The city's museum of objects and design, the Museu del Disseny, is located in the Disseny Hub Barcelona building in Plaça de les Glòries and brings together the collections of the former museums: the Museu de les Arts Decoratives, the Museu de Ceràmica, the Museu Tèxtil i d'Indumentària and the Gabinet de les Arts Gràfiques.

The Museu del Disseny is based on a common theme «From the decorative arts to design», and is dedicated to the culture of the object, focusing on pieces that are often from the everyday sphere, their design, manufacturing process, use and distribution, aesthetic and functional obsolescence, all from a 21st-century perspective.

Inside the Museu del Disseny you'll find world-renowned iconic objects designed in Barcelona, like the Filomatic, a manual razor with interchangeable heads; Miguel Milà's floor lamp, which is a landmark piece of Catalan and Spanish design; André Ricart's ice tongs, designed in 1964; the Minipimer MR2, a sturdy hand-held blender, which was one of the first to be sold on the Spanish market; the legendary Marquina oil cruet; and the Impala motorbike, which was created in 1962, are some of the examples of successful Catalan design you'll find at the Museu del Disseny.

Barcelona hosted the Olympic Games in 1992. This historic milestone resulted in a series of elements designed and created specially for the occasion. Today, some of them are on display at the Museu del Disseny. They include the Olympic bid dossier submitted to the International Olympic Committee, which resulted in Barcelona being awarded the games; the official mascot, Cobi; the Barcelona'92 logo by the designer Josep Maria Trias i Folch; the official poster; and the Olympic torch, which was one of the most important symbols of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

The Museu del Disseny also has an extensive collection of fashions, with pieces by leading Spanish and international designers, accessories and haute-couture dresses from the 20th and 21st centuries. You'll also find Coptic and Hispano-Arabic fabrics, tapestries, embroidery work, calicoes and period clothing.

General details

Accessibility details

Tactile model of the building and its surrounding area, in print and Braille.
General information about the museum in print and braille.
Both the tactile model and the informative panel are in front of the reception on Level B (entrance at carrer Àvila), close to the public library “Biblioteca El Clot-Josep Benet”.
Tactile pathways on the floor.

The reception desks and the auditorium are fitted with induction loops.

How to get there by adapted public transport::
The area is served by TMB buses number 7, 92, 192 and H12. They are all wheelchair accessible.
The Glòries metro station (L1) has a lift providing access to the lobby from the central platform via the Av. Meridiana exit. From the lobby, another lift takes you to the area close to the museum entrance.
The entrance is step free.
The museum is also accessible from the tram stops near Glòries station, TRAM T4, T5 and T6. They have step-free access and dropped kerbs.

Parking::
There is a reserved, signed parking space for PRM near the entrance on Carrer Àvila (floor B).

Entrance::
There are two entrances to the museum: Plaça de les Glòries (floor 0) and Carrer Àvila (floor B). They both have step-free access.

Reception::
The reception desks on floor 0 and floor B are 115 cm high.

Mobility inside the museum::
Two wheelchairs are available for hire.
There are escalators connecting the different floors but wheelchair visitors can use the lifts with a special card. Ask at reception for the card. The lifts are wide and can hold 13 people.
The interior of the museum is easy for wheelchair users to move around. The galleries are spacious and there is enough room between the exhibits for wheelchair users.
The museum has non-slip flooring.
There are seats in the galleries where visitors can rest.

Toilets::
There are adapted toilets on every floor.
There are baby-changing facilities on floors–1, B and 4.

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