Museu Barbier-Mueller d'Art Precolombí

This article is about the pre-Columbian art museum in Barcelona, Spain. For other similarly named museums of pre-Columbian artworks, see Museo de Arte Precolombino (disambiguation).

The Museu Barbier-Mueller d'Art Precolombí (its local name in Catalan; also known in Spanish: Museo Barbier-Mueller de Arte Precolombino, and in English: Barbier-Mueller Pre-Columbian Art Museum) was the only museum in Europe devoted exclusively to the artistic legacy of the pre-Columbian cultures of the Americas. It was located in the Catalan capital of Barcelona, Spain. The museum was established in 1997 to house the pre-Columbian art collection formerly held by its parent museum, the Barbier-Mueller Museum in Genève, Switzerland, which was loaned to the city of Barcelona. In 2012, the museum was unable to reach a purchase agreement with the collection's owner Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller. Subsequently, the world's most important Pre-Columbian collection in private hands (according to El País) was split and auctioned at Southeby's on 22 March 2013.^[1]

Barbier-Mueller Pre-Columbian Art Museum

Museu Barbier-Mueller d'Art Precolombí Museo Barbier-Mueller de Arte Precolombino
Established	27 May 1997 (1997-05-27)
Location	Montcada, 14 Barcelona, Spain
Coordinates	41.38493°N 2.180864°E / 41.38493; 2.180864
Type	Art museum Specialising in pre-Columbian artworks and artefacts
Public transit access	Jaume I Urquinaona
Website	en.amigosprecolombino.es

Museu Barbier Mueller from Carrer Montcada