Dig Up Pottery and Coins from the 1700s
WorkshopCiutat Vella
Where
Ciutat Vella, El Born Centre de Cultura i Memòria
Ages
6-12
Duration
2 hours
Setting
Indoors
What to bring
Small gardening tools if you have them (a hand trowel for digging and a brush) and sturdy closed-toe shoes that can get dirty
Booking required
Prior reservation mandatory; book via museum website
What you need to know
- Hands-on digging, not a lecture; kids use real tools to excavate soil layers
- Sturdy shoes required, this is hands-in-the-dirt fieldwork, not a museum stroll
- Two-hour workshop, long enough to stay engaged but short enough to hold focus at this age
About
Archaeologists guide families through an excavation workshop at El Born, where children aged 6-12 learn to uncover Barcelona's material history from around 1700. Participants bring tools and sturdy footwear to dig through soil layers, discovering how artifacts reveal what the city looked like three centuries ago.
Where it is
El Born Centre de Cultura i Memòria
Plaça Comercial, 12, Barcelona