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The History Museum of Barcelona (MUHBA) preserves, studies, documents, reports and exhibits historical heritage and history of Barcelona from its origins to the present day. It depends on the City Council through the Cultural Institute of Barcelona (ICUB) and includes various heritage centers relevant to the history of the city, distributed by neighborhoods and districts. It has headquarters in Padellàs House, one of the buildings that make up the monumental Piazza del Rey, the Gothic Quarter.

Powered by historian Agustin Duran Sanpere, who was the first director, was inaugurated on 14 April 1943.

The Barcelona City History Museum wants to be the goal of the history of this city. A leading commercial city in the Middle Ages and during the Industrial Revolution pioneer contemporary. A city that unites a historic heritage, a new city Modernist large and diverse set of ancient towns and districts of new creation. A city with a permanent vocation of great European metropolis.

The Barcelona City History Museum wants to be the mirror of the city, with the conviction that the best way to prepare for the future is to have this collective history.
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