Gaudi House Museum

After seeing all the wonderful houses designed by Antonio Gaudí, aren’t you curious to see the one he lived in? You can do so by visiting the Gaudí House Museum in Parc Güell.

The famous architect lived here for almost twenty years from 1906 to 1925, first in the company of his father and grandson, then alone. Curiously, the artist who designed Barcelona’s most famous houses did not design his own: the building is in fact the work of his trusted friend, Francesc d’Assís Berenguer i Mestres.

The house was opened to the public as a museum in the 1960s after being painstakingly restored to evoke the period of the early 20th century and thus give visitors the opportunity to see the rooms in which this brilliant artist lived in an appearance as faithful as possible to the original.

The Gaudí House-Museum aims to show the private side of the artist, the man Gaudí rather than the architect: a shy and reserved man, deeply marked by his religious faith.

The Gaudí House Museum is currently not open to visitors and will be closed from 1 January 2024 due to renovation work.

The Collections

As early as 1926, the year of Antoni Gaudí’s death, there was an immediate desire to create a museum dedicated to the architect. The opening of the Casa-Museu Gaudí to the public in 1963 gave shape to this desire, which had however been fulfilled two years earlier with the creation of the Sagrada Familia Museum.

Since its establishment, the Casa-Museu Gaudí shows the figure of Gaudí beyond his role as architect. To this end, furniture designed by him has been collected over the years, as well as objects and documents relating to his life. Some unique objects designed by collaborators of the architect complete the collection.

Following the acquisition of the Casa-Museu Gaudí by the Fundación Junta Constructora del Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia, the collections of the Casa-Museu and the Basilica form a single museum.

The Exhibition

Inside the Casa-Museu Gaudi’s most intimate side of the architect is on display, as well as furniture and other objects he designed and made under his direction.

In its current state, the Casa-Museu Gaudí presents an exhibition that aims to bring visitors the most intimate and devoted side of Gaudí, recreating some of the most private rooms of the house and showcasing personal objects of the architect.

Antoni Gaudí designed his architectural works down to the smallest detail, and often also designed the furniture. Although his early designs imitated historical styles, his search for his own language inspired by nature soon led him to define ergonomic, functional and unusual solutions. The original furniture on display in the Casa-Museu Gaudí allows us to understand the formal evolution of the architect’s designs.

Gaudí’s creativity and innovative capacity can also be seen in the garden displays, such as the iron bars of the Casa Vicens and Casa Milà, or the cross of the Miralles estate.

Tickets for the Casa-Museu Gaudí

Located within the Parc Güell, to visit it you need to get a ticket for the famous attraction from this page.

Opening Hours

The Gaudi House-Museum is currently not open for visits and will be closed from January 1, 2024 due to renovation works.

History

After the urbanisation that was to take place at the Parc Guell turned out to be a commercial failure, in 1906 Gaudí moved into this house, the only one built, together with his father and granddaughter. After the death of both of them, he continued to live there alone, assisted by some Carmelite nuns who carried out domestic work and often with some of his friends, who looked after his health.

During the almost twenty years he lived in this house, the architect worked on his most important works, including the Sagrada Familia, to which he devoted himself exclusively from 1914. Such was his involvement in the project that he ended up living in an office set up inside the temple to closely monitor its construction.

After Gaudi’s death in 1926, the house was bought by private individuals, who made it their residence. Later, on 28 September 1963, it was opened to the public as Casa-Museu Gaudí.

Current Management

Since 1992, the Casa-Museu Gaudí has been owned by the Fundación Junta Constructora del Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia, which, with the aim of making as many people as possible aware of the architect’s life and work, has arranged the house to recall the years in which Gaudí lived in it and to show everyone the furniture and other elements he designed.

The Fundación Junta Constructora del Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia was created as an ecclesiastical foundation on 20 July 1895. Since its inception, its president has been theArchbishop of Barcelona, who fulfils his role through the figure of a delegated president.