June 2014 will see the opening of Barcelona's Museum of World Cultures, a building occupying two palaces near Picasso's Museum in the fair city. The museum is intended to round out the city's impressive collection of art museums and will predominately feature works taken from private collections.
Barcelona is widening its range of museums and the latest offer is the Museum of World Cultures, which will open in June 2014 in two gothic palaces in front of the Picasso Museum: Palau Nadal and Palau Marquès de Lió. The two buildings were respectively hosting the Barbier-Mueller Museum of Pre-Columbian Art – which has closed its doors since the collection left Barcelona – and the Design Hub (DHUB) – which will move to a brand new building in Glòries Square. Visitors of the Museum of World Cultures will discover the world through about 700 pieces of art from Asia, Africa, America and Oceania.
