Ten museums that keep kids busy, from the Aquàrium shark tunnel and CosmoCaixa's flooded rainforest to Egyptian mummies, chocolate sculptures, and Roman ruins under glass walkways. Every one is indoor and air-conditioned, with hands-on rooms or weekend workshops at most, so they work as a heat escape or a rainy-day plan.
What’s in this collection
CosmoCaixa
Walk through a flooded Amazon rainforest, stand under a T. rex skeleton, and watch caimans and capybaras swim.
Aquàrium de Barcelona
Walk the 80-meter glass shark tunnel, then touch starfish and sea urchins in the hands-on Explora! pools.
Museu Blau (Natural History)
Walk through the history of life past dissected mammals, minerals, and fossils inside a tilted blue triangle by the sea.
Barcelona Maritime Museum
Walk the length of a 60-meter royal galley with a gilded stern, spot the wooden submarine, then board a 1918 schooner at the port.
MNAC (National Art Museum)
See the world's biggest set of Romanesque church frescoes, then ride to the rooftop terrace for a view straight down to Plaça d'Espanya.
Fundació Joan Miró
Bright Miró paintings and odd bronze sculptures in skylit galleries, plus a rooftop terrace of sculptures over the city.
CaixaForum Barcelona
Rotating art shows inside a Modernist brick factory, plus CaixaForum Kids workshops, concerts, and films for families.
Museu Egipci de Barcelona
See real mummies, painted sarcophagi, and a granite lion, with weekend workshops where kids mummify a figure or run a dig.
Museu de la Xocolata
See the Sagrada Família and other Barcelona landmarks sculpted in chocolate, then mould and pipe your own at a workshop.
MUHBA Roman Barcelona (Plaça del Rei)
Descend on glass and metal walkways over Roman streets, a wine cellar and a fish-salting works, then climb into a medieval royal hall.