Tourist Attraction in Barcelona:
Museo Picasso
The Picasso Museum in Barcelona collects one of the largest collections of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, and is one of the most famous and visited museums in the city. The museum is housed in five mediaeval palaces adjacent to each other, in the La Ribera district. the museum's permanent collection consists of 4,249 works, most of which date back to the artist's youth, which he spent in Barcelona. Picasso moved to the city in 1894 when his father, an art teacher, found work at the local school. Among the most representative works on display there are two of his first masterpieces, The First Communion of 1896 and Science and Charity of 1897. In particular, the visit to the Picasso Museum, reveals the artist's particular relationship with Barcelona, a relationship formed in childhood and in adolescence and continued until his death. The address of the Museu Picasso is Montcada 15/19, Ciutat Vella, Parca, Barcelona. The museum contains the following collections, organized according to the period. The major works: Margot (1901), Mother with a sick child (1903), Arlecchino (1917), Las Meninas (1957). Often the Picasso Museum hosts special exhibitions in which works by Picasso or other artists are presented. From time to time the museum also organizes seminars and readings on topics related to the painter or on artistic-museum publications held by experts from around the world. Text processing: Giovambattista Spagnuolo (Myooni)