Gaudi House Museum (Casa Museu Gaudi) Reviews (Barcelona, Spain)

Gaudi House museum

by missj1981

London, England, United Kingdom

July 7, 2012

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Best of IgoUgo Gaudi House museumBarcelona is Gaudi and Gaudi is Barcelona. Gaudi had such a big impact on the city that made the city into what it is today. Everywere you walk you can see the influences on this man and his works are not even finished. They are ...Read more Gaudi House museum

Barcelona is Gaudi and Gaudi is Barcelona. Gaudi had such a big impact on the city that made the city into what it is today. Everywere you walk you can see the influences on this man and his works are not even finished. They are still building on the Sagrada Familia. People of Barcelona are very proud of their Gaudi which is shown by several museums about him.

The Gaudi House museum is one of them and is located at Park Quell, a park that he designed as well and is certainly worth to have a look. The park and the museum are easily to be reached by public transport but since the park is located on a hill you still have to walk a bit up the hill from the metro stop and the bus. I think it takes around 10 minutes to reach the park but it’s quite a climb.

The Gaudi house museum is worth to have a look since it’s maintained the way just the way it was when Gaudi was living here in around 1906. Although the house is quite small it’s full of items which give you a good insight in the way Gaudi use to live. He lived here from 1906 until he died in 1926 and in this period he surely collected many items. You can take the narrow staircase to go up stairs to the several floors.

The building itself is amazing enough and really showcases the way Gaudi built and designed. The natural way of building is clearly present. Funny enough this is also present in the items found in this house and many are made of wood. The furniture he made are amazing and the details are astonishing. It really shows what a great artist this man really was. Throughout the house you have beautiful lighting and chandeliers.

The house is absolutely worth visiting if you want to see and learn more about Gaudi. When you are already at Park Quell it’s simply a must. It can be very busy at the house since Park Quell alone is very famous. I think it was worth the wait and give the museum five stars.
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From journal My Barcelona

Casa Museu Gaudí

by MichaelJM

Nottingham, England

March 10, 2008

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Best of IgoUgo In the Park Guell make sure that you set some time aside to visit Gaudi’s house. As you would expect it’s a quirky place and the guide-book says that it has “maintained the structure” of when Gaudi lived there. It is absolutely crammed full of ...Read more In the Park Guell make sure that you set some time aside to visit Gaudi’s house. As you would expect it’s a quirky place and the guide-book says that it has “maintained the structure” of when Gaudi lived there. It is absolutely crammed full of treasures - a veritable Aladdin’s cave!

There's an enforced intimacy about the museum as it's fairly small with narrow staircases and there's a constant jostling for position. There must be some controls for numbers entering but we didn't have to wait too long and used the double ticket that we'd bought at Casa Batloo (making admission much cheaper).

The house was Gaudi's home from 1906 (at the point of completion, so he was the first occupant) until his untimely death in 1926 and although there are loads of fascinating pieces in the house, just take a few moments out to gaze through the windows onto the views that Gaudi had given himself. The compact garden has a variety of the gratings that Gaudi designed (who would have ever thought back in the early 1900’s that grate covers could be anything other than utilitarian objects) being displayed comfortably alongside sculptures and of course the viewing of these works of art from the different levels of the house gives varying impressions of them. And like much of Gaudi’s work at Guell Park these strange and often perverse articles seem to fit so well with the natural vegetation that surrounds them.

Inside is a paradise for any one with a timber fetish (if such a thing exists!) as it's full of some of Gaudi's inspirational furniture. Each piece seems to have been built taking full account of the "flow of the wood" and the knots and "growth lines" are fully incorporated into the piece of art. Certainly these articles of furniture were built to be used but the eye of the artist was forever evident. Indeed some of the pieces seem almost too delicate to take the weight of a person and are certainly too highly decorated to be used just as seats! The mirrored finishes reflect (yes they are highly polished) the amount of tender care that must have been placed into the completion of every single piece.

It was a real tight squeeze getting up and down the staircases but it truly is worth checking out each of the floors. There are paintings, some original Gaudi sketches and I guess one of the most intriguing pieces was a large chunky chair (to be found on the top floor) with some real detailed carvings of a cat peeping out from behind the tassels of the Chair towards a rat. Surprisingly these chairs are known affectionately as the “cats and rats chairs”!

Carefully shown in a cabinet is a magnificent sculpture of a young girl relaxing in a Chair. This was sculpted by a guy called Venanci Vallmitjana (I’ve personally never heard of him before) and given as a present to Gaudi.

But don’t only pay attention to the furniture because the ceilings and the light fitments are also works of art in their own right. Beautiful chandeliers in a variety of styles hang from finely decorated ceilings (some seem almost like fine tapestry work) with the odd ceiling boss worthy of close scrutiny.

The museum is a right treat and I would have happily spent more time here. Unfortunately we were running out of time and the Park and the City help more treasure for us.
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From journal A Bit of Gaudi

Modernisme - Gaudí and Domènech

by davidx

Todmorden, England, United Kingdom

June 26, 2002

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Antoni Gaudí y Condor - 1852 - 1926 Luis Domènech y Montaner - 1850 - 1923 I guess you could call them contemporaries. I am dealing with only one building by Domènech, the Palau de Música Catalana, which was built in the early years of the ...Read more

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Other Gaudí Works

by T-bug

Green Bay, Wisconsin

September 28, 2000

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Take a stroll to see the exteriors of these two unbelievably 19th century buildings. Casa Batlló, at #43, is eclectic with color, tiling and a wavy appearance. Casa Milà (also known as La Pedrera), at # 92, is less colorful, but just as amazing. ...Read more

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