frederic Marès turned sculpture into something more than an artistic vocation. Throughout his life he assembled an extensive collection of Hispanic sculpture, from antiquity to the 19th century, in which polychrome carving predominates and which constitutes the most homogeneous section of the museum. Marès also donated part of his own sculptural work, which is displayed in his studio-library.Collector's cabinetTens of thousands of objects form a great collection of collections documenting forms of life and customs of the past, mainly from the 19th century. Some endearing and unusual ones can be found, such as fans, pipes, clocks, jewellery, photographs, toys, padlock keys, pharmacy jars or reliquaries, which, presented within an intimate atmosphere, evoke Marès's particular universe.